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Show WILSON AGAINST ALLIANCES IN MAYJ914 Will, H.IIays, chairman of the Republican Re-publican national committee, In a stntomout raised a question as to whether Prosldent Wilson was correctly cor-rectly quoted when In May, 1914, ho expressed himself as against nny I sort ot foreign alliances for the United Un-ited States. Paragraphs In the president's speech dealing with foreign alliances allian-ces which Mr. Hoys quoted are: "Thoro are Just as vital things now that concern existences ot tho nation as were stirring then (colon- llal period) and o very man. worthily Islands In this presenco should examine exam-ine himself and sco whether ho has tho full conception of what It means that America Bhall llro her own life. Washington saw It when ho wroto his farowell address. "It was not merely because of passing and transient circumstances that Washington saldwo must keep free from entangling alliances. "It wus because ho saw that no country had yet set Its faco In the samo direction In which America had set her face. "We cannot form alliances with those who aro not going our way, and In our might and majesty and In tho 'certainly of our own purpose, wo need not and wo should not form alliances with any nation In tho world. "TIiobq who aro right, those who study tholr conscience n determining their policies, thoso who hold their honor higher than their ndvantngo, do not need alliances. You need alliances al-liances when you nro not strong nnd you aro weak only when you aro not truo to yourself. "You nro weak only when you aro l.j tho wrong; you aro weak only when you nro afraid to do right; you nro weak only when you doubt your causo nnd tho majesty of a nation's might asserted. "America shold load her own life. Wo should not form alliances with thoso who nro not going our way. Wo need not and wo should not form nl-Ilanccs nl-Ilanccs with any nation." To which wo add that it was Just ninety seven years ago that Jefferson wroto to Monroe: "Our first and fundamental maxim max-im should bo never to cntanglo ourselves our-selves In tho broils of Europe.'' Tho following Is quoted from n speech by Cleveland on Decombor S, 1885: i r "Wo havo foroborne from taking part In any controversy between for- olgn states, but havo left to evory nation tho exclusive conduct and I management of Its own affairs." |