The Detroit times., 1916-01-21
Says Germans Set EX-
ample of CO.
hesiOn
u. S. FOREIGN
POLICY is HIT
Preparedness Vital To
Nation, Says
Colonel

denunciation OF Germany's "CyrIca.
disregard OF international rights"
featured the speech Of Col. Roose-
vel, before the National Conference
en- Americanization mere tonight
The coloners subject was Fear
God and take your own part" be
said In part:
Fear God and take your own part
In a book which has long been
favorite IN our family one OF the
characters sums up the duty % man
as being 10 fear GOO and take your
own part. Surely % Is Just as good
a motto for a nation as FOR man.
Fear God and take your own part
This implies twofold duty,
Fear God means love God. respect
God. honor God, and all of this can
treating him Justly and mercifully
and endeRycring 10 protect him from
injustice and cruelty and in all Ways
obeyinE. as far as our human frailfy
viii permit the great and immutable
laws OF righteousness
When We ait idly BY while Belgium
IL being overwhelmed and rolling up
our eyes. prattls With unctuous self
tTaliry, we show that we do not really
fear God on ihe contrary we show
an odious fear Of the devil and
mean readiness 20 serve him
Unless we are thorough COINS
Americans 8rI unless 1Ur patriotism
is part 10 pa. very thre uf our being
we can neither serve God nor take
our owE part Whatever may b. the
ease in an Infinitely remote future, at
present mo- people can render very
great serE SEQ 90 humanity unless as q
people rneF feel an intense sens" ~
national cohesion and solidarity. t.I ns
man who loves other nations a. much
a. he does mis- uuT country stands
ou par With man VINO loves ether
women q w Egu as fr does his own
wife, The United states can accom-
plish Ittlc f1r mankind save in so
FAR as within its borders it develops
fabby cosmopolitan ~. especially y
Il expresses itself through Nahhy
pacldclsw is silly and wisCh. eVpHs.
ft repretruts national enaseulat.'a.
hyphenated Americana are 49, thor
0uEhLy the foes 20 rHls r9uutry as
n they 3weNed without its borders
ard made active ~fr against o.
that this country Hl' rot H7 'u-e
half free and rai' slay- Today 70 is
true that it cannot endure haif Amer
lean aud half f5r. su-
There can be F. real prr pAred0rss
20 perform our l.tr tine ~ w8r
unless there i- .r prr durst Orb tr
our d.rs Ir 'trra N Ea..a 90 course.
the most tmuurfs NC a.. types vt
preparcdneEs is that 10 tNe spirit -
the soul. This comes l.at u ". are
20 get the proper social and business
preparedueFF Blt .t must express
Itself through social law for corpor-
stions and business I~@p7redncss
and gurtncrmcre. although this pre-
a the bottom Ct military prepared
ness, yet ~ is useless unless guard
"a by prPparedrrss against war. So
cial and Industrial efficiency 20 hand
In hand with military efficiency.
National preparrdrrss either for
peace or war. can be- achieve ed only
on the basis az unity and through
the instrumentalitv % an Efficient
0ati0uai governmental system All
the forces that make for Industrial
or military prepare iness must be un-
der the regulation OF a single power
and that power the national govern
meut One sovereignty must control
Efhcisncy cannot be attained under
@S conflicting EovereiEufiss The VII
81 the nation can be carried 90 e.
fectiFe results only Dy giving the
IN. a power that viii override any ad
verse power that would IMPEDE 'ne
purpose or conflict with tre aims OF
the nation.
borne testimony with aIl mv strength
aRatrst Germany because ~ ifs ryni-
cal disregard % the obligations of
international humanity. alike In lfs
DEALING with Be gium, in the out-
RACES committed on uon-c -c0u1ta fanfa
% other Municipalities. and in its as-
sAults upon our own people. IT, has
been 20 our deep discredit a. ma
tion that we have not actively and
effectively interfersd against The
hold IL an abhorrent thing 20 show
tlmidltV or Veakuess in dealing with
Germany whore Germany ts wrong
whore she wrongs either ourselves
ably foolish thing 90 refuse 20 pay
heed 20 the German example where
this example should he followed By
other nations. Germany offers a
ctency on gigantic scale Let us
learn from every nation that has
anything % teach US adapting the
lessons We learn 90 our own peculiar
needs AND uses Germany has been
far In advance ~ us IN securing tn
duHtrial assurarre. olf-aKe pensions
and homes. reaaorHtIy fafr division
% prOhts between employer and EN-
ployed. and the Ike She has also
been far i'm adFar~a ~ uE in the way
she has both controlled and srcour-
aged Industry Above all che has
been FAR ir advance ~ us iu securing
pAuonal cohesion, IN requiring both
from the great rmuI1ver and from
the man who tolls with tIs hands
the fullest and most complete 10y
atty 90 the nation. She has not had
% lmprovise methods of meeting
crises Tn iudrefry any more than Of
meeting crises Do var. Fre has pre-.
pared ln advanrr fpr peace and for
war. II would be well Tor both our
mere paclfcitv and or mere buaf-
ness maferiallty tu ponder the fact
that her suC-avs lU peace has been
due 90 her irsistrf.r upon the very
qualites which have made her sue
cessful iu war Tho two movements
have gone hand Ir hand Either
The men who believe that big buai-
ness should be- controlled bob the zen
eral welfare ought f1 hs The FIRST 20
Insist that The welfare ~ the huHi-
ness itself Frru.d Ho an equal con-
alteration Hifb Ifa control and that
the regulation should be done Nv rN.
perts with rGf only business expert
euce. buy business vision. who rec
Qsnize thet the fiuu--includ.
Ing the big cDrporatiou-is not an
artificial and wiHEed creation for
sinister purposes. tuf an Inevitable
gutErnwth - modern Industrial con
difi1nF and 7n nf spenribie instru-
mem ''l t.f"nh.He capital. labor and
IrHdrle BIO .n 'rn shape necessary fof
'ue efrri"uf performance ~ tho tack
~ thr modern business world
2 or adequate defense Wr need %
blk efficient navy. small efficient
army zone n quarter million men
VIII. b. relatively 20 The population
of the nation is no larger than the
police force ~ New York CITY is 20