New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-29
COlOnelDeclaresPreS-
ident Makes us. Eat
Bread of Shame
CALLSPERSONALLY
FOR AN ANSWER
Selfish Neutrality Stirs
~ Crowd to Cheers i'm
Brooklyn 3

Theodore Roosevelt celebrated Will
son Day at the Brooklyn Acaoemy of
Music last night. He paid tribute to
the President on the day set aside
for that purpose by the Democratic
party with the most bitter attack
against his policies and his actions
that he has delivered since he entered
the campaign.
Taking as his text the speech de-
livered in Cincinnati last Thursday
by the Chief Executive, in which Mr..
Wilson declared that the United
States must participate in the next
war, the Colonel delivered scorch-
ing arraignment of the Presidents
foreign policy. He was sarcastic.
He was bitter. He apostrophized the
present occupant of the White House
as though he were a prosecuting at
torney and the Democratic candidate
were a prisoner seated on the plat
form with him.
Crowd Yells Approval
As he drove home accusation after
accusation, the crowd which jammed
the auditorium to the doors yelled en-
couragement. They had begun 10 yell
when he made his entry at the back of
the stage between two huge banners
emblazoned with portraits of Hughes.
For minute after minute, while W.
Cameron Forbes, former Governor Gen.
eral of the Philippines and president
of the Hughes National Alliance,
worked and perspired in an effort to
quiet them, the turmoil continued so
loud and enthusiastic that it seemed an
echo of the Progressive Convention at
Chicago.
1t was when the Colonel turned and
spoke to the President as though he
stood before him that the climax Of
his address came. He branded Mr.. Will
SON as a hypocrite for his talk Of future
wars. He Knocked at man who would
talk of his duty in the future when
throughout your whole term Of office
you have failed TO do in the present
what you say is our duty
He called to the attention Of the
President, still addressing him person
allv. the violation of Belgium's neu-
trality, the massacres in Armenia. He
drew to his attention "the outraging
of women, butchering of children and
murder of husbands" and asked the
Chief Executive if he did not regard
these as "an invasion of the funda-
mental rights of humanity"
Assails Mexican Policy
The crowd yelled louder and louder
as he built up his case against the
President. They cheered fercely when
he branded our Mexican policy as weak
and inadequate.
Mr.. Forbes, in introducing the
sneaker. put the audience through
catechism of faith.
"Does any one here belleVe that the
disaster at Carrizal would have oc-
Cured" he asked, stepping to the
front of the platform, "if Theodore
Roosevelt had been PresidentF
"Nol" the answer came, like an ex'
nlosion and was followed by another
burst of cheering.
"Does any one believe that the Lusi-
tania would have been sunk If Theo-
dore Roosevelt had been PRESIDENT"
was the next question.
The mo" which came in reply was
even louder and more violent.
Would Have Barred Notes
"And he wouldn't have written any
notes, either." some one in the gallery
yelled.
The Colonel was then introduced as
a man "who has not been too proud to
fight for his country"
Mr.. Roosevelt was grinning as he
came to the front OF the platform. He
was plainly enjoying the noise, and II
inspired him. He sailed into the Presi-
dent with vigor as soon as he could
make his voice heard above the ap-
plause. The grin became broader as
he reused cheer after cheer by his at
tack Now and again he paused to let
it die away, his teeth shining in the
light and his eyes narrowed by his
fighting smile.
Have Eaten Bread of Shame
Colonel Roosevelt's speech in fuii
follows:
To-day. so our Democratic friends
tells US, is Wilson Day. II so, IL should
be appointed q day Of fasting and hu.
.uailiattan for Tia neonla Of the United