Arizona republican., 1917-06-15
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LINCOLN, Nep., June 14.-With all
the vigor at his command, Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, addressing several
thousand persons assembled on the
Capitol grounds here this afternoon,
the last day of the semi-centennlal
celebration of Nebraska, drove home
the fundamental truths of the doctrine
of Americanism His speech was tenn
pered with kindly consideration for
those of foreign blood in the United
States, but he was emphatic in point
ing out the duty of every American at
the present time.
In the afternoon patriotic parade
in which the colonel participated, was
held, preceding the exercises at the
state capitol. Tonight Colonel Roose-
welt witnessed the historical pageant
NEBRASKA" produced by the University
faculty and students.
One Of Mr.. Roosevelt's digressions
from his written address was to flay
the German language newspapers OF
the country. These newspapers
printed in German are a fit subject for
the attention of the CENSOR" he said.
81 think the English language, seeing
it is our language, does pretty well
without the assistance of the German or
any other tongue
lul5ul nave DCcit iAAI Va NY
county, Mr.. Roosevelt continued, but
I never would have been president if L
had learned and spoken only Dutch, the
language of my ancestors.
Il have a friend who has just en-
listed in the army. He has splendid
little family of wife and four children.
He himself was born in Sweden, but
he is all American and a good one, too.
Now, l don't want that mans children
10 speak Swedish and my children to
speak Dutch, because | want them to
understand each other"
In the course of his address Colonel
Roosevelt asserted that the clergyman
who does not put the flag above the
church had better close his church
and keep it closed"
Mr.. Roosevelt urged farmers to buy
Liberty Loan bonds and said:
IF you don't invest in the Liberty
Loan, don't jump on Wall street when
Wall street does"
I'VE permitted our national policy, "
he said, to be swayed by the ma
tional devotions and national antipa
thies of men who exercised the rights
of American citizens, but showed
themselves traitors to America by the
war in which they prostituted our
citizenship to the interests of Ger
many or to their hatred of England
1T would be impossible to over
state the damage done to the morale
fiber of our country by the profes
sional pacifistic propaganda, the
peace ANY price propaganda. The
professional pacfists during the first
two and half years of the war have
occupied precisely the position OF
the eopperheads during the time OF
Abraham Lincoln.
THE fact that sheer cowardness
was more potent than the love OF
peace was proven by the fact that
the leading pacifists dared not con-
denim a single specific act of wrong
doing when such act was committed
by the powerful and brutal foe they
most feared-Germany. Thev clam
ored for neutrality between Germany
and Belgium. They denounced wal
in language which reflected as heav-
ilv on the fathers who were defend
ing their wives and daughters from
outrage as upon the aggressors who
systematically practiced rape anC
torture. By their failure to protes
afainst the inhuman torture of the
poison gas they made it necessary
hereafter to accept this as an ordi-
nary instrument of warfare; just as
by our failure to take immediate &C
tion in connection with the murder
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