Newport Thought

"The only way the United States of America can defeat the hatred of European nations toward us is to maintain the strongest fleet, army and air force in the world. . . .

"Germany took advantage of her fall in currency to put all her large industrial plants in order, and is now ready for producing goods on a large scale capacity, greater than any other nation. A high tariff is the only protection the United States has to offset, for, if it is lowered, the high-waged American worker will meet the direct competition of the low-waged German. "As a Democrat, I think it is impossible to change the present tariff."

Last week, before 150 members of the Art Association in suave Newport, R. I., these words rolled from the lips of suave James W. ("Jimmie") Gerard, ambassador to Germany (1913-17), author of My Four Years in Germany, one of those distinguished personages whom one sees when one dines at the Ritz. Mr. Gerard's remarks were placidly received in the Art meeting, but they sounded harsh to Democrats in the back country, many of whom have been his friends.