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


! Militarism, formerly known as the
Anti-Preparedness league. canvas
covered wagon with sides placarded
with peace and anti-preparedness
signs para oed the streets.
| Warming to Ford.
Colonel Roosevelt carried a message
of dire warning to Henry Ford's baili-
wick today. He lambasted Ford's pa
cificism, raked the Washington ad-
ministration for make believe pre-
paredness" and announced that only
policy of staunch readiness, of
democracizing through Matchmaking
and of unity and purpose would keep
America in the forefront of nations.
He Accuses Germans.
The colonel accused influential Ger
mans who linked the German govern
ment's view of approving German
American paeifist plans in the Unit
ed States with the idea of keeping
America unprepared while maintain
ing Germany ready.
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He dubbed the present government
al representatives at Washington "96
per cent feeble and sarcastically re-
ferred to mote writing and other in
tellectual exercises" while scornfully
inveighing against the policy of Gull
pabIe weakness and timidity' pursued
by the administration.
Roosevelt said he had for Ford per-
in many aspects a very genuine ad-
,niration' but he went on to classify
him with the Tories of the RevoIu-
tionary war and the Copperheads of
the SOS.
MIR. Ford's supporters in the pri-
maries," he said, seemingly came
from three classes-the workingmen,
who believe that he represents the
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt reiter-
ated his opposition ito all kinds of
hyphenated Americanism," advocated
universal military service based on
universal training. and declared that
we must abolish "pork-barrer' meth
DDS in our national defense, stop talk
ing and get down to the actual bust
ness of thorough preparedness if we
are ito make this nation as strong as
are its convictions in reference to
right and wrong"
Colonel Roosevelt prefaced his
speech by announcing that he lad
come hero to Michigan because in the
primary for the selection of delegates
to the Republican national convention.
Mr.. Ford was victorious, and following
on his victory here, he showed a
marked popular strength in Nebraska
and Pennsylvania. The effect of this
showing has been Immediately visible
upon many of the politicians within
and without congress-"
Refused to Prepare.
I'VE, through our Representatives at
Washington" said Colonel Roosevelt,
have absolutely refused in the small
est degree to prepare during these
twenty-five months of world cata-
clysm. We have refused to learn the
smallest part of the lesson being writ
ten on the scroll of torment in Eu-
rope. We have fatuously refused to
take the smallest step, either to do ouI
duty to ourselves or to do our duty to
others. We have endeavored to de-
ceive ourselves by announcing that in
this policy of supine inaction and OF
failure to perform duty, we are ac-
tuated by the Hottest motives. I doub,
whether we have really deceived our
selves, and most certainly we have not
deceived others.
There is not a nation in the world
which believes that our course of con-
duct has been dictated by anything
save timidity. unworthy shrinking
from effort and responsibility, and
cold and selfish love of money making
and of soft ease
On Both Shoulders.
'Tn any serious crisis there are al
ways men who try to carry water on
both shoulders. These men try to
escape the hard necessity of choice
between two necessarily opposite al
ternatives, by trying to work up some
compromise.
I'm actual practice, this compro-
mise usually proves to combine with
exquisite nicely all the defects and
none Of the advantages of both
courses. It is true that in ordinary DO
litical matters compromise is essen
tial. 1t is true that in ordinary times
| it is essential.
But there come great crises when
compromise is either impossible or ia
| tai This is one OF those crisos Tba.o