New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-31
ROOSEVELT FOR PEACE
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down the line ne came 10 regiment V'hicn;
with the natural American tendency thet
men in public life have grown 20 fear;
yelled Speech" For moment alterWs,iu
IL looked as III the men might GET n repuhr'
but tho general uttered one sentence whicn
applied then and viii apply TO al iutuie
generations Of Americans. He said Men'
you have done & good days work TO-DAY;
To-morroT you must do better one
There spoke old Unconditional SURRENDER
Grant. and there spoke the men OF to-uay
who stand for honesty. decency.. JUSTICE
and truth in the unending fight for civic
Righteousness.
Mr. Roosevelt then entered his plea
for peace. but such peace as should be
the handmade of justice. Dynamiters
had come 10 Hmm, he declared asking
peace and he had replied. Yes, when
YOU obey the law" The best way TO
preserve peace internat ionally, he said,
was to let the other nations know that
we had ships and men who could handle
them. And men that know how to
shoot, too" put in General Sicklcs
Mr. Roosevelt went on to say:
I will stand for doing what is right by
foreign nations but | will always pro
test against agreements OF arbitration
which | know the people wouldn't keep
when the test came You know the people
wouldn't arbitrate the Monroe Doctrine
nor the question of unlimited Asiatic i'm
migration. Let us not pledge ourselves 10
anything which we do not intend To make
good There are some countries with
which we can have an agreement, because
We have tested their friendship, but We
should only enter into agreements in
which international slapping in the face
Is not included.
Coming To the matter Of industrial!
peace, AIR. Roosevelt said. in asking for
T. fair workmens compensation act and
for the proper control Of great interstate
corporations that II would be a most
dreadful reflection on the country's wis
dom II 1t declined To meet these needs
because A century and quarter ago
they didn't exist.
Mr. Roosevelt wound up as follows:
We ask you TO Join us in the effort TO
make the people masters. first. OF the poll
ticians: second, OF the great business IN
terests. and, third, OF themselves. ! want
the people TO control the United states
Senate and To help il disinfect Itself Of
Lorimer and Of any one else like him.
Most OF all ! want to see them masters OF
themselves. so that when the good citizens
ask the bad citizens 10 be good they won
have TO ask them favor. but as right.
! want To see big corporations dong IN
terstate commerce under the control Of the
people and I also want to sec i'm civic life
: men who are efficient and decent. just as
were the men In 81 who fought the battles
OF the nation. What Is most neeGed in the
nation to-day Is efficient men and men
who are not afraid OF their duty as citi
Zens. Just as YOU were not afraid OF
your duty as soldiers. ! ask YOU here to-
day TO consecrate yourselves anew 10 the
service OF the republic I'm the spirit Of
forty eight years ago when on the battle
fields in the South: | ask you in times ~
peace and in the days OF little stress to
help us in this work which now confrOnts
the nation.
Mr.. Roosevelt, just before he began his
speech. saw an old man and his family
looking for a place to sit. Unceremoni-
ously he caught up some chairs from the
platform and passed them out, amid a
good deal Of applause.