Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-16
PRESIDENT HITS
|HYPHENATE CITIZENS
Scores DisIoyaIty as Blackmailing
for Europe.
BIG PREPAREDNESS PARADE
Executive Makes Address Following
Procession at Washington-off-
Gals and Employees Take Part
Says america First"
IG PREPAREDNESS PARADE

Washington, June 15.-Mrs. Wood
row Wilson, descendant of Pocahon-
tas, sat in the presidential reviewing
stand here and saw float pass by
in the preparedness" parade of 6O,OOo
persons, portraying Pocahontas saw
ing the life of Capt. John Smith. When
the float appeared Mrs. Wilson smiled,
then leaned over and touched Presl-
dent Wilson'S arm with one hand,
drawing his attention to it.
| In a flag-day speech the president
charged that there were some foreign
loorn persons In the United States who
were trying to levy kind of political
blackmail on the American political
parties in the interest of foreign gov
ernments.
This. the president declared. must be
stopped. He was sounding what some
of his advisers said would be one of
the issues of the coming presidential
campaign.
Speaking of disloyalty in the United
States. the president said:
at proceeds from minority, very
small minority, but an active and sub
tie minority, working underground but
also showing its ugly head where it
may be seen and it is this minority
that at this very moment is striving
to levy kind of political blackmail
to wreak its vengeance at the polls.
That is the sort of thing against which
the American people will turn. That
is the lesson which / come to remind
you Of"
Referring to the parading of the
sons of the blue and the gray togeth-
er through the streets of Washington
as an evidence of a reunited country,
Mr.. Wilson said:
"Yet the test again is on us. You
know that we are derived from all
sorts of peoples. While sentiment may
be disturbed, loyalty ought not to be"
The president was cheered again
and again and as he concluded the
audience stood and applauded. he
remained on the platform while a
chorus of 500 government employees
sang patriotic songs.
President Leads Parade.
Led by President Wilson, carrying
the Stars and Stripes. 10000 men.
women and children of Washington
marched up broad Pennsylvania ave-
nue. in a preparedness parade arranged
to emphasize the national capitals de-
mand for an adequate army and navy.
The president, attired in white trou-
sers, blue coat and straw hat, and
shoul4ering his flag like musket,
stepped briskly to martial airs played
by the United States Marine band. He
smiled broadly and frequently raised
bis hat in response to cheers as he
marched along between two District
citizens, escorted by Secretary Tu-
multy, the White House employees
and the White House newspaper
corps.
Ideal weather favored the demon
stration. There was hardly cloud in
the sky, and it was as cool as late
spring Enthusiastic crowds thronged
along the avenue from Peace monu-
ment to the White House.
In front of the White House the
president left the line of march and
took his place in a stand to review the
parade. He was joined there by Mrs
Wilson and all the members of the
cabinet now in the city.
AS the line swung around the Treas
ury building at Fifteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue, the president
was confronted by a huge banner
bearing the legend. "Be prepared
If you care about ninety-one cleo
toral votes, consider .us-Woman'
Party" Half a dozen young women
with megaphones saw to it that the
banner did not go unnoticed. 1t was
the work of the Congressional Union
for Woman's Suffrage.