Evening journal., 1912-10-28
TAFT HAS
NO FEAR OF
The ALIENS
Tells Poles PeaSantry Of Rus
Sia Has Helped Make
Great United States
LAUDS THEM FOR THEIR
DEVOTION AND PATRIOTISM


2sT The following address was de-
iipered by President Taft at the de-
dication Of the Polish College at
Cambridge spring on Saturday
"We are met\today TO dedicate a 1
college founded 10y and so be conduct !
ed under the auspices of, tho Polish /
National Alliance. This expression on /
The part of the Poles of the United /
States, of a desire TO perpetuate IN
this. the land of their adoption, the !
highest institution of learning pre-
sents an interesting phase OF the set
Element of this country by immi-
grants from European countries. EN-
pcrience has shown that the free air
81 America creates a natural ten
dcncy on the part of those who come
to live with us, and enjoy our insutu-
tlons, to learn the language to ANAL
ramate with other peoples, and TO
take an active interest in the politics
of The country. and that this Us so
strong as to arouse no fears that M
the end il will not be the natural and
prevaiHng force i'm all of our foreign
population. Indeed the fervor with
which they celebrate their national
anniversaries, and review the great
deeds of their national heroes in
stead of detracting from their loyalty
10 their new home and government
seem, as tho years go by, to streng-
then that loyalty and TO make them
better Americans, because as IN the
present instance, they are better
Poles"
President Taft then sketched at
great length the history of the Polish
people and the record or their work
which he characterized as the story
of a wonderful people. He then SAID;
at Is indeed a sad commentary on
the gratitude Of peoples and nations
10 read the history of John Sobleski,
the greatest of the kings of Poland,
and of the Polish kings and note how
tho fate of Europe hung upon the
contest that he. with his comparative
lv small force, carried on successfully
against the hordes of warriors that
islam and the Grand Turk was en-
ahled TO throw across the Austrian
and Polish boundaries and attack
Vienna and The other cities. The
tender letter which Sobiesk wrote TO
hls wife describing the victory at
Vienna. CLEANS like sunlight i'm the
history of Europe.
oThe Poles are a people having
qualities that we can well AFFORD 20
fncorporate into the composite Ameu-
can citizen that our rolicy OF national
hospitality is creating. Having, In the
first place. the highest spirit OF hos
pitality themselves. they are able tc
appreciate it with proper considera-
fion when they are themselves the OBJ
jeci of H. Brave and generous TO q
fault they have both the winning
ways of the Irishman and the delight
ful manners of the French.
1--WE are suffering from conges-
tion of labor in the large ,ities and d
dearth of labor in the country. We
need farm lahorers. The increase IN
The value of the products Of the soil
aud the better emoluments now de-
rived from farming are in the end
certain 10 attract farmers and labor
ers to the country and in this move
ment. there are no people IN the
world who are better adapted IA b'
successful than the Poles. Farming
has now become a scientific profes
sion. The problems we have here
are the problems of the old world
jntensifed, and we are bound to maxi
one acre grow In the future twice a
much as one acre grows now. II
this struggle. with nature, In this ef
fort TO wrest her secret or produc
ton from her in such way as to in
crease our yearly product. the Pole
may be counted on as some OF on
best future agents.
"Of course, ] understand that thi
university we are founding is not tn
FIRST institution Of liberal learnin
that the Poles have built
Il cannot close without some refe
Of al los
and the attitude that ought TO
taken by the lovers of our countr
am one OF those who believe thi
America Is greatly better in her pr
sent condition and will have sti
greater advantage in the future, b
cause of the infusion into our bod
political and social. of the sturt
pcasantry and the better educate
classics who have come to us from q
nations Of Europe. In the actual
yolopment OF the country In the co
siruction Of railroads, in the develo
ment of our farms and i'm the esta
Nshment of our industries, had =
not the strong arms and the stoa
hands Of those who have come 10
from continental Europe, Assumi
that the foundation of our count
and the original people here We
from the islands OF Great Britain a
ireland and treating the foreign qu
ton as one now of immigration fr'
continental Europe I repeat tina
do not share in the fear that {
citizenship is ultimately likely to s
fer by the coming from other cI
tincntal countries of Europe for
purpose of permanent settlement
any of the peoples who are now CO
Ing
y have an abiding faith i'm the
fuence of our institutions on all v
come here. no matter how lacking
Education they may be, if they h
the sturdy enterprise to leave he
and to come out to this new coun
10 seek their fortunes
~ am proud of our country
We have had it's doors swinging ca
open to the Industrious peoples
other countries that have sought q
for greater happiness and quiC
development and he would be b
indeed who would deny that a
stantial part of our progress is
to this policy of generosity tow
those who are seeking the attn
phere of freedom and the land
equal opportunity