The Washington times., 1916-04-30
Asks ROBUST and viriIe Nation
aIism' Before Illinois Bar.
Association.
U. S. FACES CRISIS, HE SAYS
mo Form Of Government viii
Survive Unless Existence Is
Justified" He Asserts.

CHICAGO, April so-A powerful APP
peal to the West to lead in the EFFORT
for a robust and, virile nationalism"
which would bring preparedness ''as an
arm to help and soul of the nation
was voiced by Colonel Roosevelt last
night. in addressing the Illinois Bar As
The colonel saw the nation as facing
one OF It's greatest crises now.
mo form of government will survive
unless It can justify Its existence" he
psreGa p Dsas tor 2Ey pre-
paredness. I speak for the performance
OF duty which can only come when We
fit OURSELVES to do our duty to ourselves.
and wheh we have made up our minds
nation which cannot be kent. which
ougiIt not to DO kept. and which will
not be kept.
For National Manhood.
IT speak of all this in the interest
OF national unity and manhood. OF inter-
national peace. and of the service of
our country. and of the world at large.
1t is our duty to secure Justice and we'll
being at home; but we live In a FOOLS
paradise IL we think that we shall be
permitted to secure such Justice and
well-beins. az the world now 10, unless
we are prepared to hold our own against
all alien enemies.
mocri,cy of ours inefficient. II We do
ruin.
cynical Indifference tho pork barrel the
orics of government. sc dear to the
hearts of 'politiclans of the baser sort
with a wealth of billions of dollars,
and a population of 100 100000. we can
terry. unstable social and Industrial
eQuililri'im. iior to see our sons grow
up rtecped in a spirit OF mere selfish
tndividualism, without ,self-control or
discipline or sense OF corporation. or
firmness or purpose.
Wants Real Melting Pot.
We must not only do away with sec
tionalisin. bot we mast see that our
land really is melting pot Of citizen
chip and that all peoples who como
here tecomo Americans and nothing
1--WE have equally to dread the sloek,
well-fcd matcriaiist whose be-all and
end-all In lie are ease and comfort. and
of his Individual ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: and
the foolish. boastful. wordy santinien-
talist who. toastful amazing ignorance,
fancics that Americans armed only
string and brutal men with Slses. '''e
Our national character is In the bal
ance. Americanism is on trial.
If we produce merely the self-seek-
Ing. ease-loving, duty-shirking man.
whether he be a mere materialist or q
mere silly sentlmentalist: II we produce
only the Americanism Of the CRATER and
the collycoddie and the safety-first, get
rich-quick peace-at-any-price man, we
will have produced an America faith
full only to the spirit of the Tories OF
1I76 and the Copper Heads of 1861 and
fit only TO vanish from the earth.
I'm this tremendous crisis Of the
world. IL we think we can sit apart. dc
nothing, utter lofty platitudes and de-
vote ourselves only to money making
we shall surely go down with a crash. >
Says He'll Go to Front.
The colonel reiterated a statement OF
a few days ago that II war came he
and all the male Roosevelts would &c
TO the front.
He emphasized his views on Gilman.
cation" of the United States; bitterly
"ambulatory schoolhouses:" fayed tn,
House of Representatives for "interfer
ing" with plans for greater efficiency
in the army and demanded real pre-
paredness."
He urged adoption of some sort o
universal training In military survey fo
Industrial preparedness, and held tina
Government-owned plants should not re
place business firms, but rather shout,
be used as check on them.
LET the Government regulate the cor
porations," he declared. ''let this regula