Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-19

as are its convictions In reference to
right and wrong, declared Colonel
Roosevelt 1T little matters what our
ideals may be and what achievements
we may hope for. If these ideals and
achievements can not be reduced to
action The events of the past, and
the events Of today. show that ma
tionaI ideals amount to nothing II the
nation lacks the power to maintain
them against opposition
Therefore, IL we are to win at home
against those Of our fellow citizens
who believe In the policy Of unpre-
lparedness, that is, of national weak
ness and inefficiency, we must have
strong and well reasoned convictions
and express them with strength and
sincerity. A considerable part OF the
strength of Mr. Ford in the primaries.
and lof the strength Of the advocates
Of half preparedness at Washington,
comes from the fact that no real
alternative OF policy is offered with
sincerity and fearlessness.
For Universal Training.
In urging universal military service
based on universal training Colonel
Roosevelt said hes believed,-in It be-
cause 1t would be not only incal-
culable benefit to the nation in the
event Of war, but Of incalcuiable bene-
fit to the invidual undergoing 1t, and
therefore to the nation, as regards the
work OF peace" He continued:
'I believe that the dog-tent would
prove most effective agent for demo-
cratizing and nationalizing our life;
quite as much SO as the public school,
and far more sot than the American
factory and the American city as they
are today. Preparedness thru umi-
versal service would turn out to be
the best possible school OF practical
civics In such q school all men who
are Americans in spirit would get to-
gether and learn to work together, so
as to insure cooperation among our
people in social and industrial he
Such co-operation will secure not
merely liberty and opportunity, but
also the sense of obligatio whichvfls
Just as important as the other two.
1--WE must abolish pork barrel meth
ods in the armyas regards army
posts, navy yards. as regards every
thing else. Remember that after pre-
paredness has been accepted by the
country and the necessary funds voted,
the real work will have only begun
Englands navy represents over three
centuries and Germany's army over
two centuries OF development along an
unbroken line OF tradition and prog
ress to the present stage Of efficiency
The frst and all important essential
Ia to divorce the army and. navy or
Eanizations absolutely from politics"
Should Fear Germany.
Colonel Roosevelt asserted that the
extreme naval party in Germany has
recently advocated war with the Unit
ed States on the ground that In the
end as the result Of such war, we
would have to pay all the war expendi-
tureA 81 the Germanic powers and
their allies.D 5t' s
..These ep0r4p6us sums would be
fsised hys faxakinn on all our citizens.
.sSAi ia efs sese sermxn descent
would pay -as heavflygas those OF any
other descent; and all would share
equally the shame and dishonor. A
foreign Toe Is the foe OF all Of us 4iike.
II in this land the citizens of one ma
tional origin successfully set the FASH
ion OF influencing this nation to its
detriment in the interest Of the conn
try from which they originally came,
sooner or later 1t Is absolutely certain
thef fJe r.itixAns n some other national
origin will repeat the experiment: and
this country will be left degraded and
helpless among the nations. II such
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