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Show THE NEUTRALITY OF PONTIUS PILATE. Hut us soon as the need for deeds arose, Mr. Wilson forgot nil nbout "the principle he held , dear." Ho promptly announced that we should bo "neutral In fact ns well as In name, In thought as well as In action," bctwecri the small, weak, unoffending notion no-tion and thu large, strong nation which was robbing It of Its sovereignty sov-ereignty und Independence. Such neutrality has been compared to the neutrality of Pontius l'llnte. This Is unjust to Pontius l'llnte, who nt least gently urged moderation mod-eration on tho wrongdoer. From tho speech of i,ui. Theodore Theo-dore Roosevelt, delivered at I.ewlston, Maine, in behalf of Charles E. Hughes. |