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Show . GOMPERS, HAMMOND AND BRYAN The American Federation of Labor in session in Seattle, Waf-h . refused yesterday 10 pass a resolution condemning con-demning armed intervention In Mexico. Mex-ico. Gompers, Mitchell and other leaders holding that such intervention interven-tion might be justifiable and desirable. desir-able. This Is a remarkable position. (iompers and his colleagues have been preaching earnestly and uncompromisingly uncom-promisingly against anything tending tend-ing to war, and yet the labor leaders lead-ers will find that In this shift of aliunde they are in accord with the great bod of the people of the United States. As Gompers put It, we cannot say to Germany or England hands off" and then fail to keep our house in order or-der W e must proceed to make pos sible the security of the lives and property of Americans and other foreigners for-eigners In Mexico, or falling yield Up the Monroe doctrine by allowing j other nations to labor with the Mex-lean Mex-lean people even to the extent of overawing them with a naval and military demonstration and eventually eventual-ly proceeding with armed interven tion. There Is one confession mado by ihe men at the head of the American Federation of Labor which is of much significance John Mitchell said tli At tlvough a peace advocate, he believed there were conditions that sometimes justified war The upholding of the hands of President Wilson In this crisis Is most commendable and is added proof that the American people are standing almost solidly behind the government in dealing with the vexatious vexa-tious Mexican problem. Of quite a different tone is the utterance ut-terance of John Hays Hammond, capitalist and politician at the closing clos-ing session of the conference on Latin-America In Worcester, Mass , yesterday yes-terday Hammond declared he would not Invest a cent in a foreign country coun-try so long as William I Bryan was secretary of state. He said any man who would make a foreign Invest ment as lacking in sense. "A nation that does not protect Its citizens and lnestors Is unworthy the name of nation," declared Mr. Hammond Here we have the statement of a man who is attempting to make po litlcal capital out of the perplexities Of his own country, and he Is not entirely fair In his criticisms He usee Bryan's name because he Is appealing ap-pealing to eastern prejudice, but every ev-ery act of Bryan in this Mexican em-brogllo em-brogllo has had the sanction of Pres- i rl n n 1 W ilcnn Hammond wax a strong Taft adherent ad-herent and Is credited with having been very close to the former president. presi-dent. It will be recalled that this policy of urging Americans to flee from Mexico originated with President Presi-dent Taft and was the only positive declaration made by the Taft administration ad-ministration during the long period of abuse endured by the Americans enmeshed In the Madero rebellion. Hammond, like other Standpatters floundering around in mirky politics, Is willing to make himself inconsistent inconsist-ent to the extent of being ridiculous If by so doing he can take a slap at his political enemies He has not the courage to openly declare himself him-self a Tory, and so hits at Bryan Instead In-stead of directly assailing the foreign for-eign policy of the Wilson administration. administra-tion. Hammond is not of the caliber of that great American who declared that, when foreign complications arose, he was for his country, right or wrong It might prove embarrassing, but Mr. Hammond should explain why. when Taft ordered Americans to get out of Mexico, he did not hasten into in-to the limelight to express his contempt con-tempt for Taft and his resolve not to Invest a cent in a foreign coun try while that distinguished statesman states-man waB In the White House. Hammond is somewhat of a demagogue |