The Arizona copper camp., 1916-10-27
ROOSEVELT IN RINGING SPEECH
OUTLINES AMER| CAN|5M BEFORE
VAST ASSEMB LACE At PHOENIX

went TO Oupas Ano ne came TO me ano
said: Now, Colonel, demand to go, be-
cause ] am of Spanish blood. We are
going to fight Spaniards and want to
be able to prove for the sake of my peo-
Pile in the United States that we are just
as good Americans as anyone else.'
~ had another captain, born in Ger
many. Bucky O.NeiII of Arizona-who
was perhaps the absolutely typical man
of the regiment-his parents were born
in Ireland. But all three men were plain,
straight United States. There wasn't
any fifty fifty allegiance about any one
of them. They were just Uncle Sans
men, and that was all. As long as that
was true, ! stood by them just exactly
as If their ancestors had come over in
the MayfIower or settled on the banks
of the James when Virginia was found
ed. All that ! asked was that they
should be Americans and nothing else.
IL they were, ! didn't care whether they
were Catholic, or Protestant or Jew. !
didn't care whether their ancestors were
born abroad or here. ! would stand by
them on their merits as men.
"Now, in just the same way here: If
any of our fellow citizens in Arizona,
New Mexico or anywhere, who are of
Mexican blood, were Disseminated
against by men of any other blood,
would fight for their rights just exactly
as ! would fight for the rights of any
one else; but in return, | demand that
they be, themselves, good Americans,
that they stand for the United States
and for the United States only.
"And ! want to point out to the men
and women of Mexico that the people of
their blood who are really fortunate,
who have been we'll off in the last three
years, who now are not ruined, are the
people in our country; and the action
that ! advocate when wish to put a
stop to the bandit business, to the mur-
derous business in Mexico, is as much
in the interest of every decent law
abiding Mexican as it is in the interest
of the American people themselves.
"The people ask me now and then,
what would do. They rarely ask that
question twice. I would do in Mexico
what we did in Cuba. We said the
murder there had to stop. and we made
it stop. And while there was war, there
was war. And when peace came. there
was peace. And nobody had to ask
which 1t was that was going on And
when we We're through, we were
through. l like to finish a job when
get at it.
What has happened to our people in
Mexico and here along the border, Of
fers the clearest possible Illustration Of
what happens to any nation whose gov
ernment behaves with the vacillation
and timidity shown by Mr.. Wilson in
our foreign affairs wherever he has had
To xxyifh nF rr1h ho in,
the slightest degree afraid.
I'm Mexico when the revolution gath
red headway, there were many foreign
ers. There were English, Germans,
Japanese and French. There were also
Americans, Spaniards and Chinese.
Mexico was afraid Of and respected
Germany, England, Japan and France.
She neither feared nor respected the
United States or China; and she did
not believe that Spain at the moment
could act against her. In consequence
it appears that during these disturb
ances, as far as can be gathered, there
has not been one German killed in Mex
leo, and only one Englishman and two
Frenchmen. I can not find that any
Japanese were killed. These figures
may not be quite accurate, but they are
dC\Ql dte. AC I11lAutG SlC
Frenchmen were killed the French gov
ernment served such summary notice on
Mexico that it has been exceedingly
careful not to kill any others When
the Englishman, Benton. was killed,
not merely did England flame up but it
is actually true that far more interest
was excited in this country than was
shown over all of our own men, women
and children who were killed in Mexi-
co. There have been no further out
RACES on the lives of British subjects.
The Germans are not only safe, but at
Tampico for instance, enjoy special
privileges. The Japanese enjoy the
same consideration. But meanwhile,
according to the best information at
our disposal, the Mexicans have killed
over three hundred Chinese over five
hundred Americans; and at least a
couple of hundred Spaniards. 1 ask
you to consider these facts. The Mex
leans have not killed a single German
and only one Englishman. But they
have killed several hundred Americans
and several hundred Chinese. They
class the Germans and Englishmen as
belonging to nations able to protect
the lives Of their citizens; whereas,
thanks to Mr.. Wilson, they regard the
Americans and the Chinese as equally
safe to murder, outrage and plunder. I
ask the people of this country to con
slider these facts for themselves and to
draw their own conclusions; and If
they have ordinary self-respect If they
have feelings of ordinary patriotism,
they cannot consent to continue in
power the administration that Is re-
sponsible for such a condition of af-
fairs.
The Prescribed American
"The natural effect of this policy is
shown by the fact that 1t is no longer
safe for foreign companies in Mexico
to have American employees, or to be
operated under an American name.
Instance after instance Of this kind has
been brought to my attention with the
personal request that I do not use it
for fear that damage should come to
those giving me the information. I
know case after case where this has
been true of industrial, mining and
pastoral enterprises, but where my in
formants feared for their lives If the
information was made public. There
are, however, published statements of
specific instances to- the same effect.
For example, saw a public statement
issued by the Santa Gertrudis Com
pany, Limited, issued at London, the
21st of July last, which notifies the
shareholders that it has become neces-
sary "to withdraw the American man
agement and staff, and to arrange for
the continuance of operations under
English and Mexican management"
have received letter after letter from