Evening star., 1916-05-31
MORAL TREASON"
COLONEL CHARGES
Accuses German-American Al
lance of DisIoyaIty in
Speech at St. Louis.
SAYS 1T ACTS IN BEHALF
OF A FOREIGN POWER
Asserts Members Seek to Make Pub.
lie Officials Really Representa-
tives of Another Nation.

tives of Another Nation.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, May 81
Moral treason to the United
States was charged by Theodore
Roosevelt, in an address deliv
cred here today, against German
Americans who seek to make
their governmental representa-
tives act in the interests of Ger.
many rather than This country
He characterized the German
American Alliance as "an anti
American alliance" but added
that he believed that its members
mot only do not represent, bu,
scandalously misrepresent" the
great majority of real Americans
of German origin.
Col Roosevelt, who arrived here to-
day from Kansas City, faced busy
day of speech-making. He was sched
uled to make three addresses and tc
hold a public reception
A tremendous cheering crowd greeted
Col Roosevelt at the Union station. He
went through it with a rush, and hurried
forward. stumbling into a refuse can as
the crowds behind pressed against him
Policemen ran to keep up with him
Another crowd was awaiting him at the
hotel.
After a brief address to several hun.
dred persons who breakfasted with
him, Col. Roosevelt's plans called for
a reception at his hotel and an ad-
dress to the Business Mems Lea que a,
the Mercantile Club. He expects tc
leave for New York at o'clock this
Takes Issue With Mr.. Wilson.
Speaking before crowded room Al
the breakfast, Col Roosevelt took issu,
with President Wilson's views on pre-.
paredness-
AAS - SaoAC Win Us III AmSTICd, MI
Roosevelt said, "1s our tendency. to yse
lofty words to veil our meaning. I wish
to take issue with Mr., Wilson's expires.
sions in his Memorial day address Tn.
President says he is for universal vol
untary service That is equivalent t.
truant law that would make ever,
boy and girl attend school provided the,
didn't wish to stay away
Il like the word universal but vol
untary' is weasel word. 1t sucks out
the life of the other Mr.. Wilson sa il
the acid test was about to be applied
to the business men of the nation to Sc,
If they will allow their employees t.
it 1t cannot be patriotism that asks
one man to have others prepare to dt
his fighting.
Urges Care of Words.
Divided patriotism is as impossi-
BILE as hyphenated citizens. I appeal for
you to prepare yourself. Get out of the
rut of the copperhead pacifst
Il wish to correct the statement
mean the misstatement-that has been
made that this preparedness movement
has been instigated by ammunition
manufacturers, That is false. The men
most concerned are patriots and Amer
leans. not money seekers.
We have had great deal of rhet-
oric. but the American people ought
to be more careful of words We
should remember it Is our duty to use
clare for no principle unless we are
willing to translate our love of that
principle into action"
America for Americana His Motto
Urging the motto America TO,
Americans for all Americans whethe,
they were born here or abroad, thu
former President declared that 9TH.
salvation of our people lies in havins
nationalized and unified America
ready for the tremendous tasks O,
both war and peace"
II appeal to all our citizens" tn,
colonel said, mo matter from what lanc
their forefathers came, to keep thi.
ever in mind, and to shun with scorr
and contempt the sinister intriguers and
divide them along lines of creed, o.
birthplace or OF national origin"
Col. Roosevelt said he came to st
Louis to speak on Americanism-tt
speak of and condemn the use of tn.
hyphen whenever 1t represents an eff
racial lines or to bring pressure to beal
on parties and politicians not fol
American purposes, but in the interes
of some group of voters of a certain
national origin, or of the country from
which they or their fathers came"
He was equally against the native
American of the wrong kind and fol
the immigrant of the right kind, the
former President declared. But the I'm.
migrant who did not become in goo6
faith an American 'is out of place ir
the United States He said each nation
should he Judged by its conduct and
that the United States should oppose
encroachment on its own rights
whether Germany. England. France oil
Russia be guilty Of misconduct.
Breeds Bitterness and Prejudice
THE effort to keep our citizenship
divided against itself" the colonel con
tinued. "by the use Of the ny,
phen and along the lines of nationa
origin is certain to breed a spirit O,
bitterness and prejudice and dislike be
tween great bodies of our citizens. Il
some citizens band together as Ger.
an-Amer1canS or lr1Sh-Am orleans
then after a while others are certain
to band together as English american.
or Scandinavia Am ericans. and every
such banding together, every attemp
to make for political purposes a Ger.
-Americ alliance or a Scandina
vian-American alliance means down a
the bottom an effort against the inter
Ian effort to bring into our nation tn.
bitter old world rfvalries and jealous
les and hatreds.
What l have been striving for a veal
and three quarters to do is to protes
against the upgrowth Of this utterly
successful. division and impotence In
7fonfInned an Eourfe1nfh Paoe !