The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-24

ment and application that tests
the endurance and moral courAge
Of men," What America needs
now Is not a Sphinx, but q Paul
Revere to awaken 1t and call It
back to duty and high resolve.
Oh, for one in the White House
whose heart might be melted
and courage aroused to sympa.
thize and to fight. Would that
we might once more see in that
exalted position one with the
courage of q jackson, the militant
honesty Of q Cleveland, the ]
nnatchless craftsmanship, far-fIung
vision, and the fine fighting quail.
ties OF Woodrow Wilson.
Tribute To Wilson.
Would that we had in the
White House the spirit Of him
whose heart Of gold melted in the
sympathies Of the world-of all
humanity--whose courags knew
and gave No quarter, whose quail.
ties Of craftsmanship caused him
to catch the first WhisperlngA Of
domestic disorder and visualize
and prescribe for world unrest.
It is the spirit of him who twice
led us to victory and whose soul
has taken its flight but whose
remains now lie in yon crypt at
st. Adams, the late Commander
in Chief of the worlds greatest
fighting forces in its greatest
crisis, that will inspire harmony
in this convention and assure vic.
tory in November.
How different were the foreign
policies of our. Government under
Woodrow Wilson and under the
Harding Coolidge administrator
1t is the difference between a key
note and keyhole policy Of states
manship. In the good old Demo
cratic days we did not send spies
to peep in, but diplomats to sit
in; not observers without author.
ity, but representatives with Gre
dentials. One policy was definite,
wise, and brave; the other vacil-
ating, hating, and weak. We
opened up new and broader mar
kets, and the people OF every
cline were drawn closer to US.
No humanitarian cause, no move.
ment to check wars, settle dis.
putes, or promote world peace
but promptly received the SYM
pathetic consideration of this Gov
eminent. 1t was through such
a policy that America forged to
the front among the foremost
nations of the world. Glory was
in the flag and prosperity in every
industry. What a change has
, come about during these three
long years!
Oil the Open Sesame
OIL has become the Open Sesame
Of power. 1t gained admittsnce
to the robbers cave and partici-
patton in the plumber. It has
been the inspiration Of this Ad-
ministration's foreign, as well as
domestic policy. The magic sig.
nificance of its flow has awakened
the State Department to an in.
terest, not only in Mexico and the
United States of Colombia, but
away off In the Near East. Truly
the Administration might have
boasted of two Secretaries OF
OIL"
When the Christian women and
children of Armenia were being
wantonly given to the Turkish
sword, when thousands Of these
Armenian followers OF Christ,
driven like cattle into exile, were
dying of starvation and exposure
in the highways, when Christian
churches and Christian homes
were being given to the flames
and ministers Of the gospel llapor-
tuned the Administration for a
note Of protest, it was refused;
but the moment the oil naagnates
of the land sought a concession
in the oil fields of Mosul the AID
ministration that refused to inter-
vene to save Christian lives,
Christian churches and Christian
homes went to the front with
vigor and decision.
Treaty Is Denounced
They who were Indifferent when
the lives OF women and children
were involved, FASTENED to the
conference with the Turks in pur-
suit Of the Chester oil concession
and became party to the infanny
Of the Lausanne treaty--a treaty
which abandons our missionaries
to the Turks and, betrays Ar
menia into the hands of its
assassins.
Show this Administration an oil
well and 1t win show you q for
eign policy.
With a world dismayed by dis
order and stepped in sorrow we
have waited patiently for this
giant nation to assume its COM
handing part. But no; their
leaders, like slackers moved by
fear, have turned and run away.
Amid all this worlds confusion,
with its broken spirit and lost con-
throughout Europe, this Admins.
tration has complacently looked
on and sulked. Never before in
all its history has America turned
a deaf ear to the appeal OF
humanity or the call of civiiiza-
ton. Foreign countries have
sought our advice. They have
pleaded for our counsel; but, 10,
their supplications have been
ignored and their pleas rejected.
Offers No Apology.
The Democratic party offers no
apology for its foreign policies.
When the Woodrow Wilson plan
for world adjustment was wrecked
by the selfish and jealous hands
of reactionary' Republican leader.
ship, world hope for peace was
shattered and European rehabili.
tatior indefinitely deferred. The
tragedy Is they wrecked our plan
and offered nothing instead. This
administration cannot escape its
responsibility for the feverish
condition of the world. What
they are now seeking to do with
reparations should have been done
years ago. Out in the progress
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