Arizona republican., 1916-05-20
Former President at Detroit Urges Thorough Military Preparedness for United States and Pleads Also for True Americanism
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DETROIT, May 19.-Colonel Theo- dore Roosey cit urged thorough military preparation for the United States and pleaded for true Amerieanism in two addresses here today; discussed social justice" before the convention of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. and shook hands with several thousand persons at public reception in down town hotel, shortly before departing for New York this evening.
 The former president was greeted enthusiastically everywhere he ap- peared during his eleven hour stay here as honor guest of an American day celebration. An unusual demon stration occurred while he was deliver ing his forenoon address at a theater, when an elderly woman interrupted his expression of approval of universal military service by crying out, q have two sons whom I offer If every mother would make the same offer" the speaker replied there would be no need for any mother to send her sons to the front
 Speaking at luncheon at the Detroit Atheltic club, Mir. Roosevelt declared 1 that true Americanism means unity of l the nation without regard to the lands | from which our fathers came; without regard to religious differences and without regard to the different sections of the country in which we live" 1 Rain prevented the colonel from ad- dressing a mass meeting at Grand l Circuit park. After an automobile tour 1 of the city, which was preceded by his address before the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, MT. Roosevelt re turned to his hotel where thousands thronged the Hobbies and stood outside l in the rain awaiting an opportunity to get glimpse of him. He spoke briefly
 to the crowd within the hotel and ] shook hands with all who could force | their way to him.
 MT. Roosevelt did not meet Henry
 Ford the local automobile manufac- | turer, although early in the day it was the colonel's plan to visit Mir. Ford at
 the latter's factory.
 In his address this morning Colonel Roosevelt reiterated his opposition to
 "all kinds of hyphenated American ism" advocated universal military ser vice based on universal training, and
 declared that there must be an end to l."pork barrel' methods in international
 relations and that we must stop talk
 ing and get down to the business oi
 thorough preparedness if we are "tC
 make this nation as strong as are its
 convictions in reference to right and
 wrong"
 We, through our representatives al
 Washington said Roosevelt. have 1 absolutely refused, in the smallest de
 gree, to prepare during these twenty : two months of world cataclysm.'' Roosevelt declared that the Wilson administration "has taken no step fol
 preparedness, and has done nothint efficient to sustain our national rights. We must make this nation a strong as are our convictions in ref
 erence to right and wrong" declare' Roosevelt. It little matters what ou ideals may be and what achievement , we may hope for, if these ideals an' t achievements cannot be reduced to ac 5 tion. considerable part of tn l strength of MT. Ford in the primarie. l. and of the strength of the advocates q
 half preparedness at Washington S comes from the fact that no real al d ternative of policy is offered with sin e cerity and fearlessness."
 e In urging universal military servio = based on universal training, Rooseve
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