New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-31
TnE NATIONAL WEEKLY

machine guns. high power rifles and
modern artillery.
"The time for Aintlock theories Of
craftsmanship in this country IS past
Warns of False Prophets"
His respects 10 the pachsts were
numerous and csustic. OF these he
said:
First and foremost. friends, ! ask
you TO beware of the false prophets
both the prophets OF sCrdid material
ism and the prophets Of that silly SEN
timentalism which refuses TO look
truths in the face II the truths are I'M
pleasant. In actual practice the pro-
fessional pacifsts do not serve GOOD.
They serve evil
Two years ago these false prophets"
said there never would be another war,
said the Colonel, adding, Let us not
be misled again
"This is one Of the great years Of
decision in our national history. SAID
the Colonel. THE way IN which we
now decide will largely determine
whether we are 20 20 forward in right
eousness and powe- or 60 backward IN
degradation and weakness. Ac-
cording 10 the spirit m which we lace
these facts and govern our actions we
shall determine whether In the future
we shall enjoy a growing national he
or suffer a lingering national decay.
Universal Training Urged.
4 syster, OF universal training for
. universal service would be one OF the
biggest things ever done in this eoun-
try TO preserve our democratic institu-
items in spirit and in fact, the Colonel
declared. Even should peace come IN
Europe tomorrow, he declared. II
ought not to affect American prepared
ness.
Pointing cut that the Canal Zone,
Alaska and various islands must be
defended. Colonel Roosevelt called at
tention 10 the transportation of Rus
sian troops from Eastern Siberia 10
France. and Of the concentration OF
Allied troops at the Dardanelles, as
illustrations Of the speed and safety
with which great masses Of soldiers
d. can be moved great distances.
Hundred Schoolgirls Sing.
The thing that pleased Colonel
Roosevelt most. ne declared. was the
reception by 100 schoolgirls when he
reached the NucE.ch4ch Hotel Dressed
IN American ..i' '.'N i.fiA t+i titN
lobby. scu~ "Ihc stay SpanC.ed Ban
ner" and America. Love Thee" shook
hands with the Colonel and then de-
mandcd a speech. They got u.
The ovation 10 Colonel Roosevelt ne
gan before his train stopped. The sta
ton had been carefully policcG. but the
lines could not hold and tho reception
committee was almost driven away
from the car The crowd swarmed in
and the fifty yards 20 the waiting auto
mobiles outside literally had 10 be
fought for foot by foot. A crowd of
10000. which filed the station, the
plaza outside and streamed back up the
side streets. over on 20 the viaduct
and up the hillside. was in waiting.
Again the police lines broke, and the
Colonel and his party were swamped.
He made few remarks which could
not be heard fifty feet because of the
cheering, and finally his car got under
way.
procession Of 10000. including Boy
Scouts. Spanish War veterans, the ma
val militia and some ex-navy men, had
been arranged. but the crowd swarmed
all over II, and 10 was only half hour
later that it got Strengthened out.
Given Continuous Ovation.
The number in the crowd lining the
streets 10 the hotel can only be guessed
twenty-five thousand probably wodld
be conservative. The trip was one CON
tiruous ovation, and at the hotel were
more people waiting. They too, de-
manded a speech. and he went TO
balcony and spoke for ten minutes. II
was the same on the way 10 COnyen-
ton Hall, where $500 people awaited
him, and where as many more were
turned away. IL was the same after his
speech fully FIVE thousand had waited
outside Just for chance 10 yell their
approval when the Colonel emerged.
The reception Of the speech was
equally enthusiastic. applause punctu-
ating every telling point of the
Colonel's theme. The Colonel stuck
closely TO his prepared speech. only
making excursions 10 repeat the figures
on the losses of life i'm Mexico and on
the high seas. which he had given
many times before. or Mexico he said:
81 was going 10 say little war, but
III say, instead, the kind OF peace
where men shoot and kill one another
Again he spoke bitterly OF the WI
son policy with regard TO submarines.
1--WE have kept the peace. Our WON
en- and children have been murdered by
scores, and no strong man m an Amer
ican uniform has raised a hand 20 pro-
toct And that's the way we have
peace
Again. as in Detroit, Colonel Roose.
Welt won unexpected applause by his