The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-19
Other forces have pushed in the direction
OF Monastir, toward Poroj.
"The Greeks have taken prisoner Bull
garians dressed as Germans"
ROOSEVELT
CARRIES ATTACK
TO FORD'S HOME
Made Vigorous Address at Detroit in
Behalf of Preparedness and Made
Direct Reference to Ford's
Attitude.

Detroit, Mich, May l9.--Colonel The
odore Roosevelt, in an address here to
day, reiterated his opposition ito al
kinds of hyphenated Americanism,' ad
vocated universal military service based
on universal training, and declared that
we must abolish "pork barrel" methods
in our national defense, stop talking and
lget down TO the actual business of thor
ough preparedness il we are "to make
this nation as strong as arc its convic.
tions in reference to right and wrong.
The address was delivered at a mass
meeting in the Detroit opera house.
Colonel Roosevelt prefaced his speech
by announcing that he had Ncome here
to Michigan because in the primary for
the selection of delegates to the Repub-
lcan national convention, Mr.. Ford was
victorious, and following on his victory
here, he showed a marked popular
strength in Nebraska and Pennsylvania.
The effect of this showing has been i'm
mediately visible upon many of the poll
ticians within and without Congress"
I've, through our representatives at
Washington" said Colonel Roosevelt,
'fhave absolutely refused in the smallest
degree to prepare during these twenty
two months of world cataclysm. We have
refused to learn the smallest part OF the
lesson being written on the scroll of tor
ment in Europe. We have fatuously re-
fused to take the smallest step, either
to do our duty to ourselves or to do our
duty to Others. We have endeavored to
deceive ourselves by announcing that in
this policy Of supine inaction and of fail
ure to perform duty, we are actuated by
the loftiest motives. i doubt whether
we have really deceived ourselves, and
most certainly we have not deceived
others. There is not nation in the
world which believes that our course of
conduct has been dictated by anything |
save timidity, unworthy shrinking from
effort and responsibility, and cold and |
selfish love of money making and OF soft |
ease
''In any serious crisis there are always |
men who try to carry water on both |
shoulders. These men try to escape the
hard necessity Of choice beween two
opposite alternatives, by try
ing to work up some compromise In
actual practice, this compromise usually /
proves to combine with exquisite nicely
Ill the defects and none OF the advan-
tages of both courses. 1t is true that in
political matters compromise is
II is true that in ordinary
times it is essential. But there come
sreat crises when compromise Is either
impossible or fatal. This is one of those
rises. There is no use in saying that
We will fit ourselves TO defend ourselves
little, but not much. Such a position
s equivalent to announcing that, if
necessary, we shall hit, but that we shall
'nly hit soft. The only right principle
S to prepare thoroughly or not at all.
The only right principle is to avoid hit
ing if It is possible to do so, but never
lnder any circumstances to hit soft. 70
% to war little, but not much, is the
me absolutely certain way to ensure
lisaster. To prepare a little but not ,
much, stands on par with city devel-
ping fire department which, after a
Ire occurs, can put il out little, but not
much" a
Colonel Roosevelt declared that the s
wilson administration "has taken no Ii
tep for preparedness, and has done Moth G
~ eWcleHb VI susbaih oui Hatioha'
ight" Because, he said the administra- 7
ion had at intervals, "ventured feebly c
, speak in contradiction of its MONACO L
on," and ultra pacifsts and their fol- c
,wers have refused it any whole-hearted s
lpport. They object, Colonel Roosevelt p
ddded, "even to make believe prepared G
ess they insist on even more thorough {,
oing helplessness than that which we
ad so amply provided at Washington.