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Show Others Fifst America Last WASHINGTON. March 2C The llepubllcnn Publicity associations, I through Us president, Hon. Jonathan Bourne Jr., today gave out the following fol-lowing statement from its Washington Washing-ton headquarters. I "Mayor Holph of San Frnncisco, wants to know why tlio ndnilnlBtra-tlon ndnilnlBtra-tlon has turned its back on Pacific coast shipbuilders and workmen, t while encouraging Japanese shipbuilders ship-builders employing Japaneso workmen work-men to go ahead with the construction construc-tion of ships for tho government. The reason Is not far to seek. It is buft another exarrplo of WllBpnlan .Internationalize .Inter-nationalize alVuifrii . In this instance in-stance it is 'Japan first ' "It Is the same ld.a which pioinpt-ed pioinpt-ed Secretary Hedflcld, Chairman 'Hurley and the War Trade Board not long ago to suggest that the United States should tie careful not to compete com-pete seriously with the allies In foreign for-eign trade, but should glvo them free way, lest we be charged with greed!-j greed!-j ncss and bad faith In 'grabbing' trade which was asserted to belong to them There is was 'Europe first.' "This policy of truckling to foreign nations to the dlBadvantcgo of the I United States, began when,,Mr. Wil son, after a campaign In which ho had approved the Republican measure meas-ure granting fiee tolls through tho Panama Canal to American coastwise boats, changed his mind, at tho ln-stnnco ln-stnnco of Great Brllnln, and killed that measure.- That time It was 'England first. This was quickly followed by lliol Democratic tariff law which opened, the markets of tho United States to, the competition of tho world and precipitated pre-cipitated tho depression of 1014. Again it was 'foreigners first.' "Th,tn tho Mexican government filled up on mescal and started in to massacre Americans residing InUhat country nnd expropriate their pro-putty. pro-putty. When piotests weio lodged I with tho administration against such jbatbarlties, tho protestants were tola tlmt It Americans did not like the way Mexico was carrying on they should gut out of the country. It was 'Mexico first. "For' two years and a half American Ameri-can residents In Germany were subjected sub-jected to all the Indignities the Huns could invent and American citizens traveling on noutral vessels took their lives In their hands and nothing but note writing to the kaiser. It was 'Germany first.' "When the war broke out our Secretary Sec-retary of Commerce enterod into certain cer-tain agreements with Canada with rc-'spect rc-'spect to the fishing business by which Canada received the benefits and the United States the burdens. It was 'Canada first.' I I "At length the chief executive, assuming as-suming the role of American premier at the peac conference permitted certain cer-tain British statesmen to diaft a co-called co-called league of nation? which, if ratified would destroy, the federal constitution nnd give us one vote In I nine in doterminlng such questions as tho regulation of commerce with foreign nations, the definition and puulsluuoni or offense ngainst tho law of nations, tho mlBlng and supporting sup-porting of armies, providing and maintaining a navy, and what regulations regu-lations wo could or could not enforce with respect to Immigration. At length the President had comu out oponly In advocacy of 'America last.' "In 1920 this counlry Is going to elect a president of the United States who believes that the chief function of his offlco is to give precedence to th Interests of tho people who placed him in the White House. This man will be a Republican, nnd ha will be for 'Amorlca first.' 'And that attitude atti-tude does not mean a chip on the shoulder nor a posturo of slinking apology. It means we have faith In ourselves." |