New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-06
Must Fight for Freedom
and Crush Autocracy,
Says Roosevelt
Invalided Soldier
Cheered by 5000
"Boys Over There the
Ones to Formulate Plans"
Declares Verdun Hero


slaughts that won storms Of applause
at the national service" meeting held
at Madison Square Garden ias- night.
More than 5000 men and women whp
brayed the torrents Of rain proved bJ
their shouts that their enthusiasm rad
not been dampened in transit
Colonel Roosevelt, Mayor Mitchell,
John Mitchell. newly appointed head Of
the State Fooc Commission. and other
speakers were repeatedly cheered when
they denounced efforts 70 bring ab9u, a
premature peace, before German AZ.
tocracy rs crushed
But il remained for scarred
soldier from Australia. who said the
doctors had told him his loss OF blood
at Verdun was something more than a
quart, 70 arouse the crowd 20 The
wi dest outburst Of enthusiasm The
soldiers oratory was pgrctua,ed with
the plain language OF the battlefield, bug
nobody seemed 20 notice the words .-
their approval Of the sentiment
Must Fight for Peace"
over since came 20 ths country
7 have been looking for one Of those
things you call a paclhst,' Do he sad.
"NCW I want 20 sec one 20 . can ask
him what iu TIE nc he ever lid Tor
peace tina. makes him pirate about ],
so eibly. When lost quar-, 70. blood
% France | DID 10 solely 90 help buy
peace. The men over ,here woo are
hght.ng for peace and giving their
lives FOR 70 are the only ones WEo have
the rgh, % talk about the MOS bod o.
obtaining j.. You've got 90 .-.t L
you win freedom
Everybody who enjoys i either has
had 20 say he price or some5o.Y has
paid IL for ham. ! say that we a. must
hlnt, whether We are fighting me
e1eny abroad, the tlm.d pac..,t. Or the
q .oya. publisher 20 home
The mcetag. which was called hy re
Mayors Comm t.cc on National De-
fence. turned Itself into demon -gs-
ton for A.yor Mitchell when, shortly
after &c. eek. he entered the hail cr-
rounded By a group OF speaker no
accompanied him on his spaecHmak1s
rau.Cs. The Mayor RETAINED from
talking politics. however. and c9o..ei
his attention 90 dcrourc.rc oval
elements at home and soliciting aid
fcr he sellers Of Liberty bonds.
as a part OF the loyalty We mus,
practise we mu : strike -oWn ng. De-
d.viually. but through toe duly con
s.itutcd a- ncics o. govern mcrt- ied.-
ton whenever DO shows ITSELF he sad.
We must overcome the Influences o.
destruct on and countcracl By force OF
flct and reason the ins.t.ous propa'
ganda for a ~0.i-brick peace.
Mayor Mitchell was again -lp.alded
when. in euumeya-ug the peoples Tor
whom the Allies were to-day seeking
freedom. he named the Irish.
1T seems 20 me that this great ma
ton was predest.ned 20 fight for the
ideal Of human liberty he said. "l'
seems providcptial that to-day, when
the cause Of civilization and liberty :
hanging in the balance. a great people
strong, devoted. willing and able
should come forward and strike the
blow that shall preserve liberty for
the world and shall preserve the lib
erty Of The small natiOn-to win free'
dom for Poland, Palestine, Ireland, Boz
hcmia."
'olonel Roosevelt showed all OF hi,
olQtime fire and yigor when, after he
had been applauded unit. he shook his
finger for silence, he turned and
beamed upon the khaki-clad Australian
who had shared the honors of the even
ing with him.
The best speaker OF the evening,
the man we all have 10 respect, was
not on the programme" he said But
he was right IN everything he said.
The soldiers who are fighting Tor peace
are the only ones who should be doing
the shouting for peace and that only
when they have completed their task
ard earned the sort of peace they can
honorably accept"
Colonel Roosevelt said:
81 make my appeal 20 al Americans
| care not rap where the man "a'
born, or from what country MS par
eats came, so long as he Is, M gooi
faith. straight American. Inc great
bulk Of the people Of German descent
in this country are among our very
hes. citizens. and they are IS absolutely
loval In this CT. SIS, now tnat we are
"a, ,vor with Germany, "a Americans OK
English descent were m the war Oh
Give Arabia freedom, give Armenia
freedom. Establish free city at Con-
startinople and keep the straits soso-
lutely open for the Russians ana TOT
every one else. Make a great, lnde-
pondent Poland and probably great,
independent Finland, too. Give the
Iithuanians at least autonomy. Make
an iudenendent Czech commonwealth 20
include the Bohemisns, Morayians and
Slovaks. Make a Jugo-Slay common
wealth 10 include On a footing Of an
entire equality Croats, Serb.ans and
Slovacs. whether orthodox. Catholic OF
Restore Italian-Austris
20 Italy and Rumenian-Hungary 70 Ru'
mania.
As for Belgium, she is not only en-
titled 20 restoration, but 20 the neay-
lest kind of indemnity Let France
have Alsace Lorraine; let Poland IN
clude the whole Baltic coast. 90 WHICH
she is entitled. Let the English and
the japanese keep the colonies they
have won. As for the United states
we wish nothing except 20 have IL
clearly understood that the Monroe
Doctrine is 70 be upheld in the future
as IN the past. South or tnc ell"."'
this doctrine can be left 70 Brazil. Ar
gentina and Chile, VINO are strong
enough TO maintain il. and whom We
will aid in maintaining II only when
they so desire. But around the Carp
bean and at the points bearing upon
the approach to the canal We mus'
ourselves maintain il. ,
Continually we hear rumors o.
peace. think the circulation Of sueh
rumors is injurious 20 America and 20
the cause of decency and democracy
We should make 1t clearly uudersiood
that the conduct OF Germany has been
such that We regard as enemies Of man.
kind all people who would strive "
bring about "a peace based upon 'rsS.
ing Germany, Austria and Turkey, on w
one hand, and the Allies. on the ot iie