WILSON'S POLICY
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. — Claims!
that President Wilson has “kept us |
Jt out of war" are so ridiculously untrue
that it is amusing to those who know
the facts, declared Representative
Charles F. Curry, of California, in a
statement here today.
"His refusal to recognize Huerta as
the de facto president of Mexico, as
was done by European nations, encour
aged bandit chiefs to continue their
fw guerrila warfare. Since then his vacil
lating policy, putting on embargoes
one day and lifting them the next,
supporting one faction today and an
other tomorrow, dictating who should
not bo a candidate for the presidency
of Mexico, and his meddlesome mud
dling generally, caused by his person
al antipathy to Huerta, based on an
uncomplimentary remark made about
him by Huerta, prolonged the revolu
tions.
rresiuent wnson committed two
acts of war against Mexico. One
punitive expedition was for the
avowed purpose of compelling Huerta ;
to fire a salute of twenty-one guns
to our flag; a number of American
marines and Mexicans were killed at
Vera Cruz; the supply of note paper
at the White House was exhausted,
but the salute was not fired. The
second punitive expedition was after
the raid on Columbus and was to ‘get
Villa, dead or alive.' Villa still lives
and is at liberty.
“The president called for a confer
ence of Mexican factions to establish
a de facto government, but said he
would not recognize the leader of any
faction that failed to attend. Car
ranza was the only leader that re
fused to pay any attention to the con
ference and President Wilson recog
nized him.
'In handling the Mexican situation
the Wilson administration has invari
ably ‘done those things it ought not
to have done and left undone those
things it ought to have done.’
"The president has reiterated and
his mouthpieces have claimed so af
ten that he is entitled to the credit
of 'keeping us out of the European
war’ that many persons accept the
statements as true. Neither the al
lies nor the central powers want the
United States to become involved in
the conflict.
“Nothing can involve us in that con
flict unless we deliberately cease to
maintain strict neutrality and blunder
into it. 'The United States is three i
thousand miles away from the Euro- 1
pean conflict. Denmark, Holland,
Sweden, Norway and Switzerland are ,
right at the doors of the warring na- i
tions, and yet these little countries
are not involved. It is absurd for the ,
president’s partisans to claim that ,
he kept us out of war.’
"The president is an exceedingly
euridite, well meaning, kindly, pol- '
ished gentleman, possessing more
book learning and less wisdom than
any of his predecessors. During the 1
time he has occupied the presidential
chair it has been demonstrated con
clusively that it is one of the most
easy of intellectual efforts for a
scholastic idealist to dream dreams,
evolve theories and in imagination
govern the world from a philosopher's
chair but that when it comes to deal
ing with flesh and blood, human na
ture, economic conditions, and inter
national problems as they are it is
an entirely different proposition. It
Is not dreams and theories hut facts
and conditions that must be consid
ered, not abstract philosophy, but con
Crete wisdom that must he used to ef
fectively govern a people in such a
manner as to surely safeguard their
rights and liberties and advance their
prosperity nt home and protect their
national welfare and maintain the dig
nity, honor and power of the common
wealth abroad.
"The people have not forgotten that
after a conference with the president
on diplomatic complications of an
acute nature between our government
p and one of the European belligerents,
distinguished members of the senate
foreign relations committee told sen
ators and representatives, and even
stated to newspaper men, tha‘ the pre
sident had become very much excited
during the conference and in a ve
hement manner had said, in effect,
‘It might not be a bad thing for civi
lization and would hasten the end If
the United States would enter the war
on the side of the allies.’
"Early in his administration the pre
sident was ‘too proud to fight,’ even
in defence of national honor; later
he waB looking for an opportunity to
break into the war; today he claims to
be entirely neutral; what hl» attitude
will be tomorrow nobody knows.’
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BASE RUNNING
IS ON WANE
Marked Falling Off In Big Pur
loining Tills Season.
AVERAGE ONE STEAL A GAME
Cobb and Caray Lead American and
National Leagues tn Bag Pilfering,
but Do Not Come Near Reoord.
Speed Theory Jolted.
Are the base runners slowing up, are
the catchers becoming more proficient
In checking attempted steals, or has the
straightaway steal given way to the
sacrifice hit and the hit and run play?
A decided change has come over the
base running end of the gome within
the past few years, and the present
Reason will set a low mark In base
stealing that has not been reached tn
many years. In both the National and
American leagues there has been ■
marked falling off In base stealing, a
feature of the game that has done
much tj> add to Its popularity.
No team In baseball today even ap
proaches the Giants of 1911-12-13, the
Ihree time pennant winner for John
MeGraw. That old team averaged 820
steals a season over a stretch of three
teasons. It wrs not uncommon In
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SCOOPS CABET OF P1TT8BCBO.
bose (lays for a team to run far above
be 200 mark In base thefts, many
■lubs going beyond the 250 mark.
In the National league base running
tas been falling off for some time, but
be American league kept up well uu
11 this season. In 1011 six teams In
3an Johnson's league stole more 'ban
>00 bases during tbe season, and in
■acli of the three succeeding campaigns
Ivo teams went above this mark. In
1012 three American league clubs stole
uure than 250 bases, and another stole
£45.
Base running played a prominent
iart in tbe triumphs of those days,
ind It was given so much prominence
n the stories about the championship
cams that speed on the bases was be
loved essential to success This theo
•y received quite a jolt last season,
when the lied Sox, with fewer stolen
mses tbau any other club In tbe major
eagues. won the ixomant in their
eugue and then won the world's sc
rtes At the same lime the Phtlltes
ind Braves, the poorest base stealing
learns In the National league, battled
lor the other pennant.
In the old days It was an exception
for a club to show less than one stolen
base per game. For five successive
seasons up to a year ago. and perhaps
further back, since re< ords were not
•insulted beyond 1910, the American
league clubs without exception could
show more stolen hasps than games
played. bust season the Bed Sox
Athletics and Indians fell behind. Al
I he present time all three dulia have
less than one stolen base per game In
their 19B1 record, and four clubs In the
National league cannot allow an aver
age of one stolen base per game.
Cobb and Carey, present leaders In
base running, ure sure to carry off the
Individual honors In their respective
leagues. Ka di will go starve fifty, and
no other pla.-ir will reach this mark
Ty will fall tar behind tire average
that has been set up In the American
league for some years past by siicb
speeders as himself. Kdd'.o Collins
Milan and Mnisei
In the National league Max Carey
will win the honors for the third time
In four seasons. Carey has already
passed his winning mark of lust sea
son. thirty-six. the lowest figure for »
leader during the past sixteen year*
Hut Carey will finish below the aver
age which Bob Beadier set up during
the days when lie was base running
king In the National league.
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