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WHARTON BARKER 22 2 9 PNILADELPHIA 6 March 12th 1916. Hon. Woodrbly Wilson, Washinston, D.C. 4y sear Mr. loon: Your deepatch to Ruecians, direct, vigorous, sent at a time. when promise of support, moral and naterial, by the United sn e States, will, I believe, steady Russians and halt action by Creat Britain and Japan in development of wrong policies. Your action at thie sreat erisis must have approval and suport of all democrats--Americans, Europeans, Astaties. I venture to write this letter because of knowledge of Russians, Chineee, Japanase and of Ruseian and Chinese demoerats. And now a word upon the political situation in Pennsylvanta. If you can find time to do so, read a statement I published last Thursday; you will find it upon a sheet from The Philadelphis Inquirer I send you herewith. Vance McCormick and A.Mitchell Palmer should confer at once with the Independents of Penneylvanta, who know of the campatsne of 1862 and 1690, when by coalition of Democrate and Independents, the Republican party of Fennsylvanta, then representative of combinations inimical to cormon weal rights, was defeated. If the Denocratic party of Penneylvanta plags the part in the campaten of this year, Republican party leaders would have it play and put aside a coalition with the Independents of Pennsylvania, they will blunder and fasten upon this Comonuealth hut Bark the party of veated rights. 41786