The Washington times., 1915-10-13
Highlights Of Speech
By Colonel Roosevelt

tnSre WOulOnI nave peen many peO-
pie left alive today to sing them.
There must be mo more discrimi-
nation against Jew or Catholic Or
Protestant than discrimination In
favor of Jew, Catholic. or Protest.
ant. Whoever makes such discrimi-
nation lis an enemy Of the public
schools. ,tD.
There Is no room In this country
for hyphenated Americanism. When
l refer to hyphenated Americans I
do not refer to naturali3ed Ameri-
cans. Some Of the very best Amer
uralized Americans. Americans born ;
abroad.
The one absolutely certain way Of
bringing this nation to ruin. of pre-
venting all possibility Of Its continu-
ing to be a nation at all. would be
to permit 1t to become a tangle Of
sQuabbling nationalities.
The man who calls himself an
American citizen and who yet shows
by his actions that he IL primarily
the citizen OF a foreign land. plays
thoroughly mischievous part, In
no place here, and the sooner he
returns to the land to which he feels
his real heart allegiance. the better
1t will be for every good American.
The lamentaole fate Of Belgium has
shown that no injustice in legislation
or success in business will be OF the
slightest avail II the nation has not
prepared In advance the strength to
protect Its rights.
There must be social, economic and
military preparedness all alike, all
harmoniously developed. and, above
all, there must be spiritual and mem
tai preparedness. To prepare a great
army and navy without preparing q
nothing.
Every citizen should be. trained
sedulously by every activity at our
command to realize, his duty to the
nation. In France at this moment
the workingmen who are not at the
front are spending all their energies
With the single thought OF helping
their brethren at the front by what
they do In the munitions plants, on
shocking, a lamentable thing. that
many trade unions Of England have
taken a directly opposite view.
fact that members OF two OF the for
eign embassies In this country have
been discovered to be implicated In
melting their fellow-countrymen
whether naturalized American citi..
g, nod no the sFppns he S Ame
can industries that are operating In
accordance with internal law and IN
ternational agreement. w
The malign activity Of one of these
emba ssies has been brought home d.
rectly to the ambassador in such
shape that his recall has been forced.
The activities Of the other have been
set forth In detail by the publication
in the press Of its letters In such
were OF the same general character.
OF course. the two embassies were
merely carrying out the instructions
OF their home governments.
1t has recently been announced
that the Russian government Is to
rent a house in New York as a ma
tional center. to be Russian In faith
and patriotism: to foster the Russisn
feeling In immigrants who come
hither. All OF this Is utterly antag-
onistic to proper American senti-
ment, whether perpetrated in the
Rn. Rsms Of Of GsrRany snTanS Of Of E1snss AS
and other country.
The National Guard should he su-
pervised and controlled by the Fed
eral Wal. Department. Training
should be provided on a nation. Wide
basis. and the Government should
pay. the expense. Foreign born as
well as native born citizens should
be brought together In these camps.
Not only should battleships. battle
cruisers. submarines. ample coast
and field artillery be provided and a
greater ammunition system, but
there should be a utilization of those
ENGAGED In such professions as the
cars. In aviation. and In engineering.
Map making and road Improvement
should be attended to. The railroads
should be brought into Intimate
Ss 1SSeh With the War Shnd Jss
the conservation OF all necessary
war supplies. such as mine products.
potash. oil lands. and the like. Ali
munitions plants should be carefully
surveyed with th,, s5ecial pee, reterencs to
the possibility of increased munition
and supply factories. Finally, re-
member that the men must be sedu-
lously trained In peace to use this
material or we shall merely prepare
our, ships. guns; and products as gifts
to the enemy. But the most important
OF all things Is universal military
service.
I ask you to make a special effort
to deal with Americanization. the
fusing into one nation. OF all those
that come to our shores. Pay heed
to the three essential principles:
First. the need of a common Ian
guage: second. the need Of a common
civil standard: third. the need Of a.
high standard of living. Of reason
able equality Of opportunity. of So
cial and industrial Justice. ] ask YOU
to help strike the note that shall
unite our people. II we are not
united we shall slip into the gulf of
measureless disaster. ! ask you and
those like you to take foremost
part in the movements young
mems movement-for a greater and
better America In the future.
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