Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-31
ROOSEVELT TELLS
| EUROPE PLAN TO
INVADE AMERICA
New York and San Francisco to
Be Seized and Held for
Ransom, He Claims.
MAKES FIRST PUBLIC
ATTACK ON PRESIDENT
Declares in New Jersey Tour
Democrats Are Allied With
Murphy and Sullivan.
From a stan Correspondent.

From stan Correspondents.
TRENTON. Oct. 81. - Theodore
Roosevelt wound up his New Jersey
tour in the armory here last night
after making two other speeches
throughout the State. He addressed
audiences at Eliza beth and Princeton
During the course of the day Col
onel Roosevelt launched out into MS
first public criticism of woodrow
Wilson. charging him with having
allied himself with the Murphy forces
IN New York. the Sullivan crowd III
Illinois. and with having failed to
enact legislation that would bring re-
lief to the people of the country.
The other feature of the colonefs
speechmaking during the day was the
statement made TO an audience in
Alexander Hall. Princeton, that he
personally had seen the plans of two
European empires now at war for the
capture of New York and San Fran
cisco. Unless we're prepared, he said,
those cities would suffer the fate of
Antwerp and Brussels.
Colonel Roosevelt started the days
speaking tour at Stapleton, s. l.,
where he addressed a small but en-
thusiastic audience in the Park
Theatre. A delegation of Jerseymen
In the party met the colonel there. In
Everett Colby, J. A. II. Hopkins, irv-
jng X. Taylor jesse Lynch Williams,
Edgar *. Knapp and Douglas Robin
son. brother-in-la law of Colonel Roose-
welt.
The Elizabeth speech was not on
the schedule, but the colonel was pre-
vailed upon by Mr.. Knapp, who was
one of his rough riders In the Span
ish- American war, to make a short
address. When the party arrived in
Elizabeth crowd Of several hundred
persons We're found assembled at
East Jersey and Broad streets. Col
onel Roosevelt urged the election of
Elsyod W Phares Progressive candi-
date for mayor, and all the Progress
sive candidates.
While in Elizabeth. Colonel Roose-
Welt learned that former United
States Senator John Kean was seri-
Olsly III at his home in Morris avenue
Colonel Roosevelt insisted upon
visiting him. The meeting had no
Political significance. members of the
Roosevelt party said Even though
The former President had opposed Mr.
kean politically. il would be ingracious
OF him not to pay the former senator
a call, now that he was dangerously
III with Brghts disease. 1t was ex-
planned
The party then motored to the home
81 Mrs Frank A. Pattison. of Colona.
Where lunch was served on the lawn
1,aprobes We're laid on the lawn, and
The former President spread himself
out on the lawn as he munehed the
sandwiches that had been brought
along.
Speaks in Princeton.
Alexander Hall was crowded to its
fullest capacity when the colonel ar
fyed He was greeted most cordially
President John Grer H'bben, of
Princeton. introduced the speaker In
bis Introductory remarks President
Hibben referred to the fact that he
had sat in the audience in Princeton
twanty-eight years ago to hear
to'onel Roosevelt. then police COM
missioner Of New York, made an ad-
dress.
He didn't sacrifice his obligations
then for future considerations" said
President Hihben. and he has never
done so since"
1t was Just as Colonel Roosevelt
began his address that baby in the
audience set up a Shrek II in
terrupted, but Colonel Roosevelt
urged his audience not to mind a
little Bull Mooser"
The sneaker outlined the purpose
of the Progressive party and likened
himself to Lincoln In that the
emHncipator was no more radical on
questions Of her time than the
colonel is charged with being on
present day questions.
The former president took occa-
sion 10 score the press of the coun-
try saying.
Your channels of information are
terribly polluted Almost every
newspaper is edited under conditions
and owned under limitations that
prevent the truth from being pre-
scented
Just as he was about to close his