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THE SUN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 191G.. SEES CLOSE FIGHT TO CONTROL SENATE Republican Managers Hope to Capture Seven Seals From Democrats. THE CAMPAIGN IS KEEN Senator Weeks Hays More Tlum Needed Number Can He Elected. COLONEL RIPS UP WILSON'S MOTIVES Continued from First Pag. Although the Presidential contest nat urally transcendr. In tlio eyes of the nub ile, all oth'r political rights this fall, tlio contest for tlio control of tlio Hcnntq la looked upon by tlio Republicans ns her ond only td It In Interest for what It will mean to tho country after March i next. Should Mr. Hushes win the election, ns la now ithe confident prcJIctlon of ex perienced republican campaigners, there 'aj no. doubt that lio would carry In TV ltli htm a Republican lower house, but with the. Senate It la different, particularly eo la view of the Democratic majority of seventeen to overcome. .The etectlona of four years ago carried Into' power a Democratic Senate for tho llrtt time slnco ISO!. To recapturo tho anal the Republican are putting Into this Senatorial fight almost as much en ergy as they are putting Into the Hughes campaign, sending out hundreds of a'peak'ers and endeavoring to arouse tho people In those States where Senatorial contests occur to the Importance of thlj Issue. Contest la Unique. The conditions respecting this fight are wnlcfoe. It Is the first tlmo In a Presi dential contest that United States Sena tors hare been elected by popular vote, the new amendment going Into effect only f6 years ago; The result has 'been to mate the Senatorial campaign virtually part of the battle to elect the President. On account of the new conditions, the Senatorial fight Is being conducted by a "pedal committee of ltepubllcan Sena tors, with headquarters In this city. This committee, efter etudylng tho conditions n the different States, Is now of tbo opinion that the Senate Is to bo won this fill with possibly a few votes to spare. To gain' control of the Senate, now that the Republicans have elected both Senators In Maine, It will be necessary for the Republicans to hold their pres ent' strength and to replace seven Demo crats with Republicans. This will bring about a tie, with tho Vice-President hav tng the controlling vote. Sees Gala of Serea Senators. Senator John VT. Weeks of Massachu setts. In charge of the Now York head quarters of tho Senatorial " campaign, said yesterday that ho believed tho He publicans were almost certain of accom plishing this and more. According to Senator Weeks, the i-onmilttco regard the election of Republican Stnatoia to replace Democrats as practically as sured III tho following Ktntem NVw York. New Jersey. West Virginia and Oliio. This will mean a gain of four senators. indUna. with twu Senators. jiirioun aro regarded as belli? al most euro. Judging from present condi tions, meaning a further gain of three, .The following States aro put down by .--tnaior- ieeus anu nis associate; as offering a good chancn of Increasing thWi gain by ono or more: Maryland, Ari zona, Montana. Nebraska uud Nevada. Speaking of tho contests now belns waged In tho flrt mentioned States Sen ator Weeks said : "I regard tho election of Mr. Calder In New York almost a ilvo to one chance. I regard the cliancea of tho election of Mr. rreyllnghujscn In New Jersev ns ltng about tho lame. V.'cat Virginia perhaps Is not so euro, but thero Is a large protectionist rentlment und elm-o 1814 tho Republicans havo gained two Congressmen there. We havo an excel lent candidate and I bellcvo ho will win. Bellerea Herrlek Sure Winner. "In Ohio we think thero Is no question "f Mr. Herrlek defeating Senator Pom rene. Conservative) estimates glo tlio State to tho Republicans and in tho primaries tho voto was almost two to one for Herrlek as compared with the TOte cast for Pomerenc. Mast Keep Up the Fight. "Coming down to tho States not qulto o aure, we believe that all the Indica tion now point to tlio election In In diana of both New and Watton over Taggart and Kern. The battle, Is a hot one' and must bo kept up right tu tho end, but tho Republicans aro splendidly organised and the Ilughea trip was a great success.- "In Missouri the Republican candidate, Walter 6. Dickey, Is conducting the greatest campaign ever seen. Hn has a large following and In cum of tho bext political organisers In tho party. Iio la 'running against Senator Reed, a somewhat different type of man, uud i believe ho la going to beat him. "In Arizona tho dissatisfaction with Wilson's Mexican policy, combined with certain local conditions and tho fact that the Republicans hao ,put up un ex ceedingly etrong candidate, leads ua to thtnk that there Is a good chance for defeating Senator Achurst, In t-plte of the fact that tho Plato Is normally Democratic. In Montana tho Republi cans and Prosrtttlvtn have united behind strong candldato mid the Hughes suf frage declaration Id expected to lull In our favor. In Nevada (Senator New lands'a majority two years ngowus unly 49 votes. In this s-rtato tho Soilalltts ore strong and control tho rltuatlun In a sense. Wn bcllevo that they aro to pull more vote from the Democrats than from tlio Republican, which will mean the defeat of Senator l'lttman. "In Maryland there Is Democratic dis sension, and tho views held by rVnator Lee on certain subjects urn such that many Democrats uro oppoied to hlni. The State haH been carried Inlco by tlio Republicans In tho last sixteen ears fo' tlif-ro In tumo chance uf electing a Republican theiv. Nebraska U noimally a Republican rilatc, thuugli cloe, Tho campaign thero turn mi tho Wet and Dry Issue. .Mm I.. Kennedy In tni Republican cindldatn iixalust Senator Kltchcoi'k. Itolli IIo In omaha und many blleo that Kennedy him a chance of winning. "Taking all uf thci-o States tho chance aro excellent of carrylm.' morn than woven of them, and wo fee, certain IhHt we can hold all of tho present Republi can seats. Nuturully, because or the big Democratic- majority to overcome, tho Senate tight will bo close nnd for this reason wo arc not overlooking any chances In a rlnalo .State." KING Of"aBYSSIHIA DEPOSED. children, that had been perpetrated by any Power calling Itself civilised lor over a century. "President Wilson had full notice as, to what was to bo done, for tho Oerman Ambassador, Mr. von Hcrnstorff, had publicly given such notlco to tho two pie of tho United States. I-'or less tlmn such action President tieorgo Washing ton, when ours wast a .weak Infant na tion, forced the recall of the l-'rencli Ambatsador, Oenct. Hut President Wil son did not act. Hn oilly spoke. And his words were a direct Incitement to the repetition of tho wrong. For Imme diately after the sinking of tho I.usl taul.i ho uttered tils famous sentenco about being "too proud to tight.' In nil our hltlury thero has hover been any other American President who has used a phraso that has dona such wide spread damage to tho good name of America. Illumines Ilia Son!. Damajbtcr of Mrnellk Proclaimed "Empress of IStulopta." LorcoN, Sept. HO, Umpernr I.ldj Jcaisu of Abjtslnla bus lnon dcpoteil at Addis Abtba. I.I'IJ Jeassu Ik Ti years old and a grandvou of Emperor Mcliellk, whom he succeeded In 1312. .A-despatcli from Addis Abeba. to nome anouneR that ho has been Niiocj-udea by Oulxero-Xeodltu, a daughter of tho "It Is onn of those1 dreadful phrases nhlch, ns by a lightning tlach. Illumines the soul of the man using It, and re mains forever fixed In tho minds of mankind In connection with that man. Rut this Is not nil. When tho man Is President of tho United States It Is a sad and dreadful thing that the shame la necessarily lhared by the nation it self: nnd It Is completely assumed by tho nation If It falls to repudlato uo man who uttered tho phrase. Imagine Ueorgo i usulngton after tho Lexington fight, or even after tho Uofttun uiaseacre, selecting tho occasion as an uppropriato one for remarking that the American peoplo might bo 'too proud to fight 1' Imagine Abraham Lincoln making such a statement two days after the tiring on Sumter) Pres dent Wilson refused to speaK in Independence Hull on tho ono hundred and twenty-eighth -nnnlcrsury of tho signing of the Declaration of Independ ence In that hall, and he so refused because Inasmuch as over one hundred of our men, wvmen nnd children had Just been murdered on the high teas he regarded It as 'tho very moment when ho would not care to nrouse the sentiment of patriotism.' Mr. Wilson has a positive gcnlm for striking when the Iron Is cold and fearing to strike when the Iron Is hot. "Most assuredly, my fellow country men, the American republic wilt not live and will not deserve to live If for the views of the men who signed the Dec laration of Independence on July 4th, 1T76, we substitute as the basis of na tional action tbo views of the President who, ono hundred and twenty-eight years later, declined "to epeak in com memoration of the day, because In -a dangerous crisis It eemed to his cold heart unwiso 'to arouse tho srlrlt of patriotism." Tho Colonel here contrasted the refusal to recognize Huerta with Wilson's recog nition of Col. Renavldes In Peru and his action In Haiti and Santo Domingo. Ho went on: "In dealing with foreign nations. If we nro to retain our sclf-iespect nnd protect our citizens, tbo first cesentlal Is that when we speak It shall bo under stood that wo mean what wo Hay. In bis spetsrh at West Point on June 2 last. President Wilson said: Mankind Ik going to know that when America speak she moans what fho says.' Mirt emphatically mankind will never know this aa long as Mr. Wilson Is President. "On August UTth. 1013, he directed tho American Consul-Clencral In Mexico to notify ull Mexican otllclals that 'they will bo held strictly responsible for nny Injury dono to any American, or for Injury d-jno to their property.' On Vebru.irv 10. 191.". Uo sent his first note to (.icrmany aa regards tho uso of eubiniirlnca In sinking merchant ves sels, warning Germany that In case an American vessel or tho life of an Amer ican citizen should bo destroyed by a German submarine, tho United States would hold the Imperial Government of Germany to 'ttrlct accountability.' Haraba Incident Recalled. "At the same time Secretary of State llryan, according to hli published statement, inronneu .ukiro-uungariaii Ambassador Dumba that tho noto was Intended merely for 'homo consumption,' nnd was not to bo taken seriously by Germany, nnd ho reported nui conver sation to President Wilson, who ap proved of It. This makes an Interesting gleta on Mr. vt lison maiemrni inai 'Mankind ih going w snow huh mini ; America speaks nht inoana what she tayn.' Ire did not noiu uermnny 10 nuicv accountability.' Ho did not hold lur to any accountability, strict or loose. He wroto notes. President Wilson's first noto to Germany was on aiay i. ucr :uany answered It on May -'5 by tor pcdolng the NebraHkan. an American vessel. On June D President Wilson sent hlH second note, and on Ju'y III a tniru. Germany answered these notes on Au gust 10 by sinking the Ars.mc, nrowning forty-one persons, Including two Amer icans, and on September C the Hesperian, twenty-six persons being drowned. In cluding two Americans. On December 30 tho Persia was sunic, mo numoer oi uvea lost being 33S, Including two Americans, ono of them a Consul-General. Other vessels havo since been sunk. No atone ment hai been mado by Germany, and In more than one case tho newspapers re port that tho captain of tho tubinarlre has been promoted or dscoratcd as a reward. "So much for the 'strict accounta bility' to which Germany was to bo held. The 'strict responsibility' to which Mexico was to be held resulted In pre cisely a Elmllar manner. While Ger many was drowning between 100 and 200 Americans, Hnd a couplo of thousand other lion-combatants who wcro at sea. tho Mexicans wero killing a somewhat larger number of Americans, and a still larger number of other non-conibatnnta on land. President Wilson did not hold Germany to 'utrict accountability" In ono case, und did not hold Mexico to 'strict accountability' In tho other. He did nothing whatever. Nobody has been punished for the Uvea lost." Tho Colonel then discussed Wilson's speech of acceidance, especially the utatenient that 1m "was more Interested In the fortunes of oppressed men nnd pitiful women nnd children than In nny property lights." Ho told of tho numer ous notca to Kratieo and England about property rights and added: "If ho had really rhown by his deeds during tho past two years un effective nnd determined purposo to protect our own 'pitiful women and children' and nil other 'oppressed' people, If ho had lieen thilr resolute nnd successful champion, it would now bo his clear duty to take striilchtforward and crrcemo action against any Imptoper Interference with our malls nnd merchandise, whether by blacklist, by the exercise of tho right of search or otherwise. If he had thus acted tn tho past on behalf of human rights, It would bo eminently proper to stand up for our property rights now. Xntlou Couvli'teM as Mi nocrlttcal, "Hut the action usually taken by tho President of the United htatcs convicts us ua a nation, In tho eyes of other ua. 11011, and ahovo ull, In our own eyes, as being guilty of hypocritical Insincerity lu tho whole matter. If the President had begun, two years ago, effectively and actively to prepare our military and naval strength, and If he had meant what hn said, mid had clearly rlunvn tliut ho meant what ho raid, wu would hao rendered real service to mankind, .wa would have safeguarded ull our rights, dent Wilson haa occupied at least two diametrically opposite positions, we can usually And In some of his words an out lino of tho position we ought to havo taken : but almost without execution. theso flno words havo had tlio meaning I weaselcd out of them by other words: ana usually there have been no deeds whatever. Take, ns nn Instance, the question of preparedness, and of tho means necessary to secure It. In the fourteen months extending from Dec. 8, 114, to Keb. 10. 1916, thero were fifteen messages, letters and epecches of Presi dent Wilson which I have read. In there fifteen messages, letters and spu.iics, during thoso fourteen months, Pri.ldent Wilson took forty-one different positions about preparedness und the measures necessary to eecuro It: and each of these forty-one positions contra dicted from one to six of tho others. "In many of bin speeches tho weasel words of one portion of the speech took all tho meaning out of the words ued In another portion of that speech; and thesa latter words themselves had a , weasel significance as regards yet other "urns, no nrgueu lor preparcaness, ana ugalnst preparedness. "When tho President argued every which wny, and stood on every side of every proposal, It was no wonder. that Congress was puzzled. Publlo opinion was not led by tho President He fol lowed It In sharp zigzags, now In one direction, and now tn another, as he be lieved It at tho moment to be going. look to eettle the controversy he had In our external affairs he .has stood for 'learned that the whole temper of the peace at any price. He refuses to look legislative bodies of the United States alien. 1. He shows not one shred. of that waa In favor of what ono sldo an- stern and unyielding courage which en- nounced to be Its contention. In other tildes a leader to face, temporary risk, words, he had made up his mind In ad- discomfort and hardship for tho sako of a vance; and he had made It up because lofty Ideal and a splendid ultimate ho lalteved the majority of tho Con- triumph. He was cowed by tho big Kreasmen (for the most part pure poll- labor leaders exactly as he had already Helens) wcro on what they deemed to been cowed by Germany and by Mexico, be the popular sldo. In this speech he He hlmtclf acknowledged tho evil of the explicitly admitted that In this conlro- situation when he eald, 'it must never versy 'the main partner was leu oui oi do auoweu again.- uui Dy ms actions tlm reeknnlnv' because the two partlos ho has guaranteed that It will nrlso declined to consider "what rights had the ngaln, whenever there la In the White hundred million people of tho United llouso a man too timid to face threats or States' front danger. "And President Wilson eagerly joinea .ur. v uson-s acts in the White House with these men In refusing to consider havo shown that what he eeeks In nny the rights of these hundied millions of emergency of this nature Is momentary people. President Wilson, knows well relief, temporary safety, purchased at that he has betrayed tho rights of these whatever cost of present Ignominy and people. He admits that when In the samo at whatever risk of future disaster, speech, with his usual faculty for using President Wilson has announced that In fine words about the future when he de- theory he stood for arbitration In such sires to rover up mean deeds In the , matters : but the minute that he waa i-'tght Hoar Law a Taat. "I ask you to test the character and courage of Sir. Hughes and Mr. Wilson by comparing their, attitudes aa regards tho demands of the Railway Brother hoods, which culminated recently hi the miscalled eight hour legislation at Washington. "I believe In labor unions. Dut I be llevo first und foremost tn liberty and Justlco obtained through the Union to which all of us belong, tho union of alt tho peoplo. of the United States. I bc llevo In the eight hour day as the general rule toward which we must strive: but I recognize, that special needs must bo met In t pedal Industries; and that In all such cases thero must be very care ful consideration of all the conditions before llnal action Is taken. In this case, however, tho eight hour day Is not tho lsstio. The Issue Is an increase of wages, given by law, without previous Investi gation or knowledge. The riinclple of the eight hour day Is not at Issue and Is adroitly Invoked merely to cloak the real Issue. "The case at Issue Is preeminently ono that comes In the category of those that can be fettled only after careful Investigation and full consideration of ninny Important conlllctlng elements. I bellcvo In the eight hour day, on moral nnd sociologies! grounds, as being tho Ideal toward which we should strive. I believe In wages being Just as high In any business as is compatible with squaro treatment to the other parties In Interest Dut If the Government is to Intcrveno In order to secure shorter hours and better wages It must do no only after full knowledge and not merely .-.dor me duress oi mrcuis. Mast State Issae Honestly "Moreover tho Issue must be honestly stated. Tho Government niurt not be used .-ally to get higher wages, when the nominal and surface demand seems to be for fewer hours of labor, u ap Twt.irx that what In this case Is de manded Is not really a day of eight i.mr l.ilmr. hut a hlshcr rate of pay for tno eight hours, or a higher rate of overtime nav beyond eight Hours, in other words It Is not a law to limit hours of labor In the sense that we uso In speaklnE of an right hour day for women or an eight hour law for three shifts In continuous Industry. It Is prl nnrilv a bill to secure an advance In wages; tho securing of an eight hour day Is wholly secondary, and as regains many employees would probably not be ',r,i.iL-lii about or desired. "Win ii any labor trouble becomes of such size as to involve tho public the public has a right to Interfere, to insist that there shall bo no Interference with the welfare and safety of the public, and therefore to Insist on arbitration, that Is for Just decision by the Govern- present, he says, 'how are we going to prevent any organisation from over riding the Interests of society? America has the privilege to eayt you must not Interrupt the national life with out consulting us.' More "Fine Woras." "Exactly I Fine words I Words such as Mr. Wilson loves to use. And as la customary with Mr. Wilson, these flno words or nis aoout aDstract rigms are flatly contradicted by his unworthy deeds as soon as the concrete case arise. Mr. Wilson uses these lofty words about the future at tho very time when he has made America submit to sertng 'an organization override the Interests uf so- threatened he not only abandoned the principle but supported tho assault on It. The union leaders announced that they had 'steadily refused to arbitrate,' nnd that In their action they were 'sup perted by tho President of the United States. President Wilson was the guar dian of the publlo weal. He betrayed the publlo weal. This Is specifically set forth In the official announcement of the chairman of the union representatives, who thug described the contest : "'In times like this men go back to primal Instinct to tho day of the cave man, who with his half gnawed bone snarled at the other caveman who wanted to take his Ijono awny. We leaders are fighting for our men, the which we owe to Mr. Wilson's substitu tion ot adrott elocution for straightfor ward action. The permanent interests of the American people He, not In ease and comfort for the moment, no matter how obtained, as Mr. Wilson would teach us, but In resolute championship of the Ideals of national and Interna tional democratic duty and In prepared ness to make this championship effec tive by our strength. "President Wilson embodies In his person that most dangerous doctrine which teaches our people that when fronted with really formidable reaponsl. bltltles we can shirk trouble and labor and risk, and avoid duty by tho simple process of drugging our souls with tho Wilson has applied them. Thus applied, they have meant that this rich nnd populous nation has failed In lis duty to stand up for weak outsldo peoples, like the Belgian.', Armenians and Syrian Christians, when cruelly wronged by strong oppressors; and has failed in Its moro primary duty of protecting Its own citizens from German submarines uud Mexican bandits. raids and assassinations has been waged against our people for some years, and hundreds of Americans, soldiers and civ ilians, havo been killed and wounded on our own territory, or tn Mexican terri tory when our troops have followed thither the fleeing raiders ; and hundreds of American men, women and children narcotic of meaningless phrasemonger- i haxo been killed In Mexico Itself. Yet President Wilson eajs no nas prcscrci 'peace' ! "Two years ago the conditions wcro ns bad as to-day. If President Wilson did nM know tlio facts and did not know ot our complete unpreparedness, his Igno- ranco was pitiful. If ho uui Know, uieu Ing. ".Mr. Hughes, to the exact contrary, embodies the Ideal of service rendered through conscientious effort In the fhco of danger and difficulty. Mr. Wilson turns his words Into deeds only If this can be achieved by adroit political ma noeuvring, toy bartering a dobauched I hla falluro to prepare the urmy was a , l u. ii I,. .... railroads are fighting for their stock clety. when by his action .he has per-nni1 ,..m.u mltted this organization to interrupt the national life without consulting ua.' Of course It Is a mere pretence to say that there Is any sacred social reason why there Is any greater reason to refuse to arbitrate the number of hours of labor than to refuse, to arbitrate tho amount of wages. And tho question really at Isitle In this caso does not really refer to the number of hours of labor. It re fers really to the rate of wages. What Mr. Wilson really did was to Insist on legislation about the wage scale without any previous Investigation or knowledge. Cites Early Views oa I.abar. "If the Improper course which the President followed had been due to mis taken conviction, to erroneous principle. Its effect would nevertheless have been evil. As It Is, the effect .Is far woraq, because there Is grave reason to believe that the course he followed was directly opposed to his real convictions. The President Is now a candidate for office nnd speaks well of labor. Until ho bo came a candidate for office, and as long as he was president of a university, he with entire safety Ignored or assailed the labor unions. Indeed, he was then their bitter, ungenerous and often un just critic. "I have no question that when Mr. Wilson thus spoke he expressed his sincere convictions. Less than two years later lie was In publla life and immediately his attitude changed. There is no reason to believe thst r.ls convic tions changed. "Tho course actually followed by the President and the majority or Congre.-s put the Interests of the coun'try second to considerations of unhealthy political expediency. It appealed to timid and shortsighted men outside of Congress no less than to those within Congress. It Is upheld now by certain men who say Thank God. President Wilson averted a strike,' Just exactly as they and those like them say Thank God. President Wil son has kept us-out of war.' Theso persons do not ask whether he averted tho strike honorably or dishonorably, any more than they ask whether ho averted a war honorably or dishonora bly. They have not considered in either case whether temporary safety was to be Ignobly purchased at the cost of fu ture disaster. "They have been too timid iand too shortsighted to make any sacrifice for the e ako of right and Justice, or to under go any risk In order to preserve tho foundations of democracy nnd of free government In America. These men have shown entire willingness to eubmlt to holders, and the shippers for themselves. And the public will pay.' "And President Wilson let the pub llo pay. He let the contest be decided not on principles of Justice but by the rules) obtaining between cavemen snarl ing over a bono. No wonder that the rugged cavemen of Industrial warfare treated with utter contempt the feeble appeals of the apostle of pcaco at any price. Ry his actions President Wilson did lasting harm to the nation. The vice of his procedure was fourfold. He delivered a deadly blow at the principle of Industrial arbitration. He Immensely weakened the power of the national Kx vcutlve to act under such conditions on behalf of the public. He established the civil service for congressional votes on behalf of tome measure which he had solemnly promised to oppose. Our own self-rejpect demands that we suppoit the man of deeds done In the open against the man of furtive and shifting political manoeuvres: the man of service against the man who whenever opposed by a dangerous foe always takes refuge In empty elocution. "There Is nothing that wa of this country so much need aa to practise the doctrine of service. As a people we need the sterner virtues even more than we need the softer virtues. Mate rial prosperity, bodily ease, money, pleasure, aro all desirable : but woo to , that not ono Mexican outlaw or rcvolu- crime airalnot the United States. ct In his annual messago tu Congress two years ago ho stated that wo were fully prepared for our defence and denounced ull those who said that wo needed prepa "Bore, DolUr and (he Vulture." "If lie had then done his duty and led Congress and the peoplo as It was In cumbent on him to lead them we would at this time havo a regular nnny of u hundred thousand men to patrol tho bor der and wo would havo punished tho bandits and all Mexicans responsible for the bandits i sharply and resolutely us If we consider them as the bo-all and end-all of our private llvos or of our collective national life! Woo to us If our material prosperity brings In Its wake lethargy of spirit and deadness of soul ! Let us In our lives apply the great doctrines of duty and of rcrvlce. Above all let us realize that lofty pro fession Is a mischievous sham when It U not translated Into efficient performance." T. R. LASHES PACIFISTS. Colonel In Magaalne Article floarea Wllsaa Mexican Falter. Col. Theodore Roosevelt In the current imnait or ir.e puniic. in esiuDiisiieu tne verroporMan Uagatlnt lashes the pro shameful and perilous precedent that -...'. .,. . the Government of tho United States can be coerced and legislation extorted front Congress, by terrorlzatlon and tho threat of violence. He aided In securing a settlement which puts a premium on the overriding of Justice by appeals to brute force. Appeals (or Hashes. "I appeal to my fellow citizens that they shall elect Mr. Hughes and repu dlato Mr. Wilson, because only by so doing can they save America from that taint of gross selfishness and cowardice fcsslonal pacifist and assails President Wilson's attitude toward Mexico. He says In part : "During the lest few years mora dam age has been done to the fibre of Amer ican character br the crofessional cad- 1 fists and their whole hearted or half hearted representations In publlo life than by the men guilty of business or polltlcsl corruption. Our main concern with all these professional pacifists la with the evil result of their theories when practically applied as President tlonary official would have dared to ralso his hand against an American. "The dove, the dollar and the vulture! Does the combination mako our peoplo proud? Is It ono calculated to restore our lost national self-respect? Is It cal culated to impose respect on great mill- china or Japan. tary nations rucn as uermany nnu Japan? Thanks to our own shortcom ings, and thankn especially to Mr. Wil son's course as President we would now be almost as helpless as China before a powerful and determined foe." FOUR BATTLESHIPS HERE. Texas, Trophies Win tier t Arksium, Wyoming and Xrw York Arrltr. V'our battleships of tho A ll.t it ivtl the Texas, Arkansas, Wjomlug und York, arrived here yesterday fioni tho' range target practice off the Iririn.j Capes. They wilt bo heic during Oct.,. ber and will hn sent tu sea ue,. pf manoeuvres on the soulhctn dr,,, grounds. The Texas, holder of tho gutmrr? tro. phy und battle eflUkncy pennant 'ftn.il first In tho practice Just ended. Soae of her 1 1 Inch gun polntcir, ainntg thr, Uo.itswaln's Matn Ayer?, have in ,,.r missed the target hlnru tho lup na, commissioned two and a half .;ir Much of tho ci edit for the slilp'i mat,, manshift In given by tho clew tn I n mascot Itiistcr, a liostmi bull t t 1 luster wan mascot of the bl.ih v Hint vessel won tho guirnry tr,,li and tho battle elllcli-ncy pennant 18 NATIONb'aT COLUMBIA. Knrnlmrnt f 1'orrluti Mmlrnu llnlns Despite War. Official Hgures of th rrglMrailn. a 1 Columbia University nio not ' os pleted, and will not bo hiiiiouik.1 f. several day.'i, but It was learned e t, day that thero ban been a laigr e,m'. i""i uf fnre'sn students despite H world war. lighten forulgu tutlo. .nlt.i aiu ii'PicKi'iiled by IIS students. liussla Iciiils for tho first time In vcara with llfty-threo stuihuts. AiMru 'i second with thirteen, followed bv (pi-.,, til.i with twelve, while Hungary, Potan! and Germany have tlx each. I uritey has two scholars and Armenia, lliif'aM, Kcuador, Ungland, Ireland, Spain, uht, Porto Rico and Tunis ono ra.ii. T ... aro no new legistraiions irnni i tr DANES APPROVE PLEBISCITE. PRIVATE DETECTIVE ARRESTED Importer Prefers Charge af Slander and Also Saes for Damages. It was learned at Sheriff Smith's office yesterday that Morris If. Aschner, a private detective, was arrested the night before on a civil order obtained hy Norman R. Sterne, of an Importing firm at iO Wall streot. fiterno Is suing Aschner for $2.1,000 damages for alleged slander, charging that lm was About tn become a nnmiher of a firm of Importers when the dctec- 'defendant In two dnmago suit-, a e. Sale of Islands to 1.'. !. tn I Settled liy Hnd of Vo ember, fnfvil ir.rv. v!n T,nnilnn. Kent TO. Doth houses of tho Danish Pdrl',arn'. passed to-day tho bill providing f..r plebiscite on the salo of the Danish Vrt Indira to tho United States. It , ti. llcved tho matter will bo settled deftrt'e'7 by the end uf No ember. The plebiscite will Include th r.,tw Island., but not Iceland und GreenUr,.) Premier Kahlu urged Immediate a. tj: nn the bill In view of tho fact that tl United Statin Snato already hss up. proved tho treaty. II. I". WtitTuey tniri7'MIO !-nlt. Harry Payne Whitney was nani'l tlve visited the head of tho company and made statements which blighted tho plaintiff's business future. Aschner was released on ball. Roth men llvo at Whltesione Landing, Queens. la.OUU. filed In the County Clcrl.'s c!fs yesterday, Thomas Dwyer und I f. Dwyer ullcge that Mr. Whllmj tomoblle ran Into them when they iu- I driving a wngon nlong tho LakevUIe rPaa I In Manhasset, I.. I., on October I. 191 ," ir ";, i..tint.fir, cond-eted . enure willingness to euom t t men! after an Investlga Ion J" organized tyranny both from outsld "T.riJi'must be one law to be np- wI, brought tho Revolutionary war to a .. T X HI??,f Vases m to be vlcUled 'successful clooe; nor of tho men who S'l?v mi Miwr Trvleld to tl c thre7it "tie and tho gray for four of 'a ant"organIi?ed1body ""workers 'J9 I. ..-V . nnrt enwardiv a th nc ?'u.' wan M..."1 American people of ..... ..... to-tlay are will no- to accent such lead. ill give Justification for thev nrlzn ease unrt mm. XSXr ' uVeWnd" o?erdWhlCh Krm-. I wish it distinctly understood l0"nr" u"red an'? .o'e'1' that I m not In the least Prepared to : In tho Publlo man. an to yield to the "ft'wuf Influence of representatives of great ',"ll,e,.nllt'1,hV organized capital ; and In the long run Mef that 4e would have Iteen u potent force for J 'jce,"atid we would havo preserved un- uVely' ,. n itivtivnf inn wa cannot say . : - ..-v- they dim- ...it.n, r.L..h.l i in riiit nr uroiiir I're-ldcnt m auc" "'hlon. Such men when fii1" ,lJ.?.?" - ?hS.ta of thi fwe any Issue merely ask If It Is r 'lu L u . jmnn meet It honestly and anu it it is. mey instantly rrnrt tn rind out whether the demand wan right or wrong. He made no effort to find out whether It could be compiled with without raising freight rates. He made no effort to find out an me equiues In tho case, those apTectlng mo men, thoso affecting the stockholders, those affecting the shippers. Ho took his orders from that one of the parties In interest which he most feared. He Insisted that the taw be pasted without Inquiry. And then he deferred tho operation of the law until after election, which of course could only have been done tor ponucai reasons. "The nuestlon at Issue was not that of an eight hour day at all. .The ques tion was whether the rresiacnr. ana Congress should enact a law. without Investigation nnd without knowledge, to give Increased wages tu a certain por tion of the body of wago earners. Tho labor leaders on this Issue, without re gard to tho right or wrong of the mat ter, first coerced tho President, and then with his aid coerced Kongross. Tne ques tion at Issue was not one of the hours of labor. It was one of wages. And It was settled by tho President and Con gress without investigation anu wunoui knowledge. The settlement was due partly to fear and partly to hope of po litical prollt. "President Wilson in nut speecn on September 23 sought to explain and Justify his action. He stated his whole case with probably unconscious accu racy when lie earn mat Dcrora ue unucr- bravely proceed to meet It dishonestly and timidly. They measure the acts of their publlo men In terms of Immediate material content and case. They do not require them to act In terms of right and Justice. They say that they stand for the Administration because It ha.s kept us out of war nnd haa averted a strike. They refuse se riously to consider, ns all high minded Americans ought to consider, the Presi dent's refusal to do Ills plain and honest duty by meeting great crises honorably and courageously. Would Lose Mara! Greatness. "If our people follow the President, who haa kept them In the essy path cf temporary comfort and material ease at the sacrifice of national honor und of true Americanism, and of the Immu table principles of righteousness, then as a people wa shall lose all moral greatness In the present, and most as. suredly we shall see this loss followed by tho loss of material greatness lu the future, "An ounce of performance outweighs a ton of promise. In all these cases whenever there was nny risk, any dan ger to be encountered, President Wilson Irns promptly retreated. He has then sought to cover hts retreat by uttering high sounding words. Rut In these cases his high sounding words amount to ab solutely nothing. Only hla acts' or fail ures to act count. "Once more In our Internal affairs as CORRECT MODELS FOR FALL AND WINTER Mourning a Specialty Snappy black headwear to be worn with Costumes of color ,W Fifth A v., at Soth St. East. I I I I I 1 I I I I I J I I I I I I Aitken, Riding Goodyear Cords, Shatters World's Record CAPTURES ASTOR TROPHY IN SHEEPSHEAD BAY SPEEDWAY 250-MILE CLASSIC Rickenbacher, Also on Goodyear Cords, a Close Second Catapulting along the edge-to-edge board course at Sheepshead Bay Saturday at the rate of 104.66 miles an hour, a world's record for the distance, Johnny Aitken drove his Peugeot to victory in the Astor Cup Race over a field of 34 starters. He rode on Goodyear cords. And he won on Goodyear cords. Desperate competitors thundered at his hubs every mile of the way a treacherous tiro might have meant defeat but ho won his Goodyears did their splendid part. They stood the burning, tearing, grinding, rending punish ment of 250 miles over edge-to-edge boards at a 104.(5(5 mile pace and victoriously. Aitken's victory is not an isolated instance of tho unflinching stamina of Goodyear cords. The racing records of the past three months are formidable with additional proof. Proof, not alone of stamina though this is paramount but of speed spring and exultant vitality. Proof of the very qualities that led to the adoption of Good year cord tires 'as standard equipment on tho Franklin, tho Pack ard Twin-Six, the Locomobile, tlio Peerless, the White, the Haynes Twelve, the Stutz and the McFarlan. Proof of the qualities that make theso tires better. 4 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Akron, Ohio Good TIRES Goodyear Tires, Heavy Tourist Tubes and "Tire Saver" Accessories are easy to get from Goodyear Service Station Dealers everywhere. lata lung Mcncllh, who has been pro-