The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-01
EDWARDS SHAPED.
AMERICAS POLICY,
SAYS ROOSEVELT
Dcnounccs Pacifists in Rcfus-
ing to Speak at Armenian
Protest Meeting.
STANDS FOR DEEDS
INSTEAD OF WORDS

f,lysrslfN. secretary of the American
Committee for Armenian and Syrian Re
r,f Yesterday gave out "A letter which
"a received from Col. Theodore Noose-
veIt i'm response 10 a request that the
former President speak at a mass meet
ing Tor the relief OF the victims of Arme-
man atrocities to be- held In this city
soon.
col. Roosevelt's reply wac an en-
,hatic refusal TO make any address be-
FORE such a meeting on the ground that
his country. because of Its adoption OF
the principles Of the peace at any price
man OF the professional pacilcist" has
made itself absolutely Ineffective for in.
,ernatioual righteousness. and that any
acton Il may take Mt any time toward
this goal will bring upon us only the
Ier,slon of the world. which already
looks upon us as a nation OF peltroons
and towards, both because OF our pro-
,ex,a,ions OF neutrality between right
and wrong in Belgium and Armenia and
becatisa OF our shameful stand In
Mexico. The Colonel's letter follows in
part
MY DEAR Mr.. DrrroN-Even TO
nerves dulled and faded by the heaped
no horrors Of the past year and a half
the news OF the terrible fate that has
befallen the Armenians must give a fresh
shock OF ~ mpathy and indignation. Let
~ emphaticaliy point out that the SYM
pathy Is useless unless IL is accompanied
With Indignation. and that the indig-
nation IS useless II II exhausts Itself in
words instead Of takins shape In deeds.
IF this people, through its Govern
ment, had not shirked Its duty In Mexico
fos che last five years and II this peo-
pie. through Its Government, had not
shirked its duty In connection with the
world war for the last sixteen months
we would now be able to take effective
Yct!on on behalf of Armenia. Mass
meetings on behalf of the Armenians
amount to nothing whatever IL they are
mere methods OF giving n sentimental
but Ineffective n safe outlet to the
feelings of those .nga-ed in them. In
deed they amount to less than nothing.
compares 4. =. to China.
THE habit of giving expression 10
feelings without following the expression
by action IS in the end thoroughly detrl-
mental both to the will power and 10 the
morality of the people concerned. AS
'ong rs this Government proceeds.
whether as regards Mexico or as re-
cards Germany. whether AS regards the
european war. OF ms regards Belgium.
On the principles of the peace-at-any-
PIKE man. of the professional paciiist,
lust So long /, will he as absolu,eIv in,
sne.t.,e for nternationa ripbteous,a
China itself
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safety FIRST are acting up to , norto
ya.,n could he a~pprupriatelv used h,.
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