Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-03
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
 MASS RALLY IN HARTFORD

MASS RALLY IN HARTFORD
 Declares War Will Be Fought to a
 Finish Regardless of Cost of Men,
 Money or Time.
 Hartford, Conn, Nov 2.-Colonel Theodore RooSevelt, speaking at mass rally held by the connecticut that the war would be fought to a finish without regard to cost in men or money. or time necessary to carry it through to an overwhelming victory for the allied cause. The war was
 accepted with an object in view, he said, and would not end until that ob- ject had been obtained. Referring
 to disloyalty in this country, he said
 he believed that if Senator La Fol-
 1ette, as a German, had made the statements against the government in
 Germany that he had made against
 his own government, that he would
 the I. w. w. did in Germany what 1t is
 doing in the United States there would
 be many graves filled in 48 hours.
 Stacker Aliens Should Be Sent Back
 Speaking of aliens who are in this
 country, he declared that if they would
 not fight for the United States they
 should be sent, back or made to work
 for the government.
 Colonel Roosevelt made a plea that
 every man and woman rouse himself
 or herself to a greater sense of re-
 sponsibility, do their duty to the Lib
 erty loans, to the Red Cross and to
 the Y. M. c. A. and see to it that the
 men who are fighting in the trench es for this country and the hope of humanity shall be backed up at home
 by every ounce of strength. Crowded Woman Painted. The rally was of large numbers. It was in the state armory which was filled an hour before the time set, l. 800 seats alone having been reserved for ticket holders. A great throng out side was scarcely held in check by policemen and guardsmen at the en- frances. Women were crowded so fercely that many tainted and had to be taken away. In the end thousands had to be content with hearing Colonel Roosevelt speak to them briefly in the open air.
 On the armory floor in the center was small platform. From this Col | one1 Roosevelt, Governor Horcomb, Richard M. Bisse1l, chairman of the
 council of defense, who presided, | with streamers and flags and the gird- l CTS were overlaid with bunting and electric bulbs. A chorus of s7o. with a band, sang patriotic hymns and war songs-
 Greeted With "HaiI to the Chief" Colonel Roosevelt, entering from
 Broad street, was greeted with Hail to the Chief" but the bands efforts were hardly heard as to the 12 900 or more persons, standing on chairs, way ing handkerchiefs or flags gave noisy
 greeting. The home guard opened up a lane with rifles at Present" Tn the escort besides the governor were the military emergency board and the high command and the officers of the Home Guard. In the seats near the platform were hundreds of the best known nf fof fo legislative members and departmental officers. In one box were Rt. Rev Bishop Milan, Rt. Rev. M. S. Dug gan, vicar general, and Rev. John G. Murray, chancellor of the Hartford di-
 ocese of the Catholic church, Rt. Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, Suffra gan Bishop E. Camp1on Acheson and Rev. | George T. Linslev of the Episcopal | diocese of Connecticut.
 Colonel Roosevelt responded to the greetings with a wave of his hand. | In his address outside the armory, he said:
 Self defense Is a primary law of nature. If you don't defend yourself some other nation has got to do it.
 To rely on somebody else is misera- b1e policy.
 "You know what happened to un- prepared China. I don't want to see pig tail pinned on Uncle Sam. They Will Cry For Peace. SO1ile LHIlo next year when our men are being killed abroad, we shall be | more easily to sift out the weak and the cowardly, the faint and the timid They will cry out for peace, but we have got to put this war through 'T a e> the people of Connecticut, one of te original thirteen states that
 won this country's independence. that
 they rally as did their forefathers to | the defense of justice, liberty and de- | mocracy.'
 Gov. HoIcorb Spoke First. Governor Holcomb spoke first in side the armory and bis words led the colonel to congratulate Connecticut's foresight in preparing for war and in devising means of meeting emergen- cies. He said it was a pleasure to come here because the state had quickly | recognized it's duty. As one of the
 original thirteen states 1t leaped to tn the front when the question of
 loyalty or tdisloyalty to the flag was to be tried by the gauge of war. The colonel praised tre Home Guard because it is composed of men who for the reason of age cannot go to the front and so take up their duay at home.
 lHOBOkEN ELkS SUSPEND