Evening journal., 1920-10-25
WHAT OF OUR FUTURE FOREIGN popcyg

VVTHAT Of The future foreign policy OF the United
w States? This question is engaging the stten-
ton OF Washington diplomats who forosee election OF
Senator Harding in November.
There is hardly a diplomat stationed in Washington
VINO does not rldcue the foreign policy OF the Wilson
regime on the past eight years.
II Governor Cox should be elected, these diplomats
believe as the Governor has swallowed the Wilson
policies en- masse that the present eisn policy OF the
country would be perpetuated. That opinion also is
shared in Delaware.
There is not Washington diplomat who does not
stick his tongue in h is cheek" when the Wilson foreign
policies are mentioned The Wilson Piume nasco alien
ated the entire Italian citizenship the United States.
Mr.. Wilson's toward Thracc and Macedonia
aroused the hostility OF every Greek in the United States
The Jews hostile because Mr.. Wilson did not protest
vigorously at the Russian pogroms
The Wilson chimerical and fantastic idea OF League
OF Nations has resulted In more than OF wars
rssing in Europe would have surrendered the
ancient independence OF country to council OF for
eigners sitting al Geneva All Delawareans know that 10
be true
Mr.. Wilson's Far Eastern policy has been source OF
great profit and qualification TO Japan, only possible
kenemy in the Pacific Al the Paris Peace Conference Mr.
F\N1son betrayed Shantung province. with than
100000 Cinnamon, TO Japan. China has always been
our friend She robbed at Paris without Mr. Wilson
raising vigorous voice In her behalf Who doubts that
II Mr. Wilson had firmly stated at Paris that the United
States would agree TO spoation OF S antunw by
e Japanese that the conference would have refused TO
to the rape of that province at Paris Mr. Wilson
allowed Jap0n 10 acquire the Larone Caroline and Mari
islands, all OF which, when fortified, will menace
our possession Of Hawaii Guam and the Philippines and
may later be base from which the Japanese will strike
at Alaska and the Pacific Coast
The open door" in the Far East secured under a
Republican administration by John Hay, has been basey
aha adj IN
asserts and enforces paramount position" in Asia
AS result OF the cowardly and shorsighted policy OF
the Wilson administration in the Far East Toxic recently
threatened Washington the California immigration
imbrogo No such tlmid and blunderng foreign policy
has existed since our republic was established
Let consider the Wilson foreign policy applied 10
Mexico, nearest neigbor-a policy that has done
much to keep that unhappy country in state OF chronic
revolution" for the past eight years Beginning with
the order TO Huera to salute the Flag at Vera Cruz the
Wilson policy toward Mexico has been the laughing stock
OF the world. Il is byword among the Washington
diplomatic corps. Despite The seizure OF Vera Cruz,
VIII ich cost American lives Hueria did not salute the
Flag and Vera Cruz was surrendered back 10 the
Mexicans.
Never In the history OF the world was seen such a
nasco II did more to cause the Mexicans TO have a
profound contempt for the United States than other
things that have occurred between the two countries
since they had history The Vera Cruz incident was
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lean citizens in Mexico for The Mexcans convinced
after Vera Cruz that the United states great buffer
and would mot make good any threats. Many Della
wareans, who normally Democrats, were dsgusted
by The Mexican policy
Not content with the Vera Cruz blunder Mr. Wilson
announced that The bandit villa would be taken dead
or alive" following The attack on Columbus New Mexico
and General Pershing dispatched TO do the job The
doughty general his way well into Mexico and II
is safe bet hat he would have captured Villa accord
Ing TO orders dead alive" II he had to Oh the
bandit to the Panama Canal Mr. Wilson hated Pershing
and the expedition ANONYMOUSLY returned without villa
Thereafter OF Americans were murdered with inn
punity in Mexico
The Wilson whole foreign policy. from hs FIRST inaug-
uraon to the present has been black record the his
tory OF American diplomacy No fair-mnded citizen OF
Delaware feel say otherwise. Haiti is only one
example Of that policy. Ssnto Domingo is another.
Il Everybody knows II MIR Wilson who refused n
allow Congress to make peace with Germany All know
the gross mismanagemen OF the Philippines
Deawareans assist In rectifyiue these things and
restoring The United states 10 international respect by
voting the Republican ticket on November ?