Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-11-16
ROOSEVELT IS CONSISTENT.

hereafter.
ROOSEVELT IS CONSISTENT.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: It is q
grievous mistake to assume that
Theodore Roosevelt is an opportun-
list on the subject of preparedness.
He has all his life been consistent
supporter of military policy which
would make this country yirile and
strong in the event it should be
plunged into war. Julian Street re-
Gently prepared for Golfers Weekly
resume Of Roosevelt's record on
this subject. He quotes Roosevelt
as sayings nineteen years ago:
ut is strange, indeed there
should exist men who actually OPP
pose the building of a navy by the
United States, nay, even more. act
ually oppose so much as the
strengthening Of the coast defenses,
on the ground that they prefer to
have this country too feeble to re-
sent any insult, in order that It may
owe it's safety to the contemptuous
which It Is hoped this
will inspire in foreign
powers. No Tammany alderman, no
venal legislator, no demagog or cor
rupt politician ever strove more ef-
fectively than these men are striv-
ing to degrade the nation and to
make one ashamed Of the name Ipf
Eighteen years ago in speech
Roosevelt said on this subject:
''In this country there is not the
slightest danger of an over-develop-
ment of the warlike spirit, and there
never has been any such danger. In
all our history there has never been
a time when preparedness for war
was any menace to peace"
Two years later he again reiterat-
ed his convictions on preparedness:
"Our army needs complete reor-
ganization-not merely charging
and the reorganization can only
come AZ the result Of legislation. A
proper general star should be estab-
lished. Above all, the army must
be given the chance to exercise In
large bodies. Never again should
we see, as we saw in the Spanish
war, major generals In command OF
divisions who had never before COM
manded three companies together in
the Held"
Fourteen years ago In q message
to congress Roosevelt wrote:
$50 far from being In any way .
to war, an adequate and
highly trained navy is the best guar
antee against war, the cheapest and
most effective peace Insurance. The
cost of building and maintaining
such navy represents the very
highest premium for insuring
peace"
Roosevelt's "Big Stick phrase
was spoken fourteen years ago in
speech in San Francisco, on the sub
|ect Of National Duties" He said
IN part:
"A good many Of you are probab-
" acquainted with the proverb:
Speak softly and carry big stick
you will go far = Whenever
On any point we come in contact
with foreign power. I hope We
shall always strive to speak court
eously and respectfully Of that for
eign power. Let us make 1t evident
that we intend to do Justice. Then
lot us make 1t equally evident that
We win not tolerate injustice being
done to us in return. Let US furth-
sr make it evident that we use no
words which we are not prepared to
back up with deeds. Such an atti-
tude will be the surest possible guar 2
antee Of that self-respecting peace.
he attainment Of which Is and must
ever be the prime aim Of self-gov-
,rning people"
No public man IN the country has
| more consistent record on this sub
ect than Colonel Roosevelt. And no
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