Omaha daily bee., 1917-06-15
ROOSEVELT IN RINGING ADDRESS
At NEBRASKA centennial
CR|T|C|SES NATIONAL POLICY
Former President Deporss Failure Of United States to
Prepare for War and Pleads for Nationwide Sup
port of Red Cross Movement-Recep-
ton for Friends

Lincoln, Neb., June l4.-With all
t..e vigor at his command, Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, addressing sew
eral thousand persons assembled on
the capitol grounds here this after.
noon, the last of the semi-centennial
celebration of Nebraska, drove home
the fundamental truths OF the doc
trine OF Americanism. His speech
was tampered with kindly considera-
ton for those CT foreign blood in the
United States, but he was emphatic
| in pointing out the duty Of every
american at the present time.
In the afternoon a patriotic p.!ade,
in which the colonel participated was
held, preceding the es"rrises at the
stat capitol. Tonight Colonel Roose-
welt witnessed the historical pageant
Nebraska" produced by the Uni
versity Of Nebraska faculty and STU
dents.
Pays Attention to Press.
One of Mr.. Roosevelt's digressions
from his written address was to fay
the German language newspapers of
the country. These newspapers
printed in German are ht subject Tor
the attention OF the censor, he said.
Il think the English language, seeing
1t IS our language does pretty well
without the assistance OF the German
or any other tongue.
mignt nave oeen sherln OF my
county MI. koosevelt con'inuee'
out ! never Wouia nave Deen presi-
Gent u ! naa leatheu anu ohly Spoken
Dutcn, the language OF my ancestors
I have friend who has just en-
listed in the army. He has splendid
little family of wife and four chill
dren. He himself, was born in
Sweden, but he is all American and
good one, too. Now | don't want
that mans children to speak Swedish
and my children speak Dutch, because
want them to understand each
other
Flag Above Church.
Tn the course of his address Col
oneI Roosevelt asaertd that "the
cjerovn,an who does mot MT the aag
aboSc the church b.d hstter close h;s
nbu.nh ,nd tsao !, nios.dS NJ
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srtv oan hondo and ss;d. o' ~
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"nen "an eoee' uoe'
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, in his
speech this Nfternoon criticised the ma
tional policy OF the United States for
failure to protest promptly against
herman ruthlessness and brutality de-
,hs he war nls,dnd Co. rrd;,;dsdP ;dsPl lau,i,,, %
~ @ ,he amer;car a; a.s Jsnn,,n.s3 % ,hs
o,e;6sts NJ and .stsd 9nr 1 asnerors srn s
port and sor ,bs ne. of r. Rsd c,oss
In caring for Americ,n troo,s IN
Euronean h.t,,sEsjds ' "
MI,' ,.. +,
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Ie saiu, 10 oe swayea ny tne na!ioha. !
aevoiohs anu natiohal ahupain,es OF
''eh, VINO .;e uHeie.sea .he lisIts o'
sa,.us. nne,Ian n;, e,.,1ens; pu. sn9wea .heii. @
se'vIs .l".io's W i n'i.eiies Wy the way
VI ~: WIZ. my p.os.'sl'eu ous e'tl1e.i.
smp 70 .ne ,htergs.s OF Gefmahy or 10
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..,n wv Moaiu I oe nhposslo'e 70 i. over
sI sia.e ''te uainase aohe 10 ,he nnotale
n;o no,e Vi e oIl County oy 'ne proies'
s,ona. @ pas'nSt plopasanaa' Tn 1ne peace
ss-ahy.P'ee Plopasanua' &c pro
lessio"al Paelhsts ~ duIlns .ne irst TWO
anu nan years ., 1he wsi, haye oc-
cuplea preciseiy tne positioh OF tne
SoppIfneaIs ;, au''hs 'he 'hhe Oh AURA
nam L'heo,n'
Sheer Cowardice.
"The fact that sheer cowardness
was more potent than the love of
peace was proved by the fact that the
leading pacifists dared not condemn a
single specific act of wrong-doing
when such act was committed by the
powerful and brutal foe they most
feared-Germany. They clamored for
neutrality between Germany and Bel
gium. They denounced war in language
which reflected as heavily on the
fathers who were defending their
wives and daughters from outrage as
upon the aggressors who systemati-
cally practced rape and torture. BY
their failure to protest against the in
human torture OF the poison gas they
made il necessary hereafter 10 accent
this as an ordinary instrument of war
re; just as, by our failure to take