The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-30
LET Us Make It a Real War Not
q Dollar War; Ex-President
Advises

Chicago, April 3O.-"Put the Ameri
can flug on the firing line in France
Flanders or the Balkan peninsula al
the earliest possible moment and keel
it there as long as the war continues
over Il constantly growing fighting
force until the war brings victory"
was the appeal delivered here Satur.
day night by Theodore Roosevelt to
the people of the West in a speech in
the Stuckyards Pavilion under the
auspices of the National Security
League. =
81 come here tonight to appeal to
the people of the great West, the peo'
pie of the Mississippi Valley, the peo-
pie who are the spiritual heirs Of the
men who stood behind Lincoln and
Grant, declared Mr.. Roosevelt. "When
once walked up to actual conditions,
you have always stood with unfalter-
ing courage and iron endurance for
the national honor and the national
interest appeal to the women as
much as to the men, for our nation
has risen level to every great crisis
only because in every such crisis the
courage Of It's women famed as high
us the courage of the men.
APPEAL TO MAKE GOOD
/, 81 appeal to you to take the lead In
making good the Presidents message
of April =. in which he set forth the
reasons why it was our unacceptable
duty to make war upon Germany. We
can ma ke the Presidents message stand
among the great state papers in our
history; but we can make it good only
if we fight with all our strength now,
at once; if at the earliest possible
moment we put the flag OH the firing
line and keep it there over a constantly
growing army, until the war closes
by peace which brings victory to the
great cause Of democracy and civiliza-
tiol, the great cause of justice and
fairplay among the. peoples of the
world.
I'VE Americans are at war. Now
let us fight. Let us make 1t real
war; not Il dollar war. Let us show
that we have the manhood to pay with
our own bodies, and not merely to hire
other men to pay with their bodies.
Let us fight at once Let us put the
flag at the front now. at the earliest
moment. and not merely announce that
we are going to fight year or two
hence"
Asserting that America should i'm
mcdiately set about raising Il great
army on the principle of universal OBJ
ligatory military training and service
and declaring that it would require a
long time to train such an army, MIR.
Roosevelt declared:
FATAL TO BE CONTENT
But most emphatically. we should
not rest content with this. We should
not rest content with merely preparing
an army to act year or eighteen
months or two years hence. Let us
put the flag on the firing line ut the
earliest possible moment. this Sum-
mer. wherever our services are most
needed-in France or Flanders or the
Balkan peninsula. 1t need only be
a small army ut first. But even q
division would he better than nothing.
Then we can constantly keep that di-
vision filled. and other divisions from
time to time added to it until year
hence, If the war continues, we have
really formidable fighting force at the
front. a fighting force which will bel
steadily increased month by month,
year by year. until the triumph comes.
Il wish to see the system of obliga-
tory service used in order to make all
men serve who ought to serve But
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