Show I Isolation and Stagnation OF F r the many grave gravo Issues to be determined I b by the national election nono Is of ot moro Importance than that which has hns to do 10 with t the tho protection of ot American lives and propS property property prop prop- crt erty abroad Charles W. W Eliot president S emeritus of Harvard and next to Mr Wilson Wil 3 son n chief spokesman for tor tho the administration tion frankly declares In a public brief urging urh- urh Ing ing the election re-election of ot tho the President that t the traditional policy of ot this antI and all other t nations In this respect has been abandoned I b by the United St States tes Conversely el Mr i I Hughes firmly says sass that the protection of American J lives VC 1 and I property the tho promotion I I of American merican commerce abroad and nd the stimulation 1 of ot American enterprise In the Cort foreign field will viii bo ho tho the keynote of his lila foreign fort for for- t eign olga policies Those These e statements sta of ot purpose establish definite lines linest if t cleavage between President Wilsons Wilson's guiding guidIng- principle In m International f affairs anti and that Mr Hughes Hushes proposes to toI tot t I oHo follow Mr I Wilson would Isolato Isolate tho the United States from roni tho remainder of ot tho the j world worM while Mr Ir Hughes would encourage Jf f American enterprise e- e eto to penetrate wherever r II I there Is business to be he done Mr Wilson II would deny the American manufacturer an any I market but hut that at homo borne b by refusing him himI f I protection In his operations abroad a 1 while I Mr r. r Huh Hughes s would incite him to trado trade conquests conquests con con- quests in every land by assuring him protection pro pro- t in his legitimate undertakings 11 t Jk The Tho ho application n of ot Mr WI Wilson's Wilsons sons son's principle pl plo generally would convert the various naI nations nations na na- na- na I of ot tho the earth carU Into replicas replica of tho walled J cities clUes of ot old oM from which none nono ventured J forth Applied te tc Great Britain that mightY empire would shrink to tho the boundaries of ot the little Island from which it Is governed I Applied to Germany Industry would languish Ian lan I Into practical nothingness for Its own people In normal times Umes consume but a a. tithe J of what Germany produces produce Applied to nn any S of ot the great powers power tho the re result would bo ho cerand tam and disastrous Commerce Commer c. c science art t. C 1 S h I IA Cf I J I I Z I J I I I C I j menu t Ti The seven e FC seas acas S- S would u d become d deserted dc- dc I sorted wastes of or barren waters I It Is temperamentally characteristic of ot l the tho President that he sees In tho the isolation he he proposes the sole method of insuring r peace to the American people It Is Js the I essence of ot his foreign policy polle that Americans Amen Ameri- I cans must either abandon their rights on onI I tho the International highways and In alien jurIsdictions jur- jur J or expect war var To him Im It Jt ap- ap 5 j 1 pears Impossible that tho the United States can r continuo continue at peace pence unI unless It calm calmly endures affront whenever er and wherever affront Is Je offered War ar teems seems to him tho the only alternative alternative alter alter- native to cowardly submission and in purI punI pursuance pur pun I of ot that b belief at his Instance and antl responsibility AmerIca In tho the words of ot I Dr Eliot has hag now turned Its back ack on the familiar policy polle of ot Rome Home and Great Britain t I of ot protecting or avenging their wandering citizens b by force of oC arms armM and has h set up f quite a u different policy polle of oC their own I To To the the world orld which has observed the tho thoi i surrender of or American sovereignty so overy- overy t f where whre that different policy o of which Dr I Eliot speaks needs no explanation It is 1 thoroughly l known b by Its fruits It Is Js a aI I policy of or scuttle and scoot of ot surrender and endurance of ot bl big words and deeds of or elocution without action It Is Je a policy which serves formal notice e to mankind at large that no effective e means will HI be taken to prevent nt tho the destruction of or American life lite I and property It la is a policy that Invites I II aggression b by serving notice In advance that aggression lon will not be resented I The T Verdict at the Polls Rolls N NEXT EXT months month's national election Is Js not purely purel a domestic matter that concerns America and Americans alone Tho The verdict ver yer- diet dict at nt tho the p polls wilt will bo ho scanned In OVel every overy foreign in th the world worlds and not alone by tho the diplomatists Every European trade trader r n agency C CY Is interested t every overy European producer producer pro pro- ducer will be bo eager to know whether th the tho I first and greatest republic a power of ot p wealth and mn magnitude has continued in authority au au- an nn administration that that favors rayon isolation iso iso- I lation tatton and stagnation or has bas cho chosen n a new now administration that will speak In terms of or S Americanism and command respect cl for tor what wha I J It t says No o American statesman of ot r responsibility fly ity much tho less lesa no President of ot tho United States Slates has ever er before even oven hinted d that his government should as a t mat matter r o oft ot of I t permanent policy cease discharging this fundamental and primary duty A few tew years ago ngo it would have ha seemed Impossible that any American ot of Influence would dare dar J assume such sueh a a. position John l FIske ono one of ot the most useful and famous of or Amen Amerl- can con educators once said that a government government govern- govern I ment touches tho lowest point of at Ignominy i 5 r I I when It confesses an Inability to protect prote the lives and property of ot Its citizens D By that standard tho the United States government gov hO three o years cars ago touched that lowest lowest low low- est cst point and remained there Governor Hughes Hughes' Program MR HUGHES does docs not to be th tho President of ot humanity Ho Is a n. candidate can can- only for tor tho the presidency of ot the United Unite States Ho feels that If It ho he can do his dut duty dutto to tho the American people as President he wi will wUl have done his duty to humanity America Americ first and America efficient Is his watch word His Ills program for tho the guidance o of or American participation In world affairs i succinct patriotic lc and md outlines outlineR th the tho only course po possible to a real American It Is The first principle Is that we will wUl not meddle medd with things that do not concern concern con con- cern U us Tho The second Is Js that w we WO will not merely mere mere- J I ly talk about tho the rights of stAte but wo we will observe them The Tho third Is that It shall shoJI bo ho understood understood under under- stood that at all aJl events the tho lives es and property of or American citizens will be bo protected throughout tho world Mr Hu hea promises es to do cIo precisely th the e ee opposite of what has been beeta done dono b by ly th the e American government go for three Y years t r Mr r. r Wilson has mc meddled with things that were ver vernot o not his concern as witness the Huerta Incident In Incident In Mexico l but held his hand n tho the lives Jives and property pr of or Americans which h did concern him wore welo at stake Ho ha has talked about the rights of ot small amaH state state-s but bu t has taken them b by the throat In San Domingo Domin DomIn- go in Haiti and In And he hanot has ha s sf not protected tho the JI e an and property o of ot f American citizens anywhere These two platforms are before th the e American people for their choice Their decision de dc- Is likely to be he astl vastly Important The cost of living JI continues to rise How t However However ever we we should worry lie Ho kept us out o of ot f war ct t o e 1 d y ll a f ff Is Is s Isyl y I 3 I |