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Hoped for German Victory
| 1.-THE Daily News" which is the sole
property Of Governor Cox, was hope.
| full as late AZ September 81, 1916, that
Germany would triumph over the
! Allies.
| In an editorial on that date "The
| News said. in part:
| "The world gets its news from the
| victors. At this time most Of the news
from the hattiefields comes from the
| Allies. That has been the case to 9
| great extent all along, but never more
noticeably than at present. The friends
of Germany are still hopeful. They
have an abiding faith in her genius
They have seen her on other occasions
| at disadvantage only to note he,
working her way out of the difficulty. u
On December IL, 1915, Cox's news
paper said editorially:
"A military critic who has closely
followed the progress of the war states
that the contest can only end in one
of three ways: Either through knock
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for the Allies, or by the world coming
to an end. Germany seems incapable
of being knocked out"
On October 5, 1916, an editorial in
the. Governors newspaper, under the
heading "Our German Friends" said {:
ut is reported that many of our
German friends are going to vote for
Justice Hughes for President and
against President Wilson. They are
said to be unfriendly toward the Presi-
dent because of his attitude upon for
eign questions. Indeed, some of them
; accuse the President Of being unneu-
trail toward Germany.
Assaulted Roosevelt's Stand
"Our German friends can get some
idea Of how Justice Hughes stands
upon these foreign questions by under
standing those who are back of him.
Thus we find Theodore Roosevelt as
the chief supporter of Justice Hughes.
He goes all the way to Battle Creek.
Mich, to make speech against Pres-
dent Wilson, in favor of Justice
Hughes. And this is exactly what Mr.
Roosevelt thinks of Germany, and of
President Wilson for not making war
upon Germany:
Ion May 7 the Lusitania was tor
pedoed, and 1896 persons were
drowned. But Mr.. Wilson did not
make mankind know that when America
speaks she means what she says. On
the contrary, he selects this as an ap-
propriate occasion for his remark
about "being too proud to fight" He
did not hold Germany to strict &C
countability, he did not hold her to
any accountability, strict or loose. He
wrote notes. On June 8, President
Wilson sent his second note and on
July % his third. Germany answered
these notes on August 10, by sinking
the Arabic, drowning forty-one per-
sons, including two Americans.
"'No atonement has been made by
Germany; and in more than one case
newspapers report that the captain of
the submarine has been promoted or
decorated as reward
Other filings at Germany
"But this is not all. Mr.. Roose-
welt. speaking in Justice Hughes's be-
half, takes other filings at Germany.
Listen:
This action by Mr.. Wilson would
be entirely proper and necessary if he
had taken the right position on behalf
of Belgium and exacted prompt atone
ment for the murder of our men,
women and children, by German sub
Marines
us there any doubt about what Mr..
Roosevelt would have done if he had
been President, any more than there is
doubt about what Justice Hughes
would be forced to do under similar
circumstances in the event he is
elected President? Others may profit
through the election of Justice Hughes.
We do not see how the Germans can
hope to do so.
Speaking in the interest of Justice