Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-28
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sContinued from First Page,
TALLY What I said to you In this city
year ago, when spoke for American
ism and preparedness: the only differ
ence IL that some Of what 1 then said
as prophecy can now be repeated as
history. 1 know no politics, no divi-
sion Of creed, national origin or Sec
ton, when the nation Is at war with a
foreign foe.
PEOPLE NOT AWAKE.
"As yet our people are not walked
up to the vital significance of this war.
This is because at the moment we are
safe behind the British fleet. l do not
believe that Germany will be able to
make her submarine warfare sue
cess. But this is always a possibility;
and II she did succeed. it would mean
that we would be helpless victim to
Germany, for the matter of that, to any
other great military power. We cannot
afford to owe an ignoble safety to the
British fleet.
Il appeal primarily for the instant
meeting by this nation of the three
great military needs Of the situation.
II. We should Immediately in
stitute. not only for this war, but
as q permanent national policy,
the system of universal. obligatory
military training and service for
all our young men.
=. We should at the earliest
moment strike hard and ag- ,
greesively at Germany and this
can be done only by sending
abroad at the earliest moment an
expeditionary force. At least a
division should be put in France
within the next few weeks and
then put on the firing line as quick
as the allied generals say 1t Is
ready; and its numbers kept filled,
and as rapidly as other divisions
can be gotten ready, they should
be sent over beside it; until with
out an hours unnecessary delay
we accumulate at the front for
midable fighting army
%. To proceed at once to do
everything for the upbuilding of
the navy, capital ships. sub
marines, auxiliaries, cargo ships,
everything.
Remember that these needs should
be met at once. On the whole, the
worst folly that we can commit is to
refuse Immediately to introduce a sys-
TEN Of universal, obligatory military
training and service.
"Give the allies ships and food, and
money by all means but send our men
to the front IL we value our own self
respect.
"''Tis mans perdition to be safe.
When for the truth he ought to die -"
AN OFFICIAL WELCOME.
The colonel arrived at 9:45 o'clock
this morning and was Immediately
driven to the Congress hotel, where he
will make his headquarters. He was
officially welcomed by a reception
committee composed Of representa-
tives Of every nationality in Chi
cago--and all Americans.
A military escort of the First nn-
nois cavalry in command of Colonel
Milton j. Foreman led the march
through the loop to the hotel. At noon
the colonel was the dinner guest of
the National Security league, at the La
Sale hotel.
At this time Roosevelt delivered
short address in response to the ad-
dress of welcome extended by Harry
H. Merrick, head Of the Chicago
branch of the National Security league.
Governor Lowden also spoke
The action of the house OF repre-
sentatives yesterday in rejecting the
services of Roosevelt In leading
division to the trenches is expected to
cause him to digress from his sched-
uled speech tonight to pay his re-
spects to some of his friends in con-
gress. Roosevelt was greatly disap-
pointed upon the refusal of that body
to approve his plan. close friends stat
ed upon his arrival today.