The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-14
ROOSEVELT URGES
LOYALTY TO FLAG
BUT IS CRITICAL
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| America hv tho way In which they pros
| ttutcd our citizenship to the interests uf
| Germany or 10 their hatred Of England
1T would be impossible 10 overstate
| the damage done to the morale fiber Of
our country by the professional paclflsts'
| propaganda, the p"aCc-at- t-any price prop
aganda. Tho professional pacifists dur
ing the first two and "A half years of the
war have occupied precisely the position
/ OF tho coppcrheads during the time OF
Abraham Lincoln.
Paclfs,s Denounced
The fact that sheer cowardiCe was
moro potent than the love Of peace was
proved by the fact that tho leading
plcinsts dared not condemn single
specific act OF wrong doing when such
! act was committed los tho powerful and
! brutal foe they most garrd- -GcrmuuN.
They chmorcd for neutrality between
Germany and belgium They denounced
| war nl language which reflected Hs heavily
ON the fathers who were defending their
wives aud daughters from outrage rs
| upon the aggrcSsurs who systematically
| prncticed rape and torture by their fail
nro to protest against the iuhuman tor
! ture Of the poison Ens they made II uCCFs-
/ sury hereafter 20 accept tins as an ordi-
/ nary Instrument of warfare. Just Hs, hy
| our failure to tax" Immediate action IN
| connection with tho murder OF innocent
! non CumhAtRnts by submarines we cont
| mitlcd an offruse against humanity the
/ effects Uf which cannot ho completely
/ rradiCHivd hy any subsequent action ON
our part
AN this mcauucss and Abandonment ~
duty was champion 81 hy the professional
pncinsts ON the plea that thereby We
should be Kept out uf war And 10y their
political pressure. they prevented ny from
preparing, and kept us utterly unpre
pared, ON the ground that preparedness
invited war. their motto WAS SAFETY
first not duty first They cared moth
ing for righteousness They cared moth
ing for humanity. They cared nothing
for our national honor or interest. All
{ they asked was a peace that would per
nit us to get all four feet in the trough
while We stroye 20 distract attention
| from the SquANd hlsorrss ot our ma
tcralism by the shrill clnmor of "A sham
| syntlmpptllty.
War Forced on Nation.
And nevertheless we have not been
Kept out OF war. Our avoidance ~ duty
simply invited such cumulative repetition
0f insult and injury that finally war WAS
forced on us. II merely resulted N our
drifting into war stern foremost, In
condition Of such complete uurendlncsS
that We owe an iguohlo safety exclusively
20 the protection ot N" exhausted nations
to whose help We have announced thai
W. intend To come
Prom this time on let us insist on nm
absolute and undivided Amcricanlsm IN
this land, untcwpcred by any selt-al
lcgancN TO the countries from which our
IhucestOrs may soycrdllN have sprung, and
uutant"d by any unworthy national AMI
mostly toward any other country. Let
us prepnr" ourselves spiritually, e'onoml-
c'lly. and iu an military and naval mat
tFrs including as 4 permanent pour} me
policy ~ universal military training ana
service So That never again snail We be
IWterl" uutcniN, ~ ", now are, 10 meet
a great crisis FINALLY, IN the present
war war for liberty ana democracy
ugninSt the ruthGs' mIuArl@uc tyranny
Of tho lruts!1uiL"d 'rfWhnN OF me
ilohcnzollerus. let us As speedily hs pos,
sh|o train ot our giant ouI foi' ana
unread', strength. 800 NAV we uH' use
our hardened might 10 bring th" A.nufh-
ter to Il r'll HuH num- tnn lh me "uN
way hon"rahlN possible hN securing lor
ourselves ana our allies 'he peace "i
Justice based on o'rrWheImlnt victory.
urges support for Neu Cfoss
I'm hi appeal for support Tor the h'd
cross, colonel koufNeli hNu.
The most important lhlnE Us ~ 1."I
nArond ~ tho earliest ros-lhie in''nen,
great ilEhlnH army. second "hE u" u,
army ln 'hr Moth ~ winning w, Nn
'"W"s our l,rd cross lnl''1. we IN
.I"thn'' ~ ms M,iN I7 5" tit'' tl"' w,
president ot me lh''I 'l'''H I'N ~
|Nihii next week rom June ~ 10 g
as a period Tor ,h'ill,r "hu uhH'il lsh
.t'h'f"s'tN u week IN NW'n lhe Nn"',
American people VII nn "SN'u I" !".u
; IN 'nl'lhE 'unuS U" 'n'nie "ut I''' 'lH1n
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