The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30
NO PIGTAIL ON
OUR UNCLBSAM.
INSISTS T. R.
Persons in Country Who
Would Chinafy L. s..
He Says.
CHICAGO GIVES HIM
\ WARM RECEPTION

many accepted as his platform. Although
many in his audience were not in SYM
pathy with his views the Colonel hac
ideas to express. and he expressed them
! in Characteristic Roosevelt way
I Even the presence OF the Democratic
! Governor OF Illinois did not deter the
/ Colonel from criticising the Adninistra-
ton for its dallying policy on prepared
ness
| More than 1900 persons heard the
! Colonel. and the applause was generous
! Some Of the points OF the Colonel's
speech we're.
[ Preparedness OF the nation to with
stand by arms an attack from a for
eign foe.
| Preparedness in industry by Govern
| mental encouragement that II may he
! in shape to aid the Government in time
! of need.
Preparedness of big business by
sane legislation which will regulate
without destroying.
| Preparedness of labor by providing
| proper living conditions and sickness
and old age pensions.
| The Colonel said in part:
There are persons IN this country
who openly advocate our taking the DO
I sition that China holds. the position from
! which the best and wisest Cinnamon are
now painfully trying to raise their land.
I Nothing that | can say will influence
! the men and women who take this view
/ The holding of such view is entirely
Incompatible with the righ, 10 exercise
: the privileges of se,f-governmsnt IN a
democracy. for self-government cannot
! permanently exist among people inca
pabe OF self-defe fence
Won't Chinafy CouWsr..
. But believe that the great majority
: OF my fellow countrymen. wnen they
/ finally take the trouble 10 think on the
, problem at all. will refuse to consent I
: to or acquiesce in the Chinancation OF
this country. ! believe that they will
refuse TO follow those who would make
| right helpless before might. who would
put a pgtail on Uncle Sam. and turn
! the Goddess of Liberty into pacifis; fe-
I male huckster, clutching "A bag OF dollars
which she has not the courage TO guard
against aggression. II is TO these men
. and women that | speak.
II appeal TO the men of the West to
take the lead in the movement for the
genuine naturalization OF our people.
! II the republic founded by Washington
, and saved by Lincoln is to be turned
into mere polygiot boarding house
where dollar hunters OF twenty different
nationalities scramble for gain. each
nationality bearing no real allegiance
except to the land from which IL orig.
nally came. then We may as well make
up our minds that the great experiment
Of democratic government on this con
tinent will have failed.
mo less will 1t have failed IL each
section thinks only of the welfare OF
that section and with Grass blindness
believes that disaster TO some other sec
tion will not affect it. And the failure
will he greatest Of all II foolish men are
persuaded by wicked men that one caste
or class is the prime enemy Of some
other class or caste
Il appeal to the men OF the East TO
prepare so that the mcn Of the Pacific
slope shall he free from all menace OF
danger. ] appeal to the men of the West
to prepare so that the men OF the At
iantic coast shall be free from all dan
ger. I appeal to the North, South. West
and East alike to hold the life OF every
man. and the honor OF every woman on
the most remote ranch on the Mexican
border as "A sacred trust to be guaran-
teed by the might OF our entire nation
and the life OF every man, woman and
child who should be protected by the
| United States on the high seas likew Use
vital tO MI Americans.
II appeal to every good American
whether farmer or merchant. business
man or professional man, whether he
works with brain or hand. Anything
of disgrace or dishonor that befails our
people anywhere is of vital moment to
all OF ms. wherever We live; and any
deed that reflects credit on the American
name is Il subject Of congratulat'on fo'
every American of every section Of this
country
II speak OF the United States as a
whole Surely it ought to be unneces-
sary to say that II spells as absolute
ruin to permit divisions among our peo-
pie along the lines Of creed or Of national
geographical section. We must not stand
merely for America first. We must
stand for America first and last. and
for no other nation second--except as
We stand for fair pay for all nations
There can be no divided loyalty In this
country. The man who tries to he loya
to this country and also to some other
country is certain in the end to put his
loyalty TO the other country ahead OF
his loyalty to this. The polilico-racia
hyphen Is the breeder of moral treason.
"On August I, 1914 the great war be
can; and IL had already become clear
that the already dreadful situation IN
Mexico was going steadily from bad tc
worse. II should have been perceptibl'
to any natlon--and II Is not to our credi,
as a nation that II was not evident to us
J that there was the gravest danger o
our being involved at some point will
the European belligcrents and the al
most certainty that we would have Il
take action sooner or later as regard.
M.Ai,o Even the Arst few weeks NJ
the great war made II evident tina
the prime factor In success In war wal
preparedness In advance and that Il
was impossible adequately to prepar,
after war had begun.
Followed Rad Advice,
yet our well meaning. foolish. peac,
al any price people clamored no loudl,
that we must not prepare because pre-
pnredness would increase the chances o.
war that we followed their advice. 81,
months went by without one particl,
Of preparation by US. Our army anc
navy remained as weak az ever. Moth
ing OF any sort was done to help pu
our industries In shape to help US In
the event OF war. The professional paci
fists hailed this refusal to exercise pre-
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