The Washington herald., 1916-10-29
WILSON COWARD
AND HYP0CRITE
ROOSEVELT.
Colonel Bitterly Denounces
the President for His
Weakness"

OBy the International New, Ser

]
New York, Oct B.-Theodore Roose-
welt denounced President Woodrow VII
son tonight as a hypocrite and coward
His speech was delivered at the Brook
lyn Academy Of Music A great thronE
heard him speak Half an hour before
the hour set for the meeting the doors
were ordered shut.
His attack on President Wilson. deIiv-
cred in his characteristic style. brought
forth loud cheers. At times there were
shrieks and yeIs. Occs ssionaIly there was
a gasp.
Accustomed as the audience was 70 the
Roosevelt mannerisms and prepared for a
vitrioIic attack, # still was not preparrs
TO go with him the length that he VIC
tonight
The speech in part follows:
should BE Day OF Fasting.
To-day, so our Democratic friends tsn
US, Is Wilson Day. II so Il should 30
appointed day OF fasting and humIfts-
s slon for the people Of the United State.
Tor during the last three years they have
eaten the bitter bread of shame and t-of
the paths OF dishOnOr under the Leader
ship Of Mr.. Wilson
Yesterday, while returning throu-h
Ohio saw in a Cleveland paper suppoel-
ing Nj. Wilson tWolparaIIel columns. .ria
headlines in one running: President " f-
son says we shall have to fight in tfs
next war and N the other. Voters va
support Wilson because he IS against
war
i think these two appeals. side by sIsr
! made on behalf Of Mr Wilson. tvDfev a.
campaign that is waEed by him Tor
= F-Vu
cate for SO high an office who vas 20
utterly Indifferent TO the reversal of an
his prOfeSScC convictions o. rrrTn.fggs-.
and above all so Indifferent 10 tho Car
contradiction between his words and ara
acts on almost every issue OF real f17-
Portance before the people
At Cincinnati on Thu-sdrv pregis-
Wilson uttered words (which can be f.es.
ned only by unstintcd Condcmnatior -
everything he has done in foreign af4...
since he became President
After quoting Mr. Wilson's "farrila sr
notions speech. Col Roosevelt -gu-
tinued:
Il nov wish YOU to consider the exact
words ! am using when ] SAY lhss 30
President IN all our history has eveg ~
fore ventured TO use slah lofty wore 5f
promise when his deeds IN the uast hF.s
been precisely such as these words "A
sarlIy must ssrevally- cnElatssGan
R~f--- Tspm
''InsincerItyV-v sAasE .,-lsy 'nss
cessful in high pI-- sroE. -'N
nations soul and n~vcr II We n
sTeateT degree OF insinceriiy and BINS
crlCy than Is contained in such a .-a
for reelection N,- thc Prcsi lent Va Es H.
himself praCtiCed the oldest and o. q
selfish neutrality when al th"sc ID
that in the ahsJIa [ hc condemns a#a-r
in The concrete committed al the q. s-r-a
Of Relgium and OF the ArmenIsus arE
Of the Syrian Christians
IF YOU mean what YOU say a. { -
future, then YOU must mean nrr fe
and CNa tly that this is vour dur n
the present NO it now. Nj Pres.derf
Tt is sheer hypocrisy 10 Chat;ra ten
davs before ele ton as to what nartf
to be done in the future when rhrou=Hg.1i
Your whole term of offi6e YOU have 0afsd
in the present to DO what YOU now -rv
Is our duty
The too proud to fight doctrine q a
cloak behind which the coward hid, Tf
has been the chief cause OF the surr 1E
the spirit OF disIoyaltv in tho .-sf
states among those who openly or S. ret
ly believe IN a divided citizenship No
man Will be permanently loyal 10 d aln-
try that is too proud 20 filht.
President Wilson's whole CUurs. hss
Leen wrong. The fundamental DIFF .uT.,.
with Mr.. Wilson's policy has be- 1fs
lack OF moral courage He has rurr
met a single question man-fashior .He
never met any question in a spiri- ..H.
carried instant conviction that his a...r
would be hacked 10y deeds and tbs. .ra
question would be dealt with COZ Gee
ously.'