Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-31

address. Colonel Roosevelt startled
his audience with his reference to
the war.
~ want to speak to you for one
more moment about a matter of faf
more Importance than the political
policies | have discussed with you.
/ want to talk to you about the duty
of this country to put itself into
such shape that il can defend It's
rights il il is attacked. Many peace
treaties have been signed lately. In
a crisis by which this country would
be affected such treaties would be
as dust in the wind. The American
people owe it to themselves to re-
member that the only way to pre-
vent wrong doing is to be prepared
to resist the wrong.
Il wish to see the day when every
man in this country receives prac-
teal education in Workmanship. l
wish to see the day when every citi-
zen will take q keen interest in Sec
ing that the republic commits no
wrong or insult toward other ma
tons But I wish also to see the
day when every young man will feel
ii personal disgrace to be unpre-
pared by education. training, moral
and physical fitness, to do his duty
in the protection of his country's
rights from attack.
I'VE have seen what happened to
Belgium, TO Antwerp and to Brus
Is. In such events as ] know
about from having seen the plans
of two of the empires now engaged
in war, our big cities would share
the fate of Antwerp and Brussels.
II have seen the plans of two
warning empires for taking San
Francisco and New York and hold
them for ransom, because our stand
ing army ia too weak to protect
them. These plans were laid with
the idea that these cities would ran
som themselves, cripple our coun-
try and give funds to the enemy for
carrying on war.
but if such thing should hap
pen l shall do all in my power to
see that these cities pay not one
dollar ransom, but suffer utter de-
struction rather than aid any in
vader of our country"
The declaration brought forth a
tremendous volume of applause from
the college students.
Large Trenton Audience.
The crowd that greeted the former
President at the armory in Trenton
was tremendous one. Colonel
Roosevelt's address was short. but it
was the only truly political speech
of the day Immediately upon step
ping to the platform he plunged into
his subject
81 have refrained from criticising
the present administration" he said.
II did not want to criticise as long
as I felt warranted in keeping silent.
/ did not want to embarrass the
administration at this time. But
when the administration injects it.
self into politics by indorsing Muir
ply, of New York. and Sullivan, of
Illinois, / do not feel warranted in
keeping silent any longer.
MIR. Wilson, in his letter to Mr.
Underwood. uses a great deal of
language which ! cannot critlcise,
because do not understand 1t. 1t
Is possible the President himself
does not understand 1t. But the
President is q master of the English
language, and if he wanted to en-
tighten us instead of puzzling us. l
believe lie could have stated his case
in language that all of us would
have understood.
eff Mr.. Wilson means to say, how
ever" the former President contin-
ued, chat he has freed the average
American citizen, | want to say that
the only new freedom he has given
us is the freedom OF the business
man 10 close his shop and of the
working man to hunt another job,
after he has lost the one he had. l
agree entirely with the Republicans
in their criticisms of the Democratic
administration. And l also agree
with the Democratic party in its
criticism of the Republican policies,
which made the Democratic admins
tration possible. Under the Repub-
lican policies, few prospered too
much. Under the Democratic policies
nobody prospers enough"