The New York herald., 1922-03-27
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the day and deed that was done on il.
As surely as the sun shines and the
seasons come and 20 in this Republic.
founded bv Washington and saved by
Lincoln, thesa Senators will reap the
harvest Of the whirlwind of public con
demnation which they have sown by
this awful act or ratification"
Earlier IN his address Mr. Hylan said
Trhe slogan of the Harding campaign
was No League of Nations Scarcely a
year after this new national Admins
tration entered into office peace par
ley was called To effect an association
Or nations-which Is the same thing as
2 league OF nations-to bind this re-
public Of the United State Of America.
pulsating with life. TO the moribund
monarchies Of Europe
No one connected with this alleged
peace parley dares answer truthfully
The question as to what direct benefit
the United states will gain BY adopting
ihe various treaties of alliance with Old
World Imperialism. They either involve
q departure from our traditional policy
OF splendid isolation. or they do not
IL they commit us 10 such a sacrifice
they are charged with national INT: II
they do not commit us their negotiation
Is useless"
The Rockefeler-Stand oil inter
ests, Mr.. Hyan said. were the head OF
an octopus that "sprawled its SLIM,
length over city, State and nation.
Operation of Octopus.
1T operates" he went ON. under
cover or self-created screen and seizes
IN its long and powerful tentacles our
executive officers. our legislative bodies
col. alc
and every agency created for the public
protection"
The Corporation dominated" news
papers OF New York, Mr.. Hylan said
had Systematically held him up to ridi-
cule.
Their mudslinging was never more
reckless; the vehement denunciat'or
never more violent" said Mr.. Hylan
The hooting. jbing and sneering al
my candidacy and the tacking upon me
OF the nickname which was an echo oi
the days when l used the pick and
shovel and drove a locomotive were
most flagrant and disgraceful
This peculiar combination Of selfish
interests caused my Administration &c
be investigated by various inquisitorial
bodies at an expense of several hundreds
of thousands of dollars to- the taxpayers
Va lHc Stdlt anu city. sIllty dragged me
personally before grand juries, scurrjl.
GUS threats were sent TO the members
OF my family and all sorts of vicious
propaganda resorted to.
The self-seeSing interests feared me
and with good reason. You may be in
terested to know that when / entered
upon my first term as Mayor sthe city
administration started in to break the
stranglehold which the traction interests
had on the city government, the deni-
zens of the underworld on the Police De-
partment. the railroad and shipping
interests. particularly the British, or
the port Of New York. and the Rookie
feller and Gary interests upon our public
schools
From this Mr.. Hylan went into the
fields of international affairs
ut appears that as result of the
international negotiations in Washing
ton. 1t has been decided to scrap our
new battleships along with our time
honored policy of non-entangling alli-
ances. 70 sacrifice the naval supremacy
already within our grasp. to forego the
fortification of the Philippines and
Guam, and to entrust the safety of our
islands in the Pacific to the generosity
OF Great Britain and Japan, while these
Old World empires are in no wise pre-
vented from fortifying their distant pos
sessions.
1T should be remembered that. under
either the League or the Association
OF Nations we would be compelled to dc
the things which the father of our coun-
try repeatedly warned us against.
I'VE have in this country a few Tories
who are more interested in the welfare
Of foreign countries than they are ir
the United States Government. Some
way ought to be found for dealing ef-
fectively with them.
Our departure from the patriotic and
wise admonitions OF our far sighted early
patriots which led to our participation
in the world war has taught thinking
America lesson. sad. bitter and costly
1T will be a lesson. well learned II
we but return to the tried and true ma.