Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-29
NEXT WAR?'D t
NOW" URGES 7. R.
Former President in Brooklyn
Speech Says Mr.. Wilson
Condemns Himself.
UNPREPAREDNEss IS CITED

that if today is what "our democratic
friends" call Wilson day" it shoult
be Appointed n day Of fasting an6
humiliation.'
For during the past three years." he
went on, ''the people of the United
States have eaten the bitter bread OF
under the leadership of Mr.. wilson,"
The colonel directed most of his at.
tack against the recent declaration o1
Mr.. Wilson that the present was the
last great world war that the United
States can keep out of.
I'VE have never had any candidate
for SO high an Office who was so utter.
ly Indifferent to the reversal of all his
professed convictions or principles and
above all, so Indifferent to the fiat con.
tradiction between his words and his
acts on almost every issue of real i'm
poreance before the people," he said.
Quotes Presidents Words.
After quoting the Presidents words
in regard to this country and the next
war. Mr.. Roosevelt said that never
have we had greater degree of in
sincerity and hypocrisy than is con-
tanned in such a plea for reelection
by the President, who has himself
neutrality when all these things that
he in the abstract condemns were in
the concrete committed at the expense
of Belgians and the Armenians and
of the Syrian Christians"
Taking up the Presidents appeal for
support on the ground that he has
kept us out of war;" Mr.. Roosevelt
declared that if it was just to keep out
of the present war, then it would be
just in the future to keep out Of all
similar wars, and 'if the President, on
the other hand, is right in saying that
wars in the future, then he condemns
himself for keeping out of this war;
Charges Cowardice.
You say. Mr.. Wilson. that hereafter
America must exert her whole force.
moral and physical. throughout the round
globe If the fundamental rights of hu-
nanity are invaded" Col Roosevelt said.
DO you not know that 1t is abject cow
ardfce to say that this must be done
hereafter, when you do not dare do 1t
now?
future, then you must near pref fsefy
and exactly that this Is your duty in the
present DO 1t now. MI. President. 1t fs
sheer hypocrisy to chatter ten days be-
fore election as to what ought to be done
in the future. when throughout your
whole term of Office you have fai'ed in
the present to do what you now say is
yo',r d..ty.
'.If the Presidents words can mean
anything" the colonel continued. "aod
never again are we to be neutral, then
he in inexcusable in having kept us sc
sho me|p'ly tnnrenared"
The appearance of the submarines in
orr own ha -hn-s NJ ---r - -
clared, showed that a sudden attack by
them might leave us without any navy
before a declaration of war was made
and remember that half the wars OF
modern times have been begun prior
to formal declarations of war"
Spiritual Unpreparedness."
Thanks to Mr.. Wilson," he continued
"our unpreparedness in naval and mill
tary matters is appalling and our dere-
LECTION in duty to humanity at large
shocking beyond description. But oul
spiritual unpteparedness. thanks te
Mr.. Wilson, is even greater than oul
physical unpreparedness. The too
proud -to-fight doctrine is a cloak be
hind which the coward hides. It has
been the chief cause responsible for the
spread of the spirit of disloyalty II
the United States among those wht
openly or secretly believed in di7'idet
citizenship. No man will be perma-
nently loyal to country that Is too
proud to fight.
."The fundamental difficulty with Mr.
Wilson's policy has been his lack o.
moral courage" he said. He has de-
iayed and postponed. He has never me-
a single question man fashion. He nevel
met any question in a spirit that carrie.
instant conviction that the question
would be dealt with firmly and courage.
ously. II at the beginning Of his dealing.
with Mexico he had shown such spri
Mexico would have been spared thu
frightful devastation that has followed
and we would have been spared the sham.
and humiliation OF having our citizen:
outraged, our towns sacked and our sol
diers killed"
Mexicans at Meeting.
The Mexican members Of the Mexi
can-American joint commission-Lui
Cabrera, Alberto J. PAM and Ignaci
BoniIlas-accompani by their wive
and DR.. John r. Mott, one of the Amer
ican commissioners. occupied box a
the meeting tonight.
I Col Roosevelt dwelt at considerabl
length on the administrations Mexical
policy, and declared that 1t would hav
been infinitely better to have kept Ger
Pershing and the American troops ou
in the manner in which the administra
tion did.
President Wilson, the former Presi
dent asserted. should have said afte
the troops once were In Mexico: M
carranZa, you say we cannot use tn
We'll AGAIN..
The Mexican commissioners appal
entity were only interested in hearin
| Col Roosevelt express his opinion o
, the Mexican situation, for they neithe
, When the former President had finishe
! they left the hall. without remafntn
to meet him, and entered a waitfn
auto for New York.
CoioneEInterrupted.
| Col. Roosevelt was interrupted fire
quently. but by friendly and approvin
cries from his hearers. After he ha
| criticised President Wilson's Cincinna
speech, referring particularly to tt
| Presidents assertion that the Unite
! States could not keep out OF the ne,
world war. some one said:
! Hughes will take care Of the fu
1 ture.
That's right" replied the colone
"and we'll know that any word NJ
! II he doesn't" called back aaoth.
in the audience. we'll return YOU.
The former President smiled and sal
Il am supporting MIR. Hughes.
Referring to President Wilson, Co
Roosevelt said: You can respect
captain who nails the flag to his ma
and goes ahead, but not one who mai
the Gag to another fellows mast ar
goes ashore"