The Red Cloud chief., 1917-06-21
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS
ON "AMER|CAN|SM"
WAR TIME HIS TOPIC AND HE
DOES IT JUSTICE.
Calls Upon Everyone to Do His Duty
individual Loyalty Must Be
Held Above All
Else.

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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
In honor of Theodore Roosevelt,
Lincoln representing the state Of Ne
\ braska In It's fiftieth anniversary,
Ntaged a patriotic parade of great pro.
k,rtioDs Thursday afternoon, escorting
the ex-president to the capitol grounds
where he made his address "Ameri-
canism."
With all the vigor at his command
he drove home the fundamental truths
Of the doctrine of Americanism. His
speech was tempered with kindly con.
sheraton for those of foreign blood in
the country, but he was emphatic in
pointing out the duty of every Ameri.
can at the present time. His speech
bristled with epigrams. Here are some
of them:
THE liberty secured in the civil wal
to the black man vas secured only be.
cause the white man was willing to
fight to the death for the union and
for the flag to which we owe undivid.
ed allegiance"
~-~STke civil war settled the great prin.
ciple that We were definitely to realize
that while peace vas normally a good
thing, yet that righteousness stood
above peace, and that the only good
citizens we're those who stood ready to
face war rather than to submit to an
unrighteous or cowardly peace
1T would be impossible to overstate
the damage done to the moral fiber Of
our country by the professional pacifist
propaganda, the peace-at-any-price pro.
paganda which has been growing in
strength for the last ten years. The
professional paciists during these two
years and a half have occupied precise
ly the position Of the copperheads dur
Ing the time OF Abraham Lincoln.
First of all we must insist that all
our people practice the patriotism Of
service and that we give a fervid and
undivided loyalty to our common coun.
try. Patriotism is an affair of deeds
and patriotic words are good only in
sofar as they result in deeds"
Unless we now, at this moment,
r strive each Of rs to serve the country
according to our several abilities, we
are false to the memories of the ma
ton builders to whose sagacity and
prowess we owe the creation Of this
state fifty years ago."
I'VE cannot render effective service
II u loyalty is even in the smallest
degree divided between this and any
other nation. The events of the past
few years have ~conclusively shown
that the men whether Of German or
n other origin. who attempts to com.
bine allegiance to this country with al.
legiance to another is necessarily false
to this country"
"As the last war was opposed only
by those whose public policy was on a
level with the private policy of a man
.who would not even resent his wife's
Xace being slapped by a rufian or his
daughter being kidnapped by a white
SLAYER"
II do not like war any more than I
like a house afre. But I count It Just
as silly and Just as wicked to refrain
from preparing against war and from
crushing those who make wicked war,
as 1t is to refuse to prepare against a
fire or to smash a flrebug."
There were many orders and organi.
cations in the parade that aroused en-.
thusiasm and interest, but they were
all overshadowed by the presence OF
the colonel himself. Bowling and smil
ing almost continually, Mr.. Roosevelt
in company with Governor Neville,
Mayor Miller, Frank H. Woods, presi
dent Of the Commercial club, and ]. H
Hansen, driving, drove through the
streets lined with cheering people.
Many thousands of people lined the
streets from the beginning to the end
6lsA4o parade q distance of more thar
a mile. Cars containing the veterans
Of the Civil war were accorded place.
of honor and the fife and drum corp.
added to the patriotic music offered b,
four bands.
The yoke of oxen, representing tn,
first Nebraska parades and the his
torical cowboys and cowgirls, wer,
part Of the spectacle. The veterans O
the Spanish-American war marched fl
double file.
N
n On the car carrying Mr.. Roosevelt
were the flags of England and Franc'
side by side with the Stars and Stripes
The whole parade was led by the stat
corps and the department of mounte'
orderlies and Company B of the sigma
corps, now on police duty in Lincoln
all under direction of Gen. Phil Hal
The Spanish war veterans were lie,
by Department Commander Zero an,
Chaplain Kline. under the direction @
Captain Allen.
The actual column of march wa
headed by Colonel G. J. Bills, marsha
Of the day, With nine mounted aides.