East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-02

Omaha, Sept. 2.-Colonel Roosevelt
arrived here at this morning after
a rough night from Kansas City. The
elimination OF the coloners ride came
at midnight at st. Joseph, Mo, where
500 people had gathered. The coll
onel was sleeping and the crowd be-
gan chanting TEDDY, Come Out" but
Roosevelt did not give a sign that he
heard. Finally the irritated crowd
pounded the sides of the Pullman and
shouted How about Bryan" The
colonel remained silent and the train
pulled out while the crowd shouted
dersively. 1t was raining when the
train reached here but the colonel,
undaunted blithely hoped into an au-
to and was driven to breakfast at the
Omaha club. He then autoed till
lunch at the club where 400 were
present. This afternoon he spoke at
the auditorium.
Rooseyelt's Address.
In travelling in Europe last spring
one thing which especially struck
me was the fact that the two feats
which made the deepest impression
abroad were the cruise of the battle
fleet around the world, and the dig
ging OF the Panama Canal. These
were the two feats to be created to
the American people during the past
decade which had most profoundly
and favorably affected foreign judg-
ment OF America during that time.
Such judgment depends not in the
least upon what people say they can
do, but on what they actually do;
upon their willingness to meet re-
sponsibilities, and the success Of their
efforts to meet them.
Value of Navy.
Now, there is no use of a nation
claiming to be a great nation unless
II is prepared to play a great part
A nation such as ours cannot possi-
bly, play a great part in international
affairs, cannot expect to be treated
as a weight in either the Atlantic
or the Pacific, or to have its voice
as to the Monroe Doctrine, or the
management of the Panama Canal,
needed. unless 1t has a strong and
thoroughly efficient navy Within
the last decade the American navy
has been about trebled in strength,
and much more than trebled In ef-
ficiency, due to its extraordinary pro-
gress in craftsmanship and maneu-
yering SO far from this increase In
naval strength representing on our
part either a menace of aggression
to weaker nations or n menace of
war to stronger nations. 1t has told
most powerfully for peace. Every
where in Europe the cruise of the
- o.
cepted, not only as an extraordinary
feat, reflecting the highest honor
upon our navy, but as one of the
movements which tend markedly to
promote peaceful stability in inter- |
national relations. No nation regard !
ed the cruise as fraught with any
menace of hostility to itself; and yet
every nation accepted 1t as a proof |
that we were not only desirous our
selves to keep the peace, but able to
prevent the peace being broken at
our expense. No cruise in any way |
It has ever been made /
by any fleet of any other power; and |
the best naval opinion abroad had |
been that no such feat was possible. |
that is, that no such crurse as that |
we actually made could be undertake
en- by a fleet of such size without in
breakdowns and accidents.
The success of the cruise, performed |
as It was without a single accident, |
immeasurably raised the prestige, not
only of our fleet, but of our nation;
and was a distinct help to the cause /
OF international peace.
The Panama Canal.
AS regards the Panama Canal, I
really think that outside nations have