The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-21
ROOSEVELT PEACE
PROPAGANDA, SAYS FORD
Munitions and Armament Crowd His Hearers Here"
Pacifst Declares, land I Know It's Not All Pa
triotism'-May Join Wilson's Campaign.

In the newspapers. In the following
words: One OF the great German news
psperS-I cannot call 1t q German Amer
lean ne~spaper-the Illinois stddts-zet-
tang. has been engaged in active propa-
ganda IN behalf Of both German milf
tarism and American paciiism. 1t APP
plauds and les Germany's embark.
ing upon Il career OF military strength
unconditional by any other consideration
and AT the same time backs the move
nent OF the extreme psciflsts to keep
the United States impoteDt for self.de-
fence
That Is false. Even at the risk of
being condemned 10 membership IN the
Roosevelt Ananias Club Of 1911 We must
contradict the honorable rx-prestdent of
the United States.
"The Illinois Stdats-ZetfaWS never in
dorsed any policy that tended to keep
the United States impotent for self
defence II IL q vile fslsehood II III.
Colonel really said that the Illinois
Sto~ats-Zeituny backs any movement for
tina. purpose. We print In the American
tsnd Judge Lands Of Chicago is our au-
,hority for calling our language the
American instead of the Engiish) lam
guage every sunday the principles Of
the Illinois Stduts-ZettUn0.
"One OF the pianks In that platform
Of principles Is The baiionalizing Of the
manufacture OF arms and ammunition
sets Forth Its Platform.
Perhaps the Colonel sees In that prin.
ciple the move 20 keep our country
impotent. We don't. We see In IL the
move to ave our Ia YER millions Of
graft from the greed OF npacious And
dishonest ammunition sellers.
The Illinois Stddts-Ictfung backs the
% al NJ shA s,ansA nntrinsa' - CltNaVA
which is. Peace or war as our interest,
guided by Justice, shall counsel THIS
Is not a movement to keep the United
States iinpotent for self-defence
W have repeatedly stated editorially
Ia both the American ana German Ian
qua ses that we are for preparedness. and
we explain what sort Of preparedness We
favor. II the Colonel sees q NOV 10
keep u country impotent against de-
fence In every form Of preparedness
except the Roosevelt brand. then we ex-
press our satisfaction at being with
sumo OF his opponents rather than with
him.
We favor the e~iss - Australian
system % military service. We favor
preparedness In the pubic schools by
means OF text books written exclusively
by American born citizons upon history
and geography. by teaching more of
European history and less " English
history by preparing the bodies OF our
young people through exercises In turn
ing and swimming by compelling every
public school student to learn one Euro
pean language In addition to the Ameri-
can by adopting an American ency-
clopsdia as our reference work In place
OF the encyclopaedia Britannica. which
hardly mentions our Declaration Of In.
dependence by nationalizing the manu-
facture Of arms and ammunition for use
Of our Government by intoxicating
stronger love for our Government by
means OF laws that would benefit the
poorer rather than the richer ciasses. go
called soctal'zing laws: by compulsory
military service for each physically ti
male and compulsory hospital training
for each physically At woman. each for
g short r--'od during high rchoo, am
preparatory school courses by Govern
met subsidy given to universities AMI
colleges hat will graduate ohicers for
our army and for our navy under United
States regulations and control.
I'VE don't know what 4 German news.
paper printed in the United States looks
IKE. We publish an American news
paper in Chicago II Is printed partly In
the German and partly In the American