The Detroit times., 1916-05-31

this just Ne e9scnty % 80 uy
as say II Of nae. trylns q serve
1 Germany. I cenaemn the A0epl.
can citizen whs acts N ~ Sing.
I,.h-A@e..c.." last 2. .trs.ciy
ne" whs sets ~ "Serasn-Aner.
teaa."
Here In this city I could repeat
name s,ssr name o. OF. men r,, q German
bad distinguished reeordP Of Intense
rational service az soldiers and
,,ats.%sr en-, and above s al I: D:triSts
portion OF the citixens OF inime date
German origin, than. Of the citizens
pr old cYlonial native stock, were
S GIE:. II s. y Maitland A: and Kent of
lucky, owes the fact that Il stayed
In the Union primarily 70 the Ger
man element IN Its citixenshipi and
S%s Si by hI lovers u the Onion mt to ' the
German element was almost as great.
These men know ma divided. ne half
hearted loyalty,
in having = pationaiissd and unined
America ready for the tremendous
! tasks Of both war and peace. I APP
peal 60 all our sit,sens no matter
came to keep this ever In mind. and
q shun with scorn and contempt the
sinister intriguers and mischief maxi
ers who would seek TO divide them
of national origin. I ASH them To re-
| member that there IN but one safe
motto. for all Americans, no matter
whether they were born here. or
| abroad. no matter from what lanG
their ancestors came. and that IL the
ample and loyal motto. America fos
Americans.
The colonel was greatly amused
over the attack" on him yesterday
in which pocketknife struck his
car during the parade. II wasn't for
three hours after the attack" that
he knew anything about II and then
Secretary McGrath, the only one in
the Roosevelt automobile who did
know about II. told him. The knife
"a pocketknife. the biggest blade
of which was not more than two and
one-half inches long-struck Nc
Grath's arm and fell on the running
board. where q guard took II.
The former president Is we'll sat.
isfied with his last trip before the
conventions at Chicago. There
hasn't been any doubt In his mind
'cf the sincerity OF the greetings his
audiences gave him. nor Of their
| quickness to grasp his arguments.
Also the colonel is sure OF the
unanimity OF agreement of those
audiences. at least on the necessity
for preparedness.
] What pleased the colonel most to-
day was the assertion of his Kan
sas City friends that he had re-
ceived bigger ovation and been
more loudly cheered than President
Wilson was on his recent trip here
He told friends on his arrival here
that the trip had served TO confirm
his jud gment and belief--despite re-
ports from the appropriateness
forces-that the west and the mid
dlewest was just as much aroused
as any section OF the country.
The Kansas City address was con-
cededly the colonefs keynote" for
the 1916 campaign. In IL he COW
ever everything from preparedness
to the tariff. Primarily. IL was an
appeal for preparedness-of the mil
itary, of the business forld, Of the
spirit, OF the heart, OF the souls
was a bitter indictment of American
defenselessness. OF Henry Ford tal
though not by name, though by I'M
mistakable reference): of the ad.
ministration's lofty words" and
mean actions" Of social oppres-
sion.
He begged his auditors TO work
for navy second in the list OF
world ornaments" and for an
army OF 100000 regulars, with uni
versal service and training among
the citizenry; he urged leaders "ab-
solutely national in spirit" al Wash
ington; demanded nation which
stood for the principles OF social
and Industrial Justice" approved
protective tariff; asked abolition OF
child labor: insisted upon regula-
| tion of both business and labor and
urged social and economic justice.