Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-22
DECLARES STATEMENT
BY ROOSEVELT FALSE
Illinois Stats Zeitung Denies Back
ing Pacifist Movement to Keep
United States Impotent.
NOT FOR GERMAN SYSTEM
Newspaper Says 1t breaches Sane
and Moderate Military Prepared
ness and More Thorough Educa-
! tionai and Physical Training.

tional and Physical Training.
CHICAGO. May 21.-The Illinois
Stats Zeituns publishes the following
i'll reply 20 tho reference to that paper
made by Theodore Roosevelt in his
| speech at Detroit on May ~:
The Illinois Stats HcitunE was at
tackled by Theodore Roosevelt in his
speech on May IL. 1916. in Detroit.
City newspapers. in the following
words: One of the great German news
papers--T cannot call il a German
American newspaper thu Illinois
| active propaganda on behalf of both
German militarism and american pa
ciftsm. 1t applauds and advocates Ger
| inany's cmbarking upon career Of
military strength unconditional by any
other consideration. and at the same
time backs tho movement of the ex-
trcmc pacIfsts TO keep the United
States impotent for self -dcfcnse'
THAT ~ falsel Even at the risk OF
| being condemned to membership IN
tho Roosevelt Ananias Club of 1911,
We must contradict the honorable OK
President of the United States.
THE Illinois Stats Zeitung never in
dorsed any policy that tended TO keep
the United States impotent for self
defense. Il IS vile falsehood IL tho
Colonel really said that the Illinois
stats zcitung backs any movement
for that purpose. We print in the
American (and Judge Landis. Of Chi
caGo, is our authority for calling our
| language tho American instead of Eng
!ishl language every Sunday the prin-
cipies of the Illinois Stats Zeitung.
One OF the planks In that platform o.
principles is the Matchmaking OF tho
manufacture OF arms and ammuni
ton
Perhaps the Colonel sees in that
principle the move tn keep our coun-
try impotent We don't We SOC !,
, 1t the move to save our taxpayers mil
. lions Of graft from the greed of
rapacious and dishonest ammunition
sellers.
| EXPLAINS IT'S POSITION
AS TO PREPAREDNESS
We have repeatedly stated editorial
| ~, In both the American and German
! languages, that We are for prepared
ness, and We explain what sort Of
preparedness we favor II the Colonel
sees move to keep our country I'm.
| potent against defense In every form,
or preparedness except the Roosevelt,
brand. then we beg to express our salts
/ iaction at being with some Of his on
/ ponents. rather than with. him. We
/ favor the Swiss and Australian svstem
OF military service. We ravor pre-
| pareoness IN the public schools, by
MS OF textbooks written exclusively
ny American born citizens upon his
'o'! ana geography. by teaching more
"a european history and less of Eng
iisn history. by preparing the bodies
Ok our young people through exercises
~ turning anu swimming: by compell-
'"6 every public school student 10
earn one European language in addi-
non 20 the American; by developing
! "h american encyclopedia as our ref
eFehce work in place of the 'Encyclo-
peu'" britannica, which hardly mem
| .'"i's our Declaration Of independence:
W ii'''ohaiizlng the manufacture o.
| "'''H ana ammunition for use OF orr
! so,ei nlhent; by intoxicating stronger
LOT our government by means of
mat would benefit the poorer.
rather than the richer classes e.
80. soeiaiiz'ng laws: by compulsory
service for each physically AZ
aho compulsory hospital train
.of each physically NJ woman. each
snort period during high schoo,
! '"" preparatory school cou-sss -.
,io SUBSIDY given to univers,-
'ies and colleges that will r,,d,.t
| under United States rep,I.t,a
| control ana
| W" know what a German,
"Hpaper printed in the United Stat.s
'ooNH "he' We publish an Americ,n
'"H spaper IN Chicago; it is printed
co.: !" inc German and partly In tho
A,herican language We don,t kno
via. MT roosevelt means bv CO.
ma" propaganda We do know ,b,t ~.
nave no connection with the Germyn
government. nor with any foreign ooy.
ernmeht' but that we arc indene,6snt
Az finances as we'll as in politIcs ana
therefore, dare to answer Mr.. Roo.a
veits attack in fearless and tr,,th
full manner
DC sure, we praise the German
people for their military preparedness
without IT, there would be no Ger
many to-day. The proof of tho n,d-
o'nE is In the eating of it.
But we do not advocate the c;erma,
'hHitaTy system for the United States
NJ least not now. Wore Canada IN.
nao'tcd By double the number of tho
people in the Unitod States-Rpssi.
possesses twice the population OF Cor
maryland Mexico by thirds Tho
population we have--France bears tba,
rauo 10 Germany-and were both Can
ada and Mexico 'arming, exercisipp and
training soldiers and marines in evor-
increasing proportions; then we would
favor stronger miIitaristic policy than
Canada plus Mexico had adopted.
III there is any moral treason. or
any other kind ne rro,,o., 4,