New Britain herald., 1916-06-07

has followed and rejoicing has attend ed. No apology has been asked no foreswearing required. This is not the time for recriminatiOn, 1t is the day of recommendation.
 "Rededicating here and now the re- publicating to the progress and glory of the republic, let us bury party pre- fixes with the administration which our differences. put in power. I do not believe there is a really reactionary republican bearing credentials to this convention. If there is, he will depart, after our deliberations, solely and proudly republican, with heart aglow with the party spirit of 1916. And the welcome delegates who empha- sizes his progressivism, is expected to do his part in making our party re- f1eX of the best thought and best in tent of sincere committal to the uplift and progress of the American people, thereby strengthening party purpose instead of magnifying individual be- lief and he, too, will find new rejoic- ing in being a republican. No party can endure which is not progressive"
 The world at war, preparedness and Americas foreign relations served as the basis for the senator's first dis cussion of the issues. The enornity of the war in Europe, the tidal wave of distress and disaster, new wonders and new hindrances in commerce had utterly changed economic conditions, and these have attended embarrass- ments in American foreign relations he said, "as difficult as those which the individual citizen experiences whose every neighbor is involved in deadly quarrel"
 "Everything is abnormal except the depleted condition of the federal treas ury, which is characteristic of demo- cratic control" he said, 'and the fla cility of the administration for writ ing varied notes without effective mo- tice.'' Amid these conditions, America he asserted had been singled out for leadership among the neutral powers but the administration at Washing ton spoke with more rhetoric than resolution, and we Came to realize that the warning powers soon came to know that the official American voice lacked the volume of determined ex- pression that once demanded interna- tional heed, and we lacked the strength and confidence in our own de- lenses"
 In the discussion of foreign relations the temporary chairman made partic- ular reference to mericanism, to the course with Mexico and with Europe. with Americanism he trac- ed it back to Independence days when there were Americans from Great Britain, from Germany, from France and Southern Europe who made cause. Since that time he said, Americas gates had swung in- ward to the foreign-born and They are an inseparable and important and valued part of our American citizen ship, and the few zealots of any origin who violate our neutrality do not, and can not, impugn the loyalty or the patriotism of that great body which adds to the swelling chorus of My Country, 'tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty
 Expressing reluctance to speak of the division of American sentiment relating to foreign affairs, Senator Harding discussed briefly the Mexican problem. Ut must be said, for the truths sake and clearer understand ng, we have hungered in vain for hat unf1inching Americanism at which is needed to exalt he American soul,' he declared. There is no geographic modification of American rights. They are the same in Mexico that they are on the nigh seas, they are the same in Eu- rope that they are in Asia, and are sa- sacred everywhere, and the American spirit demands their fullest protec- tion
 Whatever the ultimate solution may be, history will write Mexico as the title to the humiliating recital of the greatest flasco in our foreign re- lauons. Uncertainty, instability, Mexican contempt and waning self respect Will be recorded in every chapter, and the pitiable story of sacrificed American lives and the de- struction of lawfully held American property will emphasize the mistaken policy of watchful waiting and webbing warfare.
 "Under the pretext of non-interfer- ence the dem ocratic administration misera bly meddled. In the name of peace that same administration en- couraged revolution, and the cost of American sacrifices was charged to needless war on Huerta, where the real American expenditure required only the voice of authority demand ing protection to American rights. The unbiased critic will recite that the democratic administration first coddled Villa as patriot, then chased him as a bandit
 Respecting Americas course with Europe the temporary chairman as- serted that no political party could draw a variable chart for our ship Of state amid Europe's warning am bitions."
 "Justice,' he continued, points the way through the safe channel of neu- trality. There are dangers, seeming or real, looming on every side, but we should feel secure along the course