Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-21
DenounceS "CynicaI Disregard
of 0bIigationS'' but Praises
Efficiency Of Nation in
Philadelphia Speech.
ADDRESS TAKES WIDE
RANGE OF DISCUSSION
Military Training Starting in
High Schools Favored; "Fear
God and Take Your Own
PART" Advocated as Motto,


Philadelphia, Jan. 2O.--With de-
nunclation Of what he termed Ger
many's cynical disregard Of the obli-
cations of international humanity on
the one hand and with high praise for
German national efficiency and
care of its workers on the other,
Theodore Roosevelt delivered the prln-
cipal address before the National Con-
ference on Americanization here to-
night. The meeting was held in the
Metropolitan opera house and was
part In q two-days session. at which
problems OF immigration were consid-
cred.
Under the theme of Fear God and
Take Your own Part" Colonel Roose-
welt touched a wide range of discus
sion. He appealed to America to full
fill her promises Of liberty and equal
opportunity to the people who como
from foreign lands, declaring that to
be the first essential in Transforming
them into desirable citizens Ger
many had, he said, proved that the au-
tocratic government can take care of
its working classes and its business in
terests at the same time and the aim
of the United States should be to dem
onstrate that democracy could ac-
complish the same things.
Military training starting in the
high schools Of the country, greater
governmental contrel over CORPORA
tions 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.
Take Your Own Part.
''In q book which has long been a
fayorte in our family one of the char
actcrs sums up the duty of man as
being to Fear God and take your own
part" Colonel Roosevelt said. Sure
y it is just as good a motto for ma
tion 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 it to the weak and we
must do il to the strong. We must
organize our social and Industrial life
so as to secure reasonable equality
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stuff that is in them and a rcasona-
bio division among those engaged in
Industrial work of the reward for that
Industrial work,
"Outsido Of our own borders We
must treat other nations as we wish to
be treated in return, judging each i'll
any given crisis as we ourselves ought
In hn inIon1 IL hM nj rnnn11Ct
in that crisis. If we are really devot-
cd to a high ideal, we must insofar as
our strength permits aid those who
are wronged by others. When we sit
idly by when Belgium is being over
whelmed and, rolling up our eyes,
prattle with unctioua self-rig ighte0usness
about the duty of neutrality, we show
that We do not really fear God; on the
contrary. we show an odious fear of
the devil and a mean readiness toI
serve him"
The nation should, the colonel said, !
be prepared to take its own part a
country that cannot defend itself Of
ten Is as fertile a source of evil az one
which does wrong to others, he said, |
continuing:
Whatever may be the case in an
Infinitely remote future, at present no
people can render very great service
10 humanity unless as people they
feel an intense sense of national CO.
hesion and SOLITARY. The man who
loves other nations as much as ne
does his own country stands on par
with a man who loves other women I
as much as he does his own wite. inc
United States can accomplish little Tor
mankind save insofar as within its
borders II develops Intense spirit OF
Americanism. The professors OF ev-
cry form OF hyphcnated Americanism
are as thoroughly the foes OF TINS
country as il they dwelled without It's
borders and made active war against
1t. Once it was true, as Lincoln SAID
that this country could not endure
half free and half slave. Today II ls