New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-16
Root. at Reception Here,
Delivers Russia's Message

higher effort in order that we may be
worthy to stand by her
mo one can tell what the outcome
there Will be. But this is certain
Russia. tired of the war, worn and har-
ried by the struggle, with every village
In mourning and every family be-
reaved, has taken up the heavy burden
again.
"She has restored the dicipline of her
army. She has put away the bright
vision of peace and rest and returned
yet again to the sacrifice and the suffer
ing of war, in order that she might con-
tinue free.
Confidence and hope must go out
from US to those brave Russians. fight
ing our battles as they are fighting
their own. We must uphold the hands
Of our government and encourage the
spirit of our people to do our duty
beyond measure to help them in their
great and noble work"
Colonel Roosevelt was not among
the listed speakers at the luncheon.
Mayor Mitchell had just finished an
address when the Colone! arose from
his seat. nodded to the men about
him and made for the door as Mayor
Mitchell concluded his speech. But F..
II. Outerbridge, president of the Cham
Der of Commerce, called the Colonel
back. "You never ran away" he said
1--WE want a word from you"
Fighting for Own Liberty
Colonel Roosevelt prefaced his ad-
dress with a tribute to Mr.. Mitchell,
who. he declared, had been the best
Navor New York has ever had" he
said:
I'VE are fighting for America, for our
own liberty, our own rights, and we
want to put our own fighting men into
the line or we will not deserve to rank
among free men when the war is ended.
at is the man with sword grit on
thigh that ultimately must win the re-
spect Of mankind. Let him never draw
II in a foul cause or undeservedly
against the weak. but he is beneath
contempt if he hesitates to draw 1t
against the strong when the strong
may wrong him.
THAT is our issue, but that is not
the only issue. We are fighting to
make democracy safe in the world. IL
is our business to turn that from
phrase into fact. And when we pledged
ourselves to make democracy safe in
the world we pledged ourselves to
smash the Austrian and Turkish en-
pires, for we cannot make democracy
safe while the subject peoples are
ruled by the Austrian and the Turk.
"The Turk has got to so from Con-
stantinople. | believe that a demo-
cratic Russia can be trusted with Con-
stantinople, but, if not, then make it
an independent kingdom or republic,
free state of the straits, that will give
free access out of Russia to the great
seas. from the great seas into Russia.
Democracy safe? Yes; and the first
thing to do is to make Rumania safe.
Rumania has suffered as Belgium has
suffered. We must have greater Ru-
mania, a Rumania that shall include
Irredenta, Just as much as Rumania
of the kingdom of to-day, and we do
not make democracy safe until we get
that, and we do not get that until by
shock of arms we have overcome the
Prussianized Germany Of the Hohen-
zollerns.
"If we mean what we say we have got
to get greater Bohemia. Bohemia of
Moravia, as we'll as a Bohemia Of the
Slovacs. We have got to have Jugo-
Slav realm in the South. | believe that
Russia herself holds that Poland
should be independent, that Galicia
should be added to it, and it must have
access to the Baltic. And then at least
an autonomous Finland and Lithuania.
"And then, this having been done, II
remains for us to make democracy safe
in our own country, and we can make
il safe here only along the lines the
wise Russian radicals have followed in
the last six months. We must go so far
forward in the direction of radicalism
as to remove all just complaints of the
man who has not had his fair share OF
the good things of this life.
al want to see that radical movement
sympathized with and, if necessary, led
by the men who would naturally be in
a conservative position. | want to see
the conservative in this country i'm
pressed with the practical realization
of the fact that he must be his broth
er's keeper, and not rest content until
he sees that his brother has fair
chance as far as he can get in life.
"On the other hand, | want to see
the radical set his face like flint against
inequality such as we have seen in
labor organizations like the |. w. W.
and in {he Socialistic party machine
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