The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-22
Back in His Teeth by a Lead
ing German Newspaper
Published in Chicago.

CHICAGO, May 22.-The Illinois
Stats Zeitung publishes the following
in reply to the reference to that paper
made by Theodore Roosevelt in his
speech at Detroit on May 10:
1.-THE Illinois Stats Zeitung was st.
tackled by Theodore Roosevelt in his
speech on May 10, 1916. in Detroit,
Mich, as printed in several New Yo.k
City newspapers, in the following
words: One Of the great German
newspaper cannot call it German
American newspaper-the Illinois
Stats Zeitung, has been engaged in
active propaganda on behalf of both
German militarism and American pac-
iilsm. 1t applauds and advocates Ger
many's embarking upon caree. Of
military strength unconditional by any
other consideration and at the same
time backs the movement Of the cx-
tremc pacifists TO keep the United
States inipotent for self-defense.'
THAT is false! Even at the risk Of
being condemned to membership in the
Roosevelt Ananias Club of 1911 We
must contradict the honorable OK
president Of the United States.
THE Illinois Stats Zeitung never
endorsed any policy that tended TO
keep the United States impotent FOR
self-defense.' 1t is vile falsehood IL
the colonel really said that the Illinois
Stats Zeitung backs any movement
for that purpose. We print in the
American-(and Judge Lands of Chi
cago is our authority for calling our
language the American instead Of the
English)-language, every Sunday the
principles Of the Illinois Stats Eel
tung. One Of the planks in that plat
form of principles is the Matchmaking
of the manufacture Of arms and am
munition.'
Perhaps the colonel sees in that
principle the move to keep our coun-
try impotent. We don't. We see in IL
the move to save our taxpayers mil
lions Of graft from the greed Of rapac-
ious and dishonest ammunition sellers.
I'VE have repeatedly stated editorial
ly in both the American and German
languages, that we are for prepared |
ness and we explain what sort Of pre-
paredness we favor. II the colonel
sees move 'to keep our country i'm
potent against defense in every form
of preparedness except the Roosevelt
brand, then, we beg to express our
satisfaction at being with some of his
opponents rather than with him. We
favor the Swiss and Australian system
Of military service. We favor pre-
paredness' in the public schools, by
means Of textbooks written exclusively
ty American-born citizens upon his |
tory and geography, by teaching more
of European history and less Of Eng
lish history, by preparing the bodies
Of our young people through exercises
in turning and swimming; by COM
polling every public school student to
learn one European language in addi-
ton to the American; by developing
an American encyclopedia as our ref
erence work in place of the encyclo-
pedia Britannica which hardly men
tons our Declaration of Indepen-
dence': by Matchmaking the manufac-
t,,re 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 classes,
so-called socializing laws; by compul-
sorry military service for each physical
ly 1T male and compulsory hospital
training for each physically at woman,
each for short period during high
school and preparatory school courses;
by government subsidy given to uni
versities and colleges that will grad
uate officers for our army and for our
navy under United States regulations
and control.
I'VE don't know what German
newspaper printed in the United States
looks like. We publish an American
newspaper in Chicago; 1t is printed