New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
Wilson Called
'Bungler'by
Sen. Watson
Mess Made by Administra.
ton i'm Mexico Forced
L. S. to Go to War With
Germany, He Declares
Staff Correspondence

Staff Correspondence
BRIDGEPORT Conn, April 29.-
uplted States Senator James e. Watson,
of Indiana, and viii II. Hays, chairman
of the National Republican Committee,
were the principal speakers at the Vic
tory Loan dinner here tonight III honor
OF John +, King, Republican Ma
iena Committeeman from Connecticut.
Chairman HAYS also acted as Victory
band salesman and succeeded IN sell.
ing mere than sgNNono worth Of bonds,
The aFtef-dinher speeches brought
forth bitter attaeks on President vii
son and his administration by both
Senator Watson and Chairman King.
Mr.. King at one point in his address
declared that if 1t was treason he
would assume sponsibiity for it, bat
that he could not refrain from saying
that President Wilson'S appointment
of George Heron as a special commits
soner of the United States to treat
with the Bolsheviki, was not only
rank insult to American men and
women, but that it branded President
Wilson as an international Socialist.
wilson called "Bungler
Senator Watson was most emphatic
in his criticism of President Wilson'S
Administration. He declared he was
opposed to it chiefly because of its
bungling.
If it hadn't been for the miserable
mess the Wilson Administration made
in Mexico" said Senator Watson, "it is
more than likely we never would have
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many.
Down there on the bord on
tinued the speaker "Amerio4 SOL
diers were forced to stand and be shot
down by Mexican bandits without
being allowed to cross over and either
protect themselves or punish the
murderers..
THE Wilson Administration" went
on Senator Watson, "permitted the
Lusitania to be sunk. 1t permitted
thirty-two British vessels, carrying no
contraband of war and with American
citizens on board, to be sent to the
bottom of the ocean. 1t permitted
fourteen American ships laden with
American commerce and carrying
American citizens TO be sunk.
"At the close of the war the Wilson
Administration was so inefficient that
there was not one American battle
plane. on the Western front. Neither
was there one large gun, made in Amer
lea, there to send shot into the Ger
man lines.
Senate to Scrutinize Pact
"The new United States Senate" de-
clared Senator Watson, will insist on
taking time to analyze and debate the
league OF nations covenant. No one
knows what is in it now. If there is
anv delay in it's being approved by
Congress, the fault may be justly
Charged against President Wilson"
Chairman Hays told the audience
that at the next national election there
would be l4,009,473 women voters, land
| intend TO look after every one of
them" During the laugh that followed
u voice from the gallery was heard to
say: You'll have some job, Will"
In opening the Victory bond sale,
Chairman Hays declared that while the
war was finished for the soldiers, it
was far from completed, so far AS the
American public was concerned. The
first bid he received came from Walter
B. Lassar, prominent Democrat, who
purchased $4,000 worth of bonds. John
T. King Immediately subscribed for a
like amount. The sale lasted only five
minutes.