Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-15
TALK
AIDS FOES; ROOT
Speaking I'm Chicago, He Says Faci3sts
Now Render Greatest Possible
Service to Kaiser.
$4,000 VOICES ROAR APPROVAL
Brands Everyone Who knowingly
flinders Government a Traitor
Samuel Gompers Also Talks.

Chicago. Sept 15.-Before $4,000
persons gathered at the var mass
meeting IN the coliseum last night
EIlhu Root defined the word traitor
as il applies in this crisis
Arguments against the war, since
we have entered the war are enemy
arguments he declared. while the
great crowd shouted its approval
Their spirit is the spirit of re-
bellion and the effect is no hinder and
lessen popular support. They eucour-
age the enemy
Render Service to Germany,
When the thr0ng had given vent 10
its hearty appreciation he paused
dramatically and declared:
"Such persons are rendering more
effective service TO Germany than
they ever could render ON the battle
field with arms
Their purpose is so plain that it is
impossible TO resist the conclusion
that the greater number OF them are
attempting to bring triumph to Ger
many"
Summing up this terrific broadside
against propagandisJs and others who
are hindering the government in the
vigorous prosecution Of the war the
gray-haired statesman declared.
Anyone who by argument is him
deri1g the government. and knows
what he is doing. is a traitor"
Gompers Other Speaker.
Mr.. Root. who appeared on the plat
form with Samuel Gompers as CO.
speaker Of the evening. mentioned no
names in his powerful address. The
crowd inferred whom he meant at in
teTFals, and there we're frequent out
bursts
He severely took to task naturaIized
citizens who have shown an jncIiua-
ton to be false TO their new country
''Naturalized citizens who are false
TO their oath are reQujtting by evil
The good that has been done here III
generous and unstinted hospitality in
this land OF the free he declared
Introduces Gompers.
Ar G0mpers was introduced by Mr.
Dickinson He said in part:
I am more EraGifed this evening
at having had the opportunity Of
listening to that MAGNIFICENT GRAFTON.
that wonderful presentation Of Amer
lea S cause in this great struggle.
presented by that eminent American.
Elihu Root. than I can find words TO
express myself. And I beg tc assure
much easier by reason Of that ad-
dress. 1t was my intention TO in part
trace the developments of this struz-
sic until we were literally dragged
into ir. Il seemed TO me that the
policy OF the German imperial gov
eminent was so set that do what ve
would, we could not escape the re-
spons] bility of entering into this war.
There Is such thing as humility
There is such a thing as patience
6ut when some bully will undertake
10 make an assault upon an innocent.
psace-lovirE man or woman. then
patience ceases 10 be q virtue ana
brings on the brand of
cowardice.
Insnlts Of Germany.
That was the position N which
The United States found itself q a ma
ton by the repeated insults and as
saults upon the character and upon
the lives Of our people, cur men uor
women and cur innocent children
There is one thought in connection /
with thar atroCtous murder OF our
people in the case OF our torpedoea /
boats ] ask you. my friends. TO con-
slider for q moment The fact that the I.
German ambassador. Count Won Bern (
storff, a few days before the sailing OF +
ne LusitanIa, had an advertisement n /
he newspapers OF Our country. warn /
ng the people Of the United States +
against taking passage on the Lusi- /
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