The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-21
Calls Attention to Efficiency Of
Germany as an Example
for This Country.
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20.-With
denunciation OF what he termed Ger
many's cynical disregard Of the obli-
cations Of international humanity" on
the one hand and with high praise
Off German national efficiency" and
care OF Its workers on the other. Theo-
dore Roosevelt delivered the principal
address before the National Confer
cnce on .Americanization here. The
meeting was held In the Metropolitan
opera house and was part OF two
days session, at which problems Of i'm
migration were considered.
Under the theme Of Fear God and
Take Your Own Part" Colonel Roose-
welt touched wide range OF discus
sion. He appealed to America to full
fill Its promises Of liberty and equal
opportunity to the people who come
from foreign lands, declaring that to
be the first essential in Transforming
them into desirable citizens. Germany
had, he said, proved that an autocratic
government can take care OF its work
Ing classes and its business interests
at the same time and the aim Of the
United States should be to demonstrate
that democracy could accomplish the
same things
H Military training starting in the
high schools Of the country, greater
governmental control over corpora
lions and likewise lessened state con-
troll, together with federal supervision
and encouragement Of the manufac-
ture Of munitions were other Questions
urged by the speaker.
Good for Man and Nation.
an q book which has long been
favorite in our family one Of the char
acters sums up the duty of man as
being to Fear God and take your own
part" Colonel Roosevelt said. Surely
it is just as good a motto for nation
as for a man. We fear God when we
do justice to and demand justice from
the men within our own borders. We
must do 1t to the weak and we must
do It TO the strong. We must organize
our social and Industrial life SO as to
secure reasonable equality OF op-
portunity for all men to show the
stuff that Is in them and reasonable
division among those engaged,
In Industrial work OF the reward for
that industrial work. Outside Of our
own borders we must treat other ma
tons as we wish to be treated in re-
turn. Judging each in any given crisis
as we ourselves ought to be judged,
that is. by our conduct in that crisis,
II we are really devoted to high ideal,
we must insofar as our strength per-
mits aid those who are wronged by
others. When we sit idly by when
Belgium is being overwhelmed and,
rolling up our eyes, prattle with unct-
uous self-righteousness about the duty
of neutrality, we show that we do not
really fear Cod on the contrary, we
show an odious fear of the devil and
mean readiness to serve him.
The nation should, the colonel said,
be prepared to take its own part. A
country that cannot defend itself often
is as fertile source Of evil as one
which does wrong to others, he said,
continuing:
National Cohesion.
"Whatevcr may be the case in an
infinitely remote future, at present no
people can render very great service
TO humanity unless as people they
feel an intense sense Of national CO.
hesion and solidarity. The man VINO
loves other nations as much as he does
his own country stands on par with
man who loves other women as much
as he does his own wife. The United
States can accomplish little for man
kind save insofar as within its borders
II develops an intense spirit OF Amer
icatism. The professors OF every
form OF hyphenated Americanism are
as thoroughly the foes OF this country
as il they dwelled without its borders
and made active war against it. Once
It was true, as Lincoln said, that this
country could not endure half free
and half slave. Today 1t is true that
| 1t cannot endure half American and
/ half foreign. The hyphen is lncom-
patible with patriotism.
World peace must rest on the will
ingness of nations with courage, cool
foresight and readiness for self-sac-
rifice to defend the fabric Of interna-
tional law. No nation can help in Sc
curing an organized, peaceful and JUS
tce-doing world community until it is
willing to run risks and make efforts
to secure and maintain such q COM
munity"
An efficient national government
system is the best instrument OF indus
trial and military preparedness, the
speaker said, and all the forces to
such an end must be under the regula-
ton of single power, the power OF
the national government There is
nothing in the country to which to
point as an example of military effic-
iency, he said, and as regards the navy
America was in good shape seven
years ago, but since then Germany,
England and Japan have gone ahead
very fast, while we at first stopped
going ahead and for the last three
years have been going backward. Col
onel Roosevelt praised California for
what he called genuine and success
full effort to secure industrial pros
perity and also that approximate rea-
sonable division of the results OF pros
perity which can only come when
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