The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-31
TEDDY SCORES WILSON


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mel added, taking Wilson's words. of
yesterday as a text, I'VE are going to
put double burden on the sons of
mothers who have been raised to
serve, perhaps to die for their country,
while the other sons of mothers stay
home
On Hyphen Alliances.
Speaking before a crowded room at
the breakfast, former President
Roosevelt took issue with President
Wilson's views on preparedness, de-
clared he was unalterably opposed to
hyphenated alliances, be they Ger
man-American or English-Amer1can.
His talk was based on what he
termed two cardinal principles, Ameri-
canism and Preparedness. I'VE can
not discuss one without the other, he
declared, land we can't have one
without the other. 1 wish to correct
the statement. l mean the m m
ment that has ben made in St Louis
and elsewhere that this preparedness
movement has been instigfiated by am
munitien manufacturers.
THAT is false. / challenge any hui
man being to prove that there is any
ed are patriots, and Americans not
money seekers.
"Say What Mean
1--WE have had a great deal of rhet-
oric But the American people ought
to be more careful about words. We
should remember it is our duty to use
no word unless we mean it, to declare
for no principle unless we are willing
to translate our love of that principle
into action.
when 1 say L stand for American
ism, 1 mean just what say, and when
I say 1 am against hyphenated Amer1-
ca nism, I mean just what 1 sa.
n h-A L
should be just as unalterably opposed
to an English-American alliance as 1
am against the German-American al
lance. Whatever defense may have
for my attitude you can't accuse me
of pusSyfOoting.
There is no place here for the
persons who want to make a polyglot
boarding house out of our nation. Just
as Washington, Lee and Grant were
against every foe, so we must be-
to every foreign nation. But when it
became necessary to assert our rights,
1 played no favorites.
THE declaration of independence is
a great document 1t exists today be-
cause its signers fought for its prin-
cipIe. If it had not been used as a
basis for action, it would not now be
remembered, fine as its phrasing is.
Against Labor's Attitude
Labor councils generally have an
nounced they will not take part in
the preparedness parades June 3. l
| have seen shameful editorials uphold
ing that attitude. But when I say
universal service that is what 1 refer
to. do not expect to such the life
| out of my words nor do 1 want anyone
| to consider that 1 shall join the
pacifists in any wild mental joyrides.
Uncle Sam has just one friend
Uncle Sam
Crowd at Depot.
St Louis, May 31.-A tremendous
and cheering crowd greeted Colonel
Roosevelt when his train backed into
the union station at sos o'clock this
morning five minutes late The po-
| lice vainly tried to preserve a passage
way from the train to the gate but the
crowd gathered about Roosevelt and
he went through in a football rush.
Police lines outside the train shed held
back the crowd through the two-bfock
midway to the street, and Roosevelt
hurried forward stumbling into a
refuse can as the crowds behind
pressed against him. Policemen ran
to keep up with him.
Colonel Roosevelt stepped into an
automobile which led a procession of
six or seven motor cars to the Plant
ers' hotel. He was driven down side
street from the union station and COM
paratively few people saw him pass.
|
tel, however, and he was greeted with
| cheer as he entered the building.
He was taken to the bridal suite to
rest, and at S:50-after all the break
fast guests were seated-he entered
the dining room, again being greeted
! with cheers.
Begins With Breakfast Speech.
Colonel Roosevelt is scheduled today
to make three speeches in ST. Louis
to hold public reception between
speeches and after the speechmaking
to confer with friends
Colonel Roosevelt came from Kan
sas City on the Chicago & Alton train
due here at 8 o'clock. At the. union
station he was greeted by a citizens
committee headed by Matt c. Rey-
nolds. Several hundred persons took
breakfast with Colonel Roosevelt and
to them he was to deliver his first
speech. After a short rest in his
a public reception and shortly after
noon he was to deliver his second ad-
dress at luncheon of the Mercantile
club and the Business Mems league
| This luncheon was to take place at
the Mercantile club. At the conclu-
sion of this speech Colonel Roosevelt
| is to hurry, to the City club, a few
| blocks away, where he is scheduled to
believer the principal speech of the
| day shortly after 1 O'Clock. A second
| public reception will be held at his
hotel late this afternoon and it is ex-
pected that the colonel will confer
Colonel Roosevelt will leave st. Louis
for New York at O'Clock this after
noon.
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