The sun., 1916-11-03
PERKINS HOLDS UP
PEACE AS SHAM
".Attcmpt to Obtain Presi.
dcncy by Misrepresenta-
ton and Deception"
THREE WARS on HAND
preparedness a DclusiOn and
Prosperity a Snare"
He Says.
THREE WARS on HAND

George W. Perkins took for his text
IN a statement issued last night the
Democratic slogan. peace. Prepared
ness, Prosperity and pointed out why In
his opinion this slogan Of the Democracy
Ii a sham and y deception.
lie asserted that the United States has
Kept, up Il shameful running war with
MEXICO. nat the Administration has
taken credit for not being Kicked into
the European war. that Democratic pros
ptfity is a prosperity Of bread lines and
free lodging houses, as evidenced by con.
ditions before the war, and that the 80.
called Wilson preparedness In OF n much
belated and half hearted sort. lie laid
IN part:
Peace. preparedness, prosperity.
These three words are the slogan Of
the present Democratic national CAM.
paign. In New York an enormous shield
bearing these three words liz displayed
outside the building In which the Demo-
cratic National Committee has its head
quarters. Above them floats the Amer.
can nag. Thus the Democrats arc
openly appealing to the people OF the
United States for votes on the claim
that they have kept the country at peace,
prepared II against war and provided Il
with prosperity.
There never was a falser claim.
There never was a holder attempt to Oh.
tain the Presidency by absolute misrep-
resentation and d~eception-and they arc
waving the Stars and Stripes above Il
all!
War Foundation Laid.
W have not been kept at peace. and
thu fOttnA ito, l.. 49,. IL - -
a large scale In the immediate future.
During Mr.. Wilson's Administration we
have been at war with Mexico two or
three times and the Judge Advocate Gen.
eral OF the army has just officially de.
cided that we are at this moment In a
state Of war with Mexico. First, VIC
landed our troops at Vera Cruz, demands
ing that our flag be saiuted. A battle
followed and we withdrew our troops,
bringing the bodies OF nineteen OF our
dead soldiers with us and leaving our
honor behind the flag was not saiuted.
and the matter has been dropped.
since then We have had armed en-
counters with the Mexicans on several
eccasions. and finally they invaded our
country and sacked our towns. We re.
taliated by sending a large armed force
INTO Mexico. declaring loudly that we
were going after Villa n would get
aim. dead or alive. Many Of our sol.
diers have been killed In this expedition.
We did not get Villa We have prac-
ucally Withdrawn our troops and each
day now the papers are full of accounts
stating where villa Ia and Specializing
as to the next own he will attack.
II mas been a running war with Mex
ico Tor two years--thoroughly undigri-
He'd. most unsettling to Mexico, most
humtliating to US. Worst OF all. II has
given every nation in the world. cspe-
ally the Mcxicans. a perfect right to
assume that we can be spat upon and
lnsulted. our women outraged. our SOL
dicrs killed. our citizens murdered, our
rag dragged in the dust. without our
aking any firm and decided step 70
right Lc many wrongs.
In Two Other Ware.
To-day We are practically at war
with Hayti and Santo Domingo. II the
Democrats mean by their claim that
they have kept us out OF the European
war. then their claim is ridiculous. How
could Germany. or England. or Russia,
or france have gone to war with US at
any time since the European war began?
ON our side. how could we have zone 10
war with our navy In a hopeless. ~ineffec-
tive condition. M when we have not
lad even enough soldiers to protect our
~a'AiSaI ooth'i
AS to prepa redness: Mr.. Wilson's
whole Claim on this score would b. a
Joke were II not so tragic and far
reaching In It's serious consequences to
his country. He a been In the White
House but n few days when he refused
to recognize Huerta. We may diner
IS TO whether he was right or wrong In
his action. but having decided not to
recognize Huerta no should. at the very |
same moment have realized that such a |
s.cp made us assume very grave and
Ear reaching responsibilities: that his
action might lead to war that II was
quite likely TO lead to intervention. His
action made us the sponsor to Europe
Tor the restoration and maintenance OF
rider IN Mexico. At that very moment
he should have proceeded to prepare
rs for the serious military operations
that might follow. He did nothing Of
the kind. lie let matters drift; and
oven when tho great European war
broke out and he began to write his
strict accountability notes to Germany |
with or without postscript) he did not
begin any rea, preparation for the con-
sequences that might follow On the
ontrary, at the very moinen ho pro-
'lalmed to the world that we were too
proud to fight A.,
bread Line Prosperity.