Evening journal., 1919-07-14
TWENTY YEARS AFTER.

ID RESIDENT WILSON, acting IN his and by
his own property authority" has extended inv-
tation TO King Albert and Queen Elizabeth Of Belgium
to visit the United States and expected that the Bel
! sium rulers VIII come here in September.
twenty years ago that King, then Prince Albert
paid visit TO this country.
William Mckinley then President and this country
was operating under republican form Of government
and under the Republican party
Albert then a stripping Of 2i years but keenly in
| terested in government affairs
We had just finished cleaning up Spain and cleaning
! her out Of Cuba where. under Weyer the Bloody an
attempt being made 10 choke national aspiration out
Of the champions 9f Cuba Libre and it was common
gossip The cianceeres OF Europe that once the
United Stles had assumed control OF Cuban affairs we
would never let up until had reduced the island 10
The status Of m American colony
Europe at that time covertly enioinng the vari-
Gus Latin American republics to take warning from the
/ pending fate OF Cuba beware the Colossus Of the
North. Review the Republican record in Cuba and be
proud
Prince Albert round wen contented people here
twenty years ago.
The Dlngley protective tariff law had been in opera
ton for about two years and the country was the
hsh road to recovery the awful Industrial depres-
sion which followed the Wlson-Gorman law Of evil
memory aud Democratic parenlage.
Such thing Bolsheyism practically unknown.
Natlonalism sturdy, nternatonalism a league
OF hdohs uhufeamed or III anyone at that time had sug
sested that the American people should surrender their
charter and delegate thr to a super-sLale he
would have been laughed at a lunatic.
II William Mckinley had attempted the overthrow Of
popular government and The establishment Of dictator
ship with any such ruhlessness has characterized
This administration he would have been promptly i'm
peached and kicked OF office by his own party ma
iorlty in Congress
But who could imagine anything Of the from the
hgh-minded Mckinley?
King Aberts second visit to this country will find us
again Struggling 10 snap the Democratic bonds which
have enmeshed us
This time we are working for the restoration Of CON
stiiutonal government, which for years has
been reyiled and spit upon by the party in power
We are also seeking TO eyade The moose which Mr.
Wilson and his British colleagues twisted for us in Eu-
rope-the league OF nations, a proposition with which,
IL IS understood King Albert has little sympathy We
are working hard to revive American ideals to weed
out fauous deasm.
We are struggling TO regain foothold honest fact
away from the slime of academic theories
Cuba need not be told that had the league OF nations
been in existence In 1898 the United states under article
could never have come to her relief
King Albert will note many changes when he COM
nares 1919 with 1892 and while 1t is quite probable that
no Republican leaders in Congress will be invited to at
tend functions in his honor. If he will pay visit 10 the
legislative halls he will witness republic in resurrec-
lion
And, II he will pay third visit to this country about
March 4, 1921 he will ind a Republican President in
the White House who will accord him a dignity benttlng
comrade narns but who recognizes neither the sane
tity the divine righ. OF kings