Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-10
Movement Undertaken ~!
Them Declared Menaes
to Ne on by Roosevelt
TO PUBLISH
TEXT OF LETTER
ossvsIt Willing Statement Shalt %
Made Public. While Recipients FsaA
Effect on Movements Colonel Taise
Fling at Wilson Administrator Dss
cause Of Tendency TO Treat TrsaIiee
as "seraps Of Paper"

Chicago, April 1o.-Publication Of the
! fact that Theodore Roosevelt had write
| ten letter denouncing the woman,A
proposed peace propoganda, caused =
shock among the leaders here todayS
| The letter reposed in the custody ol
Mrs William I. Thomas. secretary %
| the woman's peace party. and she rs<
fused to allow It's publication.
There were sentences in the iette1
that 1t would be unwise to make pubs
lie. said Mrs. Thomas. "Altho Colonel
Roosevelt has said that no would b
delighted to have the letter published
yet think 1t unwise to make Il pubse
lic."
Ihe missive which aroused the disc
cussion was sent to Mrs. George Rub1
lee. OF Washington. One report had 10
that the colonel declared that pacifista
IN general constituted a menace TO the
| future welfare of the United States,"
Reply to Woman's Letter.
The letter was written In reply "a
| one sent by Mrs. Rublee several months
ago. Mrs. Rublee is an old friend %
the colonel's and wife OF a member "a
the federal trade commission, q noted
| progressive leader. Mrs. Rublee 4in4
| closed copy of the platform OF the
Womans Peace Party. The colonel II
not paciiicist. His reply occuptod
four closely typewriter pages anA
when he had completed his observa(
tons, again to quote the Washineton
dispatches, the said platform had b6S1
riddled from stem to stern with tniii1
taristic verbal shells. ss
At all events some heated disol1e4
sions have been held by4the WashinGSs
ton branch OF tho orsaniattons vNearns
| Ing the wisdom Of making the iGffa1
public. and down in Oyster Bay 4hafs
colonel. who has freely given pefDiG.
sion for the letter to be Published, q
chuckling. III;
Roosevelt Wants it prinssd.
In the meantime Mrs. RublaO 49,
asked for the letter. She asked Co1onS
Roosevelt If he objected to Its puhlioal
ton. He replied nothing would plsas6S
him better. Then a discussion arose
! in the Washington branch as to who
would be affected most by its publicaS
ton. the peace party or Colonel Rooee@ s
welt. So far the "anti-publicationists'
have carried the day. but so many oE
the Washington members OF the party
have become acquainted with It's con<
tents in the meantime that the cola
generally known in the capital.
Called Paoifists Menace.
In his letter Mr.. Roosevelt poureds
| forth an opinion OF pacifists in gencraii
| and the womans peace party In par@s
! ticular. Regarding the general proposis.
ton the colonel averred that pacidstsi
| constitute the greatest danger to the
| future welfare OF the United States.s
| No enemies of the republic, at home ori
| abroad. Mr.. Roosevelt said, are cons
parable in the extent of their menace
with the pacifists at large in thol
United States.
Getting down to particulars, Mr.;
Roosevelt characterized the feminine
peace movement eliminating in the
| forthcoming Hague conference as utter
folly and advised the women that they
would be much better employed II they !
stayed at home and minded their own
| knitting.
| A stern and aggressive stand taken i
1 by the United States to uphold the
| Hague conventions on the rules of civ q
ilied warfare, to which this country as !,
we'll as the belligerents are parties.
would be the most effective infiuenceA
I Americans can possibly exert to end
the tragic conflict in Europe.
| Takes Fling at Wilson.
| At 1t is, pursued the colonel. the
women are making themselves parti-
ceps criminis to the policy OF the ad.3
ministration. which acquiesces in the
demonstrated views of some OF the
belligerents that treaty Is scrap
| of paper" and nothing more.
| Tho women. he asserted are adopt i
ing the attitude that the belligerents
| are naughty children who know not
| what they do. who do not realize that /.
war is awful. and who ought to be
convinced how much more beautiful it
| Is to behave properly.
| Their efforts at the Hague confer
ence, Mr.. Roosevelt thinks will be re-
garded by the belligerents as sus-
picious and entirely gratuitous.
"If there has been any trouble In tho
washington branch over the letter,
| have not heard OF It." said Miss Ad-
dams. II do not know what has been
| discussed there. do know. tho that
the letter was written before the
Hague conference had been agreed
upon. so do not see how the colonel
could have criticized that"
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