The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-05-26
From Fridays Daily.

assault right on the home baili-
wick of the great peace advocate,
Henry Ford. He declared for a
military preparedness shat would
assure the United States of its
proper place among the nations
of the world. He denounced the
preparedness program of Presi-
ident Wilson as being entirely
inadequate to meet the situation.
He said the democratic spirit of
America must stand behind t.
cause of military preparedness.
He said Germany was encourage
ing the cause or sucn pacincisrs
as William ]. Bryan and Henry
Ford in this country, because
Germany wanted the United
States to remain unprepared,
while she herself was prepared.
He denounced the present con-
gress of the United States as be-
ing ninety-SiX per cent feeble.
The course of the present adj
ministration he characterized as
one of weakness and timidity.
Colonel Roosevelt said he had
the highest personal regard for
Henry Ford. He admired much
that Henry Ford had done. But
as far as his attitude on prepar-
edness went, Mr.. Ford, the
speaker said, might properly be
classed like the tories of the
revolutionary times and the cop
perheads of the Civil war times.
The colonel declared for a
standing army of quarter of a
million men and the abolition OF
hyphenated Americanism. J.
denounced the proposition of
having a government munitions
plant, but said munitions OF war
should be manufactured by pri-
vate interests under strict s-V
eminent regulations.
More than 10000 nnonle gath
cred to catch a glimpse of the
former president and see what
they could of him. AS he alight-
ed from the train at the depot,
there were tens of thousands of
people, largely boys, gathered,
round there to see him. The col
onel insisted on making the boys
an address right there. Boys"
he said, don't be mollycoddles.
Be above shrinking away from
your duty as Americans"
Mr.. Ford plans to have per-
sonal meeting with Colonel
Roosevelt before the latter
leaves Detroit.
While the colonel has been
busy stirring up sentiment for
preparedness ACCORDING ~ ms
own conception of what prepar-
edness ought to be, the pacifi-
cists have not been idle. Today
great canvas-c covered wagon
was seen running through the
principal streets of the city bear
ing the words: 1.-TWO million
farmers, five hundred thousand
mine workers and countless lab
or unions have. already declar"d
themselves opposed to militar-
ism.
Detroit, Mich, May 19.-Colonel
theodore Roosevelt, in an address
ere today, reiterated his opposition
to all kinds of hyphenated Ameri-
advocated universal mill
airy service based on universal train
lg, and declared that we must abol-
sh pork barrel methods in Oul
ational defense, stop talking and
ct down to the actual business. OF
borough preparedness if we are etc
make this nation as strong as are
Is convictions in reference to right
nd wrong"
Colonel Roosevelt prefaced his
peech by announcing that he hat
come here to Michigan because in
he primary for the selection of del
gates to the republican nationa
Mr. Ford was victorious
nd following on his victory here, he
bowed a marked popular strength
fleet of this showing has been inn
nediately visible upon many of the
politicians within and without con-
.ress."
I'VE, through our representatives
t Washington said Colonel Roose-
-elt, "have absolutely refused in the
mallest degree to prepare during
hese twenty-five months of world
ataclysm. We have refused to learr
he smallest part of the lesson being
written on the scroll of torment il
europe. We have fatuously refused
o take the smallest step, either tt
10 our duty to ourselves or to dc
ur duty to others. We have en-
eavered to deceive ourselves by an
that in this policy of supine
naction and of failure to perform
uty, we are actuated by the loftiest
motives. l doubt whether we have
eally deceived ourselves, and most
ertainly we have not deceived 9TH
rs. There is not a nation in the
World which believes that our course
f conduct has been dictated by any
hing save timidity, unworthy
from effort and RESPONSE
,ility, and cold and selfish love Of
money making and Of soft ease.
acn Who Carry Water on Shoulders
"In any SeriOuS crisis there are al
Ways men who try to carry water OF
10Th shoulders. These men try tt
scape the hard necessity of choice
etween two necessarily opposite al
by trying to work uI
ONE compromise. In actual prac-
ice, this compromise usually proves
o combine with exquisite nicely al
he defects and none of the advan-
ages of both courses. 1t is true thai
n ordinary political matters com
romise is essential 1t is true thai