New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-09

except TO the Constitution, TO the
government and TO the nag oil the
United States. We believe IN
American policies at home ana
abroad.
Protection of American Rights.
We declare that we believe In
and will enforce the protection VI
ever~ American citizen in all the
rights secured to him by the Con.
stitution. treaties and the law OF
nations. AT home and abroad, ny
land and sea. These rights, "hich
I'm violation Of the specific promise
~ their party made at baltimore
in i0I2. the Democratic President
and IN. Democratic Congress have
SaiIod to defend. We will un6inch-
ingly maintain. ...t..
a,d rigbt and believe in maintaining
st-aie,bt and honest neutrality between
tbs bclligerents in the great war IN
t',,rono We must perform all our
49, a,d insist upon all our rights as
neutrals without fear ana "i'nou'
favor.
,raI;tv as well as the dignity and
;,,anorcc of the United States can
NOT he preserved by shift expe-
dents nv phrase making, by per-
formances i'm language, or by attl-
tndes ever changing in an ehort 10
secure groups of voters. The pres
cnt Administration has destroyed
our influence abroad and humiiiSt-
ed us in our own eyes.
The Republican party oeheves ths'
q firm. consistent and courageous LOT
ejrn policy, always maintained Dy ~ ~,
publican Presidents in accordance WIZ
American traditions, is the pest AZ =.
Is the only true way, to preserve 0ui
peace and restore us TO our rsIta
pIece among the nations. We believe
IL ,acifc settlement of international
d T and favor the establishment
Of a world court for that purpose
Mexico:
We deeplv svmpathize with the If
+ocr million people Of Mexico, who, LOT
three wears, have seen their country
devastated. their homes destroyed;
their fellow citizens murdered ana
tbeir women outraged by armed oanos
Of desperadoes, led by self-neeking'
constituencies agitators, who, Wheh
ton,norarily successful In any locshty'
have neither sought nor been able 20
restore order or establish and MAINTAIN
peace. ,ud,rra-
.ion AT the outrsges which have Deen
and are being perpetrated by these
bandits upon American men ana Wo-
men. who were or are in Mexico by
invita+ion Of the laws and OF the gov
eminent of that country, and whose
FIGHTS to security of person and prop
erty are guaranteed by solemn treaty
obligations. .,..ai.,.
We denounce the lhuelehs ~ ~
methods of interference employed ~
tbjs administration in the internal al
fairs of Mexico and refer with shame
10 it's failure to discharge the duty OF
This country as next friend to Mexico
lis duty to other powers who have re-
lied upon US as such friend, and us
duty 10 our citizens in Mexico, In per
hitting the continuance Of such con
ditions. first by failure TO act prompt-
Nv and firmly, and, second, by lehulhE
its influence to the continuation
such conditions through recognition Oh
one Of the factions responsible LOT
these outrages. -
We pledge cur aid In restoring
order and maintaining peace III
Mexico. We promise to our clti
zens on and near our border, ana
20 those in Mexico, wherever they
NAV be found, adequate and abso-
Lutte protection in their lives, lib
erty and property.
Monroe Doctrine.
We reafirm our approval Of the Mon
roc Doctrine, and declare its mainten-
ance to be a policy of this country es-
sential 30 its present and future peace
and safety and to the achievement OF
its manifest destiny.
Latin-America.
We favor the continuance Of Repub-
lican policies, which will result In
drawing more and more closely the
commercial, financial and social rela'
tions between this country and the
countries Of Latin-America-
Philippines.
We renew our allegiance 70 the Phil
ippine policy insugurated by Mckinley
approved by Congress and consistently
carried out by Roosevelt and Taft
mously improved the material and so
cial conditions Of the islands, giver
the Philippine people a constantly in
creasing participation in their govern
ment, and II persisted in will bring
still greater benefits in the future.
We accepted the responsibility OF
the islands as duty TO civilization
and the Filipino people To leave
with our task half done would
break our pledges, injure our pres
tige among nations and imperil
what has already been accom-
plished.
We condemn the Democratic Ad-
ministration for its attempt to
abandon the Philippines, which was
prevented only by the vigorous OPP
position of Republican members of
Congress, aided by few patriotic
Democrats.
We reiterate our unqualified ap-
prevail of the action taken in Deem
Der, 1911, by the President and Con-
gress TO secure with Russia, as with
other countries, a treaty that will rec
ognize the absolute right of expatria-
ton and prevent all discrimination OF
whatever kind between American citi-
zens, whether native born or alien, and
regardless of race, religion or previous
political allegiance. We renew the
pledge to observe this principle and to
maintain the right Of asylum, which is
neither to be surrendered nor restrict
ed, and we unite in the cherished hope
that the war which Is now desolsting
the world may speedily end, with q
complete and lasting restoration OF
brotherhood among the nations Of the
earth. and the assurance Of full equal
rights, civil and religious, to all men
in every land
Protection of the Country.