New Britain herald., 1916-05-10

breath he implies that he may have ! gone too far and ends his future dis ! cusslon with the lame and impotent conclusion, T think this is a debat- able question:"
 Again, he says What is the sane and patriotic thing to do?" But he supplies no answer to the question. : If the senator desires to know what patriotic republicans ought to do, I commend to him the statement made 1 by ex-President Taft, on April 21st, in an address delivered at Chicago Mr. Taft discusses the course pursued by President Wilson and says, He is right and we all must stand by him. l cannot follow the reasoning of those who exalt Americanism and patriot | ism and do not uphold his hands in the present crisis"
 This was also the attitude of Sen ator Root on April 25, 1914, when, speaking at a banquet of the Amer ican Society of International Law at the Willard Hotel in Washington, he said:
 Thank Heaven we have 2 presi- dent in whose lofty character, in whose sincerity of purpose, in his genuine desire to do what is right wise, patriotic, and what is best for the country and humanity, we can all trust absolutely. I trust in him. I have differed from him in questions of policy and doubtless shall differ from him again Men coming up with different environments and as- sociations and ideas must differ: Tut l have confidence in the character and purpose of the president of the Unit ed States. He is my president and I will stand behind him in his leader ship.'
 These are ringing American words spoken before the political campaign opened and before the exigencies of the republican party required the , distinguished lawyer to prepare | brief on the other side
 Our Foreign Policies. l The policy of the president is to maintain our national honor and, if possible to preserve peace Who will deny that before submitting to the hazards and mlseries of war, states 1 manshlp requires that the appeal to 1 reason and justice should first be em- ployed, and that every resource known to diplomacy should be exhaustedo Of course, there are irresponsible and excitable critics who complain of the vexation and delay necessarily inci- ! dent to such negotiations.
 Alexander Hamilton and Rufus King criticised the diplomacy of Washington in connection with the Genet controversy. The members of the cabinet of John Adams criticised his negotiations with France.
 John Randolph bitterly attacked Jefferson's foreign policy. Horace Greeley was dissatisfied with the diplomacy of Lincoln, and many men mistook themselves for statesmen. condemned the action of Lincoln in everything his Secretary of the Navy and even the house of representatives to maintain peace with Great Britain when the Trent affair had stirred the anger of our people. We have had distressing international problems be- fore. In 1793 during the war be- tween England and France the for mer seized and held hundreds of ves- sells floating the American flag That incident in our history led Charles Sumner to say, Washington uphold ing the peaceful neutrality of this country while he met unmovcd the clamor of the people wickedly cry Ing TOT war IS greater man than Washington crossing the Delaware or taking Cornwallis' sword at York town" Fifty-four forty or fight" but We settled the Oregon dispute with England by writing notes and by ne gotiations
 During the Civil War the dispute with England, concerning the Ala bama and other priVateerS which had destroyed American commerce, dis turbed American sentiment, but Lin coin wrote notes and negotiated and saved his country from war.
 Tn 1873 Spain seized the ship Vir- ginius, flying the American flag and shot the captain of the ship, thirty six of the crew and twelve passengers, but President Grant wrote notes and resorted to diplomacy and saved the country from war.
 The bloodthirsty attitude assumed 1 by MT. Root and MT. Roosevelt, both Of whom, curiously enough were c1p1ents of the Noble Peace Prize is one of those astonishing revelations indicative of the manner in which men of repute are apt to lose their heads in national crisis. But the president of the United States has not lost his head, nor has he lost sight of the true vision of what America means to the world. It has been his