Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-29

b. NEtkeES t1FFFA FbWHtkNr IpH.F. LHtaNy ngaN
was the sending to South American
newspapers Of disloyal utterances by
men like Senator La Toilette and "A. G.
Townley, president Of the Nonpartisan
league, as evidence that a larger por-
ton Of the American people are not
In accord with the government"
The speaker also said that he had
been informed recently by a promi-'
nent Russian that Senator La Fol-
~lette's speech in st. Paul when he de-
clared the sinking of the Lusitania
was a "technicality'' and not suf1lc-
lent grounds for war Immediately was
sent to Russia and is nov being cir
culated throughout that country to IL
Illustrate the position OF the United
States.
Fight Abroad or Fight Here.
The present security of the Amer
lean people is due mainly to the eff
forts Of the war. weary nations to
whose help the United States is now
coming, he asserted In advocating pre-
l~paredness.
Urging speedy training Of all mill
tary and naval forces, the colonel said
American soldiers are being sent
abroad now SO that they won't be
forced to fight at home.
''If we don't 9 men abroad now,
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ruined homes In America" he as
serted. M
The lateness OF Colonel Roosevelt's
train in reaching the Twin Cities and
the demonstration accorded him both
in Minneapolis and st. Paul delayed
his address, but the great hall was
full, with many Of the audience stand
ing or kneeling in the aisles when he
arrived. Introduced by G. R.
/ RohorfSon nraaj1onf of hor T.oyoI
legion of Minneapolis, Colonel Roose-
lvelt declared at the outset that the
public man who did not consider first
Of all the real and permanent welfare
of the working man no friend of
democracy. He is not true to the
United States, either, If he misleads
the working me as to what Is to their
then said:
The most sinister enemy Of democ-
rscy in the United States in Senator
LaFollette."
The colonel had been given a trans
cript Of Senator LaFo1lette's speech
before the Producers and Consum-
ers" conference held here last week
under the auspices of A. G. Townley's
Nonpartisan league. IT have not had
time to read it ALL" he said, "but I
have already found two or three
gems"
LaFoNette Knew He Lied.
Senator LaFollette assertion that
Americas participation in the war
was due to American citizens being
passengers on "a ship loaded with
munitions for Great BRITAIN was de-
clared by the colonel to be a false
hood, and h knows It was a false
hood" he added.
Senator LaFollette emphasized the
| GIN king nf fhAF r .yyo4fo MO xu4f1 tee a%k,,
babies under M year of age, it's I'll
babies under two years and its 100
Americans" the colonel went on. "He
said nothing about the sinking of, the
hospital ship Sussex and the technical
right Of the doctors and Red Cross
nurses who sank with her to be on
broad.
II abhor Germany. I abhor the
Hun without our gates. but more j
abhor the Hun within our gates. And
I say that any mar who excuses and
oondones such infamy, and his
Shadow Huns Gronna and Lundeen,
do not represent the American peo-
pie. They are on a level with Val
landingham, whom Lincoln sent be-
yond the confederate lines. I wish
could send them to Germany as a
free gift to the kaiser. LaFollette
Is out OF place in the senate.
Recalls Confederate Humanity.
"Semmes, commander Of the Ala
time Of the Civil war, sank a ship
without providing for the saving OF
the lives Of its passengers. Once, hav-
ing captured a prize, he was about to
land the passengers in Jamaica, but
learning that there was an epidemic
OF yellow fever there, turned the prize
loose rather than to expose women
Y AND Nhfv6rAn RI $ho$ Rr4ixI~- r--
land, France. Spain nor the United
States, through the orders Of their
governments, in the last $50 years
have done the infamous act Of sink
Ing q ship without providing for the
safety Of the people aboard It."
Turning again to the shipment OF
munitions. a point dwelt on by Sena-
1t was the senator's business to know
what were III treaty rights Of Amer
leans. He declared that was through
Gernany's insistence that The Hague
agreement sanctioned the shipment OF
n munitions and that at that time
Germany was shipping arms to the
Beers and later shipped them. to Tur-
key n some OF the Balkan states
The colonel congratulated the biz
crowd IN the enthusiastic loyalty Il
showed. :
But do not let it e~vaporate," he
said. TT is fine to march and cheer
and carry flags, but you must back
your words with deeds. I congratu.
late the northwest on leading the ma
ton in the number of volunteers for
the war. Let every man who can dc
so go abroad and fight. It will be
a lot easier to texplain to your children
why You did fight than why you did
not.
"Thissfs an-exclusive war SO far as
am concerned, but I have -four sons
in It: I must speak because I am no
Igtven the privilege of acting.
Red Gross and Liberty Bonds.
I'VE must back the government Il
prosecution Of the, war and spur II ID
greater and greater activities. we mus
help the Red Cross and kindred or
foundations.
we must buy Liberty bonds. They
are the safest investment unless we
should all burst, and in that case nc
one would a about his Tor
You will ind that the persons nov
objecting to their sale are the ones
twenty years hence, win be yelling FOL
the people as against the bondhoId-
ers. II every one does his duty The
terms people and 'bondholders viii
be interchangeable. Buy a bond now
AND twenty years hence let the other
fellow do the yelling"
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