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Show HUGHES ASSAILS j WARSECRETARY Declares He Would Have Prevented Pre-vented the Sinking of the Lusitania. Youngstown, Ohio, Oct. 19 Charles E. Hughes, reiterating that he meant what he said in Louisville the other ; night about the course he would have c. followed with reference to the Lusitania, Lusi-tania, tonight replied to a recent utterance ut-terance of Secretary McAdoo with the a declaration that apparently it seemed ! impossible to the administration that one could mean what he said. ; "Now rises the secretary of the ' treasury to complain that this was ; not a statement of'what I would have ' done had the pinking ocurred," Mr. ; Hughes said, after reiterating that he would have slnlf-d his position "unequivocally" "un-equivocally" In advance of the sinking. sink-ing. "I was under the impression that when I said what I would have stated stat-ed in advance as to what I would do, eevryone would knew that I stated what in fact, I would have done in the described event.- The secretary's remarks shows In an Illuminating way ' , this administration's conception of the value of words. "It apparently sosms impossible to this administration that one can mean what he says. That is its difficulty. With It, a threat of action does not seem to mean anything but words. My '. position is somewhat "different. :' i "I mean what I say and because this would have been well known and ' we should already had a reputation for firm and correct policies I repeat ' that the Lusitania would not have : been sunk." ' ; jIr. Hughes Bpoke before an aud- r , ience in the these. here. He replied re-plied to a statement attributed to , Secretary of War Baker in a recent i I speech In which Washington's soldiers , In the march, to Valley Forge in the days of the American revolution were f : said to be Just as bad characters as the Mexicans. J. "I never supposed, the. day would come," Mr. Hughes said, "when the representative of an American administration admin-istration would say that of those who gave us' our liberties." After quoting the statement attributed at-tributed to Secretary Baker, Mr. Hughes read from Secretary Lansing's Lan-sing's description in June last of the atrocities in Mexico, contained in a note to the do facto government of Mexico. Mr. Lansing's recital of the civil strife In Mexico, with its attendant at-tendant loss of American life and destruction de-struction of American property, and that portion of the note relating to the Santa Ysabel massacre were read by -Mr. Hughes verbatum. "An administration Imbued with the spirit of true Americanism," Mr. Hughes said, "would bo incapable of the statement attributed to the secretary sec-retary of war. It must bring the blush of shame to the cheek of every American that apologizes for the deplorable de-plorable record in Mexico should be made after this fashion." Mr. Hughes' speech here tonight was the last of his third presidential campaign trips. He left here at 11 p. m. for New York, where he is due tomorrow afternoon. The day- was spent 'traveling, with three short addresses ad-dresses at Bay City, Saginaw and Flint, Mich. It was raining and the damp weather affected the nominee's voice. ' oo The antique dealer was trying to sell an old violin. "This is the very fiddle," he said, "on which Nero played while Rome was burning." "But that is a myth," objected the customer. "Well, didn't I say so?" asked the dealer. "The name of Myth used to be on the case, but it's so old it's got worn off." During a debate in parliament a conservative from Surrey was challenging chal-lenging the courage of the Irish. "They prate of their courage," shouted the Surrey member, looking toward the Irish members. "Why, they haven't the courage to say 'boo' to a goose." At this juncture one of the Irish members arose and looking the conservative con-servative opponent squarely in the face shouted "Boo!" Then he sat down. Puck. nr uu Read tho Classified Ads. nn |
