El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-30

Col. Roosevelt pushed ahead to th'
motor car without his escort.
Parade To Hotel.
In the parade to Col Roosevelt
hotel. TENDERS Of the Am erican legfOT
and the veterens Of foreign wars
marched ahead OF the former presi-
dents ar Behind came the nava
militia and IS ex-navy and army men
When his car passed the yellow dec
GRATED motor cars parked along tbs
way bearing banners marked Votes for
omen, Col Roosevelt waved his hal
and shouted "Hurrah, hurrahr'
IN a plea Tor preparedness, for uni
versal training based upon universal
service; Col Roosevelt in his principal
address. said. I'VE are now engaged
IN a harassing little war along the Dor
uer- We have not the forces to make
that war effective"
As Col Roosevelt mounted the stems
70 the hotel lobby he was greeted BY
100 little girls, ranging from TO 10
years. dressed IN costumes resembling
oraped Tags The oh -dren began 10
sing America. I Love Toun Mr.
Roosevelt stopped, much impressed bv
the reception
Il would have been glad to have
come all the way to Kansas CITY inst
.or THIS reception the colonel said to
the children
Col RooseveIts address was de-
nNered as "a message 10 all Ameri-
Cens before gathering Of civil war
NeLeranS OF the north and the south.
CslhE Mexico as a point to empha-
SIZE his remarks, Col Roosevelt said
.HSsevolution LOosed on Americans.
NedrIy nVe years have gone By
since the revolution in Mexico Ioosed
IN americans IN Mexico, and on Amer
lcanS on our own side OF the border.
me Sne forces Of murder and misrule. Yet.
curing these five years we have taken
no efficient steps TO control the sifua-
ton in Mexico.
The professional pacifists said. and
even now say, that preparedness would
nave invited trouble with Mexico and
trouble with Germany and perhaps
the facts,
Justice 10 or for Mexico; we refused
TO make ready in any way 70 protect
our citizens in Mexico, or even on our
own side OF the Mexican border
Won Only Anger and Contempt.
We submitted tamely to the muir
der Of our men and the outrages Of
our women We bore with spiritless
submission outrages upon outrag es.
until the number OF our citizens killed
mounted into the hundreds Yet so
far from securing the good viii OF the
Mexicans. this policy Of unprepared-
ness and OF tame submission to in
suit and injury. merely aroused both
their anger and contempt to such a
degree that We are now engaged in 4
harassing little war along the border
Lack Forces We Need.
We have not the forces 10 make
that war effective. We have actually
drained the coast artillery from the
seaboard defence. to serve as infantry
down on the Mexican border This
nation OF one hundred million people
with a territory as large as all Eu-
rope and more wealth than any other
ration in the world possesses has TO
strip its sea coast forts OF their de-
~
work which they are not trained to
DO. Even thus We are wholly unable
to make good our complete lack Of
preparedness
IF at the outset. If three years ago.
we had resOlutely and with foresight
to act. and then. II necessary.
acted, in Mexico, tha- country would
today be as peaceful and prosperous
as Cuba-Where We actually did take
the very action I advocate for Mex
leo"
spirit OF thorOughgOing Americanism
in all our people the former presi-
lent declared that those who assert !
that there is no danger Of the United |
states ever being attacked are either /
Enorant or forgetful Of the multitude /
)f examples which show how interna- /
ional conflicts arise. and that 1T is 3
likely that II We are not strong !
sluding the assertion Of the Monroe 1
Doctrine" the United States will be 1
subject to aggressions which il would i
le obliged to resent, or else abandon /
Is national greatness
Need Men National In Spirit.
THE people must choose as their I
executive and legislative leaders AZ /
Washington" Col Roosevelt said l
men whose theory OF government is /
IS far as the poles from the pork /
'arrel theory-and this. whether the !
lork- barrel be considered from a per- Il
al al al inf
nen who look forward and not back /
men who face the facts as they ac-
ually are.
After this war we shall see a new
Europe. Europe energetically devel- 1
ping new social and economic means /
4 meeting new problems
II, under these circumstances, we
a Ike refuge IN formulae dug out from !
he wreckage OF principles in the past.
instead Of developing these principles
o as TO meet the future. We shall be
s foolish as II we were to arm our !
Oldiers with flintrOcks and send them
gainst an army possessing machine
uns. high power rifles and modern
rtillery.
Time for FllntrSek Theories Past.
The time for flintrock theories or |
tatesmanship in this country is past
Col Roosevelt said his address was
irected with equal emphasis to the !
rant and Of the men who followed
ee." but that he made no appeal Ito !
he memory OF the copperhead paci-
SITS who put peace above duty"
This is one OF the great years OF
ecision in our national history" he
aid. The way in which We now de-
de will largely determine whether
are to 20 forward in righteousness
nd power or backward in degradation
nd weakness. We are face to face
18th the elemental facts or right and
rong. OF force OF feebleness. Accord
x to the spirit In which we face Z
rot
e shall determine whether in the fu-
IRE We shall enjoy a growing national
fe or suffer a lingering national de-
~"
sBeware OF F1Ise PrOphetE.7
Col Roosevelt urged the nation 10 J
beware Of false prophets
Onal pacifists. who, he declared. do /
OF serve high ideals. In actual prac-
&C." he said. the professional paci- !
81 is merely the tool OF the sensual