The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-20
DSfvElT RECEIVED
WITH ENTHUSIASM
DENouNoEs ALL HyrHENArEp.
E0rd Sends Word He Is Too Busy 10
n Leave HIS Plant and Invites Him
- Gall, But Invitation Declined.

4 Theodore Roosevelt rode rough-shod
over the peacc-st-any-pr4ee doctrine
hare today.
From the time of his arrival at 7'l5
O'Clock this morning until his de-
parture twelve hours later, cheering
and nag waving greeted his every pub
TIC appearance. All sorts and condi-
u tiOna OF people, OF high and low de-
gree, rose 10 his irnpetuous demands
for national preparedness and shout
"a their approval. hInto tho strong
! bold at Henry Ford, the former Press-
dent scnt the noted peace advocate
7 Into temporary eclipse. at least under
. speech Astounding IN delicate irony,
I he ridiculed the paciHcists theories OF
Mr.. Ford. while the iatter's fellow
1ownsmen responded with roars OF
hearty laughter.
A. a climax, after reports that
Representatives OF Mr.. Ford had made
arrangements for the millionaire
motor builder 10 call upon the Colonel
at the Detroit Athletic Club this af
tcrnoon MI Ford made his excuses
and broke the appointment Word was
sent that Mr.. Ford would not be able
To leave his plant and call upon Mr..
Roosevelt, but would he glad to well
come the colonel at the work and
show him about,
Would Not Call on Ford.
Mr. Roosevelt did not accept the In
Nitatinn His advisers here stood on
4 the ground that Colonel Roosevelt,
former president 81 the United States.
was the guest OF the city, and as such
had been welcomed by every promi-
nent citizen Of Detroit but Mr.. Ford.
: The program OF entertainment. thew
pointed out did not provide fot
lfS f,A- RaaSaNatf nd Mr.
Ford could not be singled out as an
exception
For the rest no further incident
marred the harmony of the day.
Three thousand people welcomed hiIn
upon hia arrival At II o'clock
crowd that taxed the capacity Of the
opera house in the Campus Martius
gave him a continuous ovation during
the delivery OF militant speech,
Throngs lined the streets and cheered
his progress to the athletic club,
where six hundred business men stood
and cheer~d his appeal for universal
service and national preparedness.
The convention Of the international
Order Of Railway Trainmen, in SEES
sion here. greeted him tumultously.
7 And finally, a crowd which blocked
traffic about the grand circus and for
several blocks around. and numbered
fully ten thousand people. stood in
downpour Of rain for more than an
hour to shake his hand at public
reception, which was the final fInC-
tiun of the day,
american Day
With This reception at an end, the
colonel briefly addressed 2.000 women
delegates TO the Trainmen's Auxiliary
Association and then hurried TO the
station en- route back 10 New York.
In his honor, American Day had
been declared In Detroit, The city
y was hedecked with bunting, every sec
ond automobile was fiag-enYeloped,
he~ of the people in the streets car
a ried small flags Even policemen on
-.iatx- It the crossings used small flags.
instead or clubs with which to direct
tranc whistles salutc1 him and
motor horns hunked and shrieked
= welcomes sr~-,-ftt-t, colonel tt r.
peared to view The set speech OF the
day was delivered at the opera house,
There as at Chicago, the demand for
universal service provoked a patriotic
demonstration. which as the colonel
remarked. gives aided proof that the
Middle West Is sound"
This progress of his address. more
over. also brought forth an Interrupt
ton which let loose flood Of color
and broght the audience cheering to
itr feet for FIVE minutes. The balcony
OF the opera house had been reserved
for women. and into II had crowded
X about five hundred women of ali ages,
4 dozen or more OF them carrying
I babies In their arms, As the Colonel
reached his declaration in favor OF
universal service psndemonium was
let loose. Then. as 1t subsidized for an
instant, "A woman in the balcony rose.
and waving flag aloft. cried
I've got two sons 10 serve
The cry went through rhe house like
an electric spark. The women arose
EN- masse. The men on the floor fol-
lowed. Several Ciergymen seated near
the stage led the cheering. Colonel
Roosevelt's eyer snapped and he dart
ed 10 the edge of the stage, Leaning
forward and facing the woman in
the balcony. he shouted:
My dear madam, II all the women
ia this country take your view, your
sons will never have TO go"
Then. when there was another luii
\ In the cheering. he added
II all the mothers IN the country
held your views. We would alwnys
be ready 20 resent an injury and con-
seQusntly would never have to make
war"
Throughout hts speech he interpo-
lated sentences which kept the audi
ence IN almost constant applause.
From thr opera house tho Colonel
was escorted by d detail of mounted
80 police 10 the Athletic Giuh, where no
delivered characteristic impromptu
address at business mems luncheon
Here bis remarks were framed about
the hyphenated American In contrast
with the Americans of foreign lineage
Z VINO have served the ntaion and cast
the hyphen into the dust heap
speaking In rare form, he said
We have had in our recent history
In command Of our battle feet TWO stal ~
waft Americans OF foreign lineage
Admiral Fletcher, Of English ancestry.
and Admiral Schroeder of German an
cestry Both are Americans citixens.
Of whom We can justly be proud. and
II had heard the oue calling himself
an English American and the other
calling himself Il German American I
would have broken their necks"
4 Wave after wave Of applause rang
over the big gymnasium as the Colonel
{ mapping HE law shut uttered the sem
.imcnt
Think of Lighting Bah ENafts" he
s continued. whose ancestors were
Il Weishmen. calling himself welsh
Il American. or osterhaus calling him
self a German American admiral You
al know of tioethals, " hose ancestors