The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-31

and Inundated because this country ha.
been kept AZ peacey II SO, let him state
this boldly and take the consequences az
the hands OF the American people Il
The honorable gentleman panied aud hu-
INFLATED because of result desired by
every right'thinking citizen has been ae'
complished, but In manner which the
honorable gentleman thinks might have
been improved upong This sccms To be
the position of MIR. Hughes aud vet he
does not tell MS what mighty deeds he
would have performed 20 bring about
this same result.
what deeds has he To offer to-day in
lieu of the words which have kept this
country at peaccy
Under conditions which no human
wisdom could have ioreseen, President
Wilson has accomplished results satisiae-
tory to all men, Criticism of him should
he just and generous. That actually in,
dulged in by his opponent is neither just
nor generous, but il at least makes clear
to the American people that Mr.. Hughes
was peculiarly accurate when he said he
had ceased 10 be 100 per cent Judge and
had become 100 per cent candidate.
"Thc course pursued by the president
TO utilize negotiations words not deeds
has not only been the course dictated
by humanity, prudence and sound iudg.
ment, but is the traditional foreign pol
icy OF the United States under presidents
OF every political faith.
ut was deeds and not words that pre-.
cipitated the present European war Ii
words and not deeds had been resorted
to, il these nations had negotiated, and
not marched TO battle, il diplomacy had
been utilized and not force. the most
foolish, the most useless and the most
murderous war known TO history would
have been avoided
"And yet. with this awful example be
fore us, candidate for the presidency
of the United States is Inundated and
ashamed because the man he is trying to
supplant in the presidents chair did not
pursue a similar I<licy in handling the
foreign affairs OF our government"
Defending the presidents diplomatic
course in the controversy with Germany
over the sinking of the Lusitania and the
torpedoing of the Sussex, Mr.. Gregory
said;
what would Mr.. Hughes have done
under the circumstances had he been
president of the United States? Would
he have declared war on Germany? Mr..
Hughes has never yet dared answer this
question, though it has been asked a
thousand times.
"All the remedy which, by war or 9th
erwise, could have been obtained has
been and is being secured by stopping
the practice and coG-censating the rela-
tives Of the dead for the wrong commit
ted. Wherein, therefore. in this instance, |
have words been less effective than would |
nave been deeds ?"
After reviewing the Mexican situation,
Mr. Gregory said:
'Air Hughes bitterly complains of orr
Mexican policy, denouncing it as weak |
and vacciliating and says that if he is T
elected president a vigorous and effective I
course will be pursued which in some I
lbout some desirable result. but how this I
5 to be done and what the result is to be,
le does not disclose.
Strange TO say, he denounces the most T
rigorous actions tins administration has
AIKEN against Mexican bandits more than
le does the negotiations by which the
administration has up to this time kept
Is out OF war with Mexico as we'll as
With Europe.
TO sum it all up, Mr. Hughes is for
words when the administration resorts
o deeds and for deeds when the ad
resorts to words.