The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-19

SALIENT SENTENCES FROM A REMARKABLE
ROOSEVELT ADDRESS
Remember that the pacifists today the at any
price however well meaning are the SPIRITUAL and o
the who denounced and voted against Apranam hco
Either we must surrender rights at the time
must be ready to defend our rights
for the lack OF Wnlcn
the possession of the softer virtues can never atone
"The issue is Are prepared with and lofty ideal
render great service to mankind py rem
labor the by preparing to tread tne
path that China has trodden?
"We through our representatives Washington have
absolutely refused in the smallest degree to prepare
IF we believe that the certain for to insure
to for war; and to have it known na we
prepared then let whole hearedy advocate uen
and pD ABSOLUTELY lutte l'''iS' nv WIN ''~ -
'The party that has confidence its policies and
conceded to put these policies INTO tec' w a
sound ladss s'' ''s ps'p'S 'N'' . = p9 -
"A party that shutters stammers and that tries to be
both its utteances had no right TO COM
plain people prove hestant about giving it power
If nation cannot defend ITSELF then rest assured
that later some stronger outside w pose
alien will it and will deprive it OF the say as TO no"
it will determine its own destinies'
Now as to the pacifists They have told us
main helpless shall all difficulties with other nations
and their good will Let them ponoer on "nat mas nap
pened in Mexico today
81 call the attention of the pacifists
not avoided trouble in Mexico
Exactly the same thing is true regards Germany
eve have suffered from prolonged and excessive
indulgence in notewrng and incidentally have made the
discovery that underwriting not antidote to murder
would rather go to war than permit our
dren to e-killed."
But it is crime against this nation that supine
folly weakness and vaclation utter failure
should the possibility of without having
made us ready for war"
81 believe universal service based training.
believe dog-ten would prove effective
much SO as the public school, far than the
factory and the American city ashey today
through universal service would turn out to
be the best possible school of practical cvics
Our young need discipline 20
"n many respects Germany furnishes us an example we
shall do well to heed for she her people good
ment orderly government and substantial economic justice
combined with high industrial efficiency
The worst men in any civilization are those who neither
control themselves are controlled by Others
"The highest civilization only the nation that
controls ITSELF"
purpose efficient government of
the people that found in Germany but to make spring
from the people themselves.
"Above all we must insist on absolute Americanism"
eff within split into dozen anging ma
tionales severed by old world antipathes
national greatness will vanish
believe that preparedness national power
lies wholly in and ships and armed We believe
must organize industries for defense
result of organizing them for the effective
CT the necessities of life in time of peace" .
At present unprepared in industry military
matters 1t would take long organize industries
for to organize army for war"
eve have effective army unless business modified
and especially unless transportation naionaized
The railroads whose business directly indirectly inter-
state must all their relations be regulated by the national
and not by fortyeght conflicting govern
mentS'
AS part of the work of preparedness part of the work
of Amecansm and of naturalization must set our faces
like flint against effort people along the lines
of creed or of national origin"