Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-13

Of the native-born citizens: 1t must
possess American citizenship and
American ideas. It must stand hrm
by its source Of allegiance in word
and deed and must show that in
every fact it has renowned al
legiance to every prince potenate
or foreign government. 1t must be
maintained on AN American standard
OF. living SO az 70. prevent labor dis
turbances in important plants and at
critical times. None Of these objects
can be secured as long as we have inn
migrant colonies, ghettos. ana immi-
grant sections. and above all they
cannot be assured SO long as we con-
slider the immigrant only as an indus
trial asset"
Colonel Roosevelt said that just as
democratic America required that
t.church and state should be separate,
that there should be no distinction Of
religious creeds in public Office, so
there should be no distinction Of ma
tionality. There is no room in this
country for hyphenated Americans"
he said; when / refer to hyphenated
Americans, do. not refer to natural
ICED Americans. Some Of the very
best Americans that have ever known
were naturalized Americans, Ameri-
cans born abroad. But a hyphenated
American is not an American at all.
This is just as true Of the man who
puts German, Irish, English or French
before the hyphen. Americanism Is a
matter Of the spirit and Of the soul.
Our allegiance must be purely to the
United States.
"The one absolutely certain way Of
bringing this nation to ruin. Of pre-
venting all possibility Of its continu-
| ing to be national at all, would be to
permit 1t to become tangle Of squab-
bling nationaIities, an intricate knot Of
German Americans, Irish-Americans,
English Americans, French Americans,
scandinavian Americans or Italian
Americans, each preserving its separ-
ate nationality. each at heart feeling
more sympathy with Europeans Of that
nationality, than with the other citi-
zens Of the American Republic.
| For an American citizen to vote as
German-American, an Irish-Ameri-
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traitor to American institutions. and
those hyphenated Americans who ter
rorize American politicians by threats
of the foreign vote are engaged in
treason to the American Republic"
Speaking Of preparedness. Colonel
Roosevelt said that even in time of
peace individuals and the railroads
should cooperate and that industrial
disturbances should be eliminated.
1.-The strike situation in the United
! States at this time is scandal to the
country as a whole and discreditable
alike to employer and employe," he
said.
Il am certain that the only perma-
nently safe attitude for this country
as regards national preparedness for
self defense is along the lines Of uni
versal service on the Swiss model,
Switzerland is the most democratic Of
nations. It's army is the most demo-
cratic army in the world. There
isn't touch of militarism or agrees
siveness about Switzerland. It has
| been found as matter Of actual prac-
teal experience in Switzerland that
the universal military training has
made very marked increase in social
efficiency and in the ability Of the man
thus trained to do well for himself in
industry"
| Urging more national defense Col
onel Roosevelt said that not only
should battleships. submarines. ample
coast and field artillery and a greater
ammunition supply system be pro-
vided, but there should be a utilization
of st9ch professions as the ownership
and management of motor cars, of
aviation and of engineering. More
map-making and road improvements
and railroads brought into more init
mate touch with the war department
were suggested.