New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-27
Warns of Peril That VIII
Threaten Nation After
European War.
SPLIT MAY MEAN
AN IGNOBLE DEATH
Ready to Serve Amerlcanism'
His Reply to Authors League
Call for Candidacy.
tr,o,, s,r Correspondent O, Tho Tribune

bers of the Authors League piedgihg
their support to his candidacy;
"There is no American who would not
feel a genuine pride in receiving such
a letter as your; and he would be but
a poor American unless he thought IN
receiving il. not OF its personal reier-
ence 10 himself. but OF the straight
forward and fearless manner with
which YOU present the situation OF TINS
country. and the eeds OF this country
at the present moment. With all that
YOU say am in the heartiest agree
ment. The one over-masterng issue
AT this moment is the issue oil amer
canism; for preparedness and inter
national duty are both OF them IN
cluded in Americanism.
Stand Firm on Issues.
oyop write me as Americans. You
include in your number men OF the
colonial American STOCK, men W.
were born abroad or whose parents
were born abroad. You lncluue nen
whose ancestors can be traced PACK
10 various European countries, hnI
men from all sections OF the united
States, representing all shades OF POI,
croat issues now I'D for settlement In
Tho oreat crisis that we confront. lou
taeI feel. that this is, in fact,
cyisia in the national life such as that
v,bich decided at the outset whether
we were 10 continue TO be nation.
"Tbe world Is now passing through
cotaclvsm of anguish, terror ana
horror such as has not been surpassed
in ALI record history. IL Is Tune OF
obstruction and also time or olrtn;
When the war comes to an end we shali
Gee the Old World nations changed IN
many ways, both for good and Tor evi,.
Rut above all we shall see them WIN
an immensely quickened power not ohly
in things military, but in things lndus,,
rial and with an immensely quickened
sense Of the close relationship; wnetner
Friendly or hostile, that must hereafter
obtain in international matters.
Zach nation will come out OF TINS
contest with the national spirit and the
scnse ~ national solidarity keyed to
bjDber mitch than ever before, WITH
stronger average sense in the COM
nrnitv Of devotion to the common ma
tional life. and OF the feeling OF ooi,
cation TO render service in peace and
IN war for the upbuilding OF that ma
tonal life.
Peril of Ignoble Death.
Gwen II under such conditions we
hermit our own sense OF national reel
INC TO dwindle, IL we permit our people
10 split into, Earring fragments along
the lines of creed or national origin II
instead Of being all of US Americans we
became a tangle Of mutually hostile
German-Americans English Americans
Trish-Americans or French-Americans;
70 across the national coat OF arms we
dray the bar sinister of the hyphen, TINS
renublic will have before II only an
Irnoble life and will be even IN peril OF
seeing tina ignoble life ended by ignooie
III I. only by an aroused and sg-
eressivc spirit Of Americanism, spirit
of patriotism which insists OH every
word OF devotion TO the country beihg
translated into a concrete deed OF ser
vice to the country, that we all lace
with a national soul the national duties
that concern al Of US alike.
"You have done your part By TINS
letter in trvinp TO develop such spirit.
AZ far as in me lies, | will in m? turn
trv 10 Justify your confidence, and IN
my turn seek also to aid IN the deVei-
opment Of that spirit
This is the letter which brought
forth Colonel Roosevelt reply:
at may interest you TO learn that on
Wednesday, May "a, number OF pro-
fessional writers gathered at the Play-
ers' Club, in New York. TO act as the
nucleus for nationwide mooiiizatioh
of the literary resources of the country
10 aid YOU in the splendid night you are
making for Americanism. 1t was the
unanimous opinion Of those present ai
this gathering that the internaIi ona'
risis makes your reelection 70 the resi-
dencv essential TO the ultimate welfare
Of our country
Authors TO Aid Cause.
"The organization Of authors devot-
ed 20 you and your cause enthusiast
cally pledges to you its support ana
will endeavor TO employ for the best
interests of the patriotic movements
YOU represent such literary dynamlcs
AS il controls. With a full realization
of ~, fact that the restoration OF our
nations honor. integrity and self-re-
spect before tho world hang upon the
outcome of the approaching Preslden-
tial election, we see clearly that tAa'
restoration has become, through the
logic of circum stances, a task Tor the
accomplishment of which you are, of ali
Americans, best fitted mentally, tenn
permanently, by experience, by knowl-
edge of essential details and by breadth
of view.
at is our pleasure and pride to
devote our pens, our voices and our
votes TO the restoration 70 the White
House Of a regime during the con
tinuance Of which, as precedent proves,
the flag of our country will be free from
insult. the lives of our citizens will be
at least reasonably safeguarded in any
part of the world, our professions o.
regard for international law will be
something more weighty than mere idle
words, and the perils that inhere in our
present condition of military and naval
appropriateness will pass away.
Earnest, Untiring Support.
Irrespective Of party affiliations. the
undersigned maintain that there will be
in the coming campaign but one great
issue, namely, Americanism; and that
you. as incarnating the cause we have
at heart, are entitled TO. and will re-
ceive. our earnest and untiring support.
"In the hope that the kind Providence
that gave TO US a Washington at one
great crisis in our history, and a Lin
coin at another, will vouchsafe TO US a
Roosevelt in the portentous days con-
fronting US, we hereby append our
names.
Lawrence Abbott. George AIDE. lrv-
ing Bachelor, Rex Beach, Edward Box,
Douglas Doty, Porter Emerson Brown,
Winston Churchill, Richard Washburn
Child, James Montgomery Flagg, Ham
lin Garland, Robert Grant, Arthur Gull
terman. Hermann Hagedorn, Walter