New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-20
BRYAN A LACKEY
TO GERMAN RULE,
SAYS ROOSEVELT
BIameS u. S. IndeciSiOn in
Gulflight Case for Sink
ing of Lusitania.
PEACE AT ANY PRICE
ANGRILY CENSURED
Didn't Raise Boy for Soldier"
Song Irritates Colonel, Who
Writes on Nations Needs.

Characterizing William J. Bryan as
milk -and-water statesman and a
faithful servant of the present German
government, Theodore Roosevelt in the
August number of the metropolitan
Magazine" declares that the lack Of
instant decision by the present admin
istration in the Gulhight case caused
the subsequent loss Of American lives
on the Lusitania His summary Of the
present military needs Of the United
States is a bitter arraignment of the
peace-at-any-price advocates.
Colonel Roosevelt compares The pres
ent indifference of the German govern
ment to the protests of America with
the lack of concern in the British army
a century ago, when American pacifst
editors went into frenzy of protest
against the burning of the public
buildings at Washington.
at was not nice thing to burn the
public buildings at Washington" says
Mr.. Roosevelt, "but it was an infinitely
worse thing for this country, sitter two
years of war, to be utterly unable to
protect its capital
at was not a nice thing to kill our
women and children on the Lusitania;
but il was an even meaner and more
contemplate thing for us to fail to
act with instant decision thereon. and
had we so acted in the case OF the
Gulhight q few days previously the
Lusitania would never have been SUNK
Mr.. Roosevelt leaves no DOUBT OF me
depth of his contempt for the rabid
pacitist. .
"The Fundamental Characteristic OF
tho peace-at-any-price men," he says,
SIS sheer. downright physical or moral
timidity. The professional pacifst usu-
ally Turns Up as the ally of the most
cynical type of the international wrong
doer. These men and women have de-
manded peace in terms that would not
merely disregard righteousness, but
would crown unrighteousness with sue
cess.
"The fact that these professional
peace enthusiasts have been afraid 10
make any concrete protest against
wrong is due primarily to sheer fear
on their part. They were afraid OF the
trouble and effort implied in acting
about Mexico. Above all, they are
afraid of Germany. Those Of them who
are politicians are afraid of the Ger
man-American vote. for these profes-
sional pacifists have no sense OF ma
tional honor and are great encouragers
CT hyphenated Americanism. Ihey are
terrorized, they are cowed, by the spirit
of German militarism."
A certain popular anti-mili tarlstic
song of the day has particularly it'll
tated the belligerent ex-Presldent.
This is what he thinks about Ameri-
cans who didn't raise their sons TO
wear the khaki uniforms of the Rough
Riders:
Recently, in certain circles. some
popularity has been achieved by song
entitled L Didn't Raise Ny Boy To BE
A Soldier'-a song which ought always
! to be sung with u companion piece en-
/ titled 4 Didn't Raise Ny Girl To BE a
Mother The two would stand on pre-
/ cisely the same moral level. THINK OF
1 such a song being sung by or Of the
mothers, sisters and wives of the men
who fought under Washington in the
/
/ under Grant and Lee in the Civil War!
"The sinking of the Lusitania. the
/ destruction of Louvain. the shooting
of the Belgians who rallied to the. de
4 fence Of their flag. the merciless thor
oughness Of the exploitation of the civil
/ ian population Of Northern France and
/ Belgium. the utter ruthlessness shown
| in dealing not only with men but with
women and children-all this has I'M
! Goubtedly cowed and terrorized the
average American pacifst, the average
peace at-any-price man in the United
States"
Mr.. Roosevelt sees in the former
Secretary of State an ally and tool Of
the blood-and-iron statesmen Of Ger
many
MIR. Bryan resigns the foremost po-
sition in the American Cabinet and i'm
mediately addresses a large meeting of