Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-24
GERMAN PAPER
REPLIES TARTLy
TO ROOSEVELT
Vigorously Denies Charge of
Backing Movement TO Keep
America Impotent for Self
defense,
lAssocIated Press correspondence.l

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Chicago May 22The Illinois
Stats zeitung publishes the follow
ing in reply to the reference to that
paper made by Theodore Roosevelt in
his speech at Detroit on May 49,
THE Illinois Stats Zeitung was
attacked by Theodore Roosevelt in
his speech on May 10. 1916, in De-
troit, Mich, as printed in several
New York City newspapers, in the
following words one Of the great
German newspapers--I can not call
it German American newspaper
the Illinois Stats Zeitung. has been
engaged in active propaganda on be-
half of both German militarism and
American pacifism 1t applauds and
advocates Germanys emhurking mp
on a career Of military strength I'M
conditioned by any other considera-
ton and at the same time backs the
movement of the extreme pacifists to
keep the United States impotent for
lf-defense
THAT is false Even at the risk
Of being condemned to membership
in the Roosevelt Ananias club of l9l /
we must contradict the honorable eX-
president of the United States.
~ Vile Falschood."
"The Illinois Stats zeitung never
Endorsed any policy that tended TO
keep the United States impotent for
self-defense. 1t is a vile falsehood
if the colonel really said that the
Illinois Stats Zeitung backs any
movement for that purpose. We
print in the American-t Judge Lands
Of Chicago is authority for call
ing our language the American in
stead Of the English) language, ev-
cry Sunday the principles of the IL
linois Stats Zeitung. One Of the
planks in that platform Of principles
is the Matchmaking of the manufac-
ture Of arms and ammunition
perhaps the colonel sees in that
principle the move TO keep our
country impotent. We don't. We
see in it the move to save our tax
payers millions of graft from the
greed Of rapacious and dishonest am
munition sellers
Favors Preparedness.
I'VE have repeatedly stated editor
tally in both the American and Ger
man languages, that we are for pre-
paredness and we explain what sort
of preparedness We favor If the
colonel sees a move to keep our
country impotent against defense in
every form of preTo redness excep,
the Roosevelt brand. then we beg to
express our satisfaction at being
with some of his opponents rather
than with him. We favor the SWISS
and Australian system Of military
service. We favor preparedness III
the public schools, by means of text
books written exclusively by Am
erican-born citizens upon history ana
geography, by teaching more Of Eu-
ropean history and less of English
history. by preparing the bodies OF
our Young people through exercises
in turning and swimming, by compell-
ing every public school student to
learn one European language in adj
dition to the American; by develop
ing an American encyclopedia as our
reference work in place of the Ency-
clopedia Britannica which hardly
mentions our Declaration of lnde-
pendence. by Matchmaking the man
ufacture of arms and ammunition for
use Of cur government; by inculcat-
inc stronger love for our government
bv means of laws that would benelit
the poorer rather than tho ucher
classes. so-called socializing laws by
compulsory military service for each
physically fit male and compulsory
hospital training for each physically
fit woman. each for a short period
during high school and preparatory
school courses: by government SUP
sidy given to universities and colleges
that will graduate officers for our
army and for our navy under unlte3
states regulations and control.
No Connection With Kaiser.
1--WE don't know what a German
newspaper printed in the United
states looks like. We publish an
American newspaper in Chicago, !
is printed partly in the German ana
nartlv in the American language. we
don't know what Mr.. Roosevelt means