Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 258, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1916 — BAKER BREAKS LOOSE AGAIN [ARTICLE]

BAKER BREAKS LOOSE AGAIN

Charges That Foes of Administration Pay Villistas to Attack U. S. Before November 7th. Secretary of War Baker, who has caused such a furor recently when ne stated that the Mexican bandits of today were no worse than the revolutionary soldiers under Washington, has broken loose again with another despicable charge, wherein he states that the foes of the democratic administration have paid the Mexican bandits under Villa in silver coin to attack the United States again before November 7th, in an effort to turn the tide of the election sentiment. Mr. Baker’s statement follows: “The war department has received definite information, confirmed from other sources, that enemies of the administration’s policy toward Mexico, in co-operation with Villa and other Mexican bandits- in Mexico, have arranged « Kpp/-tarnla.r—attack _to be made on either some part of the American forces or upon some American community ftn the border between now and the date of the election for the purpose of turning the tide of sentiment against the policy which the administration has adopted for the border’s protection. “It is significant in this connection that both the state and war departments were advised that the band fofees now* operating in Mexico are being paid in silver coin.” . The severe scorching that Baker received following his comparison of Washington’s soldiers at Valley Forge with the present-day lawless Mexican bandits, it would seem that Mr. Baker would be a little more conservative in his statements. Baker has been asked to resign by many different organizations throughout the country following the statements. Baker’s statements issued Thursday are hardly less sensational than the ones he issued a few days ago, and he should be asked to prove his assertions or be put out of office.