Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-21
Says Nation Should Be Prepared.

The nation should, the colonel said,
be prepared to take it's own part. A
country that cannot defend itself often
is as fertile source of evil as one
which does wrong to others, he said,
continuing:
Whatever may be the case in an in
finitely remote future, at present no
people can render very great service
to humanity unless as a people they
feel an intense sense of national CO.
hesion and solidarity. The man who
loves other nations as much as he does
his own country stands on a par with
man who loves other women as much
as ne does his own wife The United
states can accomplish little for man
Kind save in SO far as within its bor-
ders is develops an intense spirit of
Americanism. The professors of every
form of hyphenated Americanism are
as thoroughly the foes of this country
as II they dwelled without its borders
and MADE active war against it. Once
IT was true, IS Lincoln said, that this
country could not endure half free and
half slave. Today 1t is true that IL
cannot endure half American and half
Foreign. The hyphen is incompatible
with patriotism.
W. GRID peace must rest on the will
lngness of nations with courage. cool
foresight and readiness for seIf-sacri-
nee to defend the fabric of inferno
p.
curing an organized peaceful and ms
tlce-dolng world community until II ia
willing to run risks and make efyorta
10 secure and maintain such a COM
munity."
An efficient national government sys
tenn is the best instrument OF indus
tfial ana military preparedness the
speaker said, and all the forces to such
an END must be under the regulation
of single power. the power of the
national government. There is moth
ing in the country to which to noint
as an example of military efficiency.
he said, and as regards the navy,
america was in good shape seven
England and Japan have gone ahead
very fast, while We at first STONED
going ahead and for the last three
years have been going backward Col.
roosevelt praised California for what
he called genuine and successful eff
fort to secure industrial prosperity and
also that approximate reasonable di
vision OF the results OF prosperity which
can only come when there is both an
aroused social conscience and a COM
nonsense translation by practical mon
of that aroused social conscience into
efficient legislative and administrative
action.
Scores and Praises Germany.
Discussing Germany, Col. Roosevelt,
said:
For the last eighteen months I have
borne testimony with all my strength
against Germany because of its cynical
disregard of the obligations of inter
national humanity. alike In its dealings
with Belgium. in the outrages commit
ted on noncombatants of other ma
tionalities and in it's assaults on our
own people. 1t has been to our deer
discredit as a nation that we have NOT
actively and effectively interfered
against the callous brutality. But, ex-
actiy as l hold IT to be an abhorrent
thing to show timidity or weakness in
dealing with Germany where Germany
ourselves or others-so l hold 1t an un.
speakably foolish thing to refuse to pas
heed to the German example where
this example should be followed by
other nations.
Germany offers a striking example
OF national efficiency on a gigantic
scale. Germany has been far In ad.
vance of us in securing Industrial as.
surance. old-age pensions and homes
reasonably fair division of profits be.
tween employer and employed and the
like. She has also been far In advance
OF us in the way she has both con.
trolled and encouraged industry. Above
all. she has been far In advance Of us
in securing national cohesion, in re.
curing both from the great employer
and from the man who tolls with his
hands the fullest and most complete
LOYALTY to the nation.
Tho question of the regulation OF
business 30 - to promote prosperity