The sun., 1917-09-06
Us. S.PLAYSAT WAR,
ASSERTS ROOSEVELT
usending Of a Few Destroyers
Is Only Real Deed in 2
Months"
"SAvED BY THE ALLIES"
aMust Develop Our Tremen-
dous Strength and See the
Thing Through"

ru,-uAM. y. Y, Sept. 5.--The United
c,s,es has done nothing to boast about
~ ,he seven months since 1t entered the
w.r Col. Roosevelt told a great open
.,r crowd at the Columbia County Fair
,n.dsy He said that Belgium and Ru-
u',nIa are more formidable foes for Ger
many than America.
' The Colonel wasn't criticising any one.
h. said. but he felt that everybody
.hould know the truth. so that I'VE may
,ake warning and never again be guilty
~ such shameful shortcomings
.,yyben YOU read anything boastful
about what we have done during these
..vsn months" he told the farmers and
~ families, remember what our ac-
somn,ishment-not belated preparation
s', actual plishment-actually Is.
n. have nut few anti-submarine craft
.,o European waters under Admiral
s,r. and that is all. We have in train
,r~ camps in France gallant Gen. Per-
"an. and his fine divisions OF Infantry.
~. Engineers and his artillery regiments
~,,hont guns, We have several hundred
,housand National Guardsmen about to
s.sln training in camp and several num-
Srsd thousand drafted men are prepar-
!ng to 90 to camp.
"saved by British"
.ve have not yet been able to put In
v-snce any heavy field guns fit to match
~. German artillery. We nave not yet
Jingle airplane fit to send over the
c.rman lines. We have not put a single
NAN into the firing line. We have a
.mar body Of infantry without artillery
Tho will be fit to go to the firing line
in the immediate future.
"As for the rest. after seven months
,h,s nation Of l00.00O,000 people. the
v.,Ithiest nation in the world. able TO
vork without any danger behind the
,hield OF the British fleet and the French
and British armies. has neither the
,rained troops nor the guns nor the air
craft to meet even n single small Ger
man army II It could get at us.
"After these seven months we are still
nothing like as formidable as Belgium
az Rumania. Under such conditions
boa.ters would do we'll to remember the
remark Of Thangbrand the priest about
the boastful lcelanders in the Morse
saga:
whats the use
OF ali this Dragging up and down
When three women ana one goose
Make a market in your town?
There Is no use of crying over split
milk butsthere is far less use in max
ins believe it has not been split. Let us
make up our minds. We Americans, here
after to behave like men and to quit
acting like spoiled, overgrown children
The lesson that the Colonel drew from
the ioregoing was the need OF obligatory
universal training so that never agair
shall the nation have to begin to train
epr q fight after the night has begun"
"Must See II Through"
As yet we count for almost nothing
h the war" he added. but sooner OF
later-I hope within six months OF
so-we shall develop our tremendous
strength, and then let US see the wal
through. Only the overthrow Of the
brutal and INSCRIPTIONS militarism OF
the Hohenzollerns will make this world
NE either for the United States OF
democracy. Let us bend our whole ener.
sies toward this end. Let US resolve thai
II all our allies should slip away from
Us we will nevertheless continue the wal
single handed until the end Is attained.
let US as individuals do all we can tc
simply, cut out all extravaganza and al
alcohol, show thrift. avoid waste and de-
every bit OF productive work we can. il
agriculture or industry. in producing
food, or clothing, or munitions or II
managing the transportation Of the coun
try.
let US cheerfully pay our increased
taxes subscribe TO Government loans
help the Red Cross and Y NJ. c. A. anc
all similar organizations which are try
ing 10 aid our soldiers. So far as ou
bodily strength and condition permit lie
Us serve with our bodies. II we ar,
permitted let us volunteer in the arm,
Or the navy; II we are drafted let III
treat the fact as a great privilege. Ser
wee should be the law of life and thric,
blessed is that man who in this worlt
crisis is granted the supreme good for
tune OF risking his life and all else tina
ne has for his country and mankind"
Returning to the attack on German
nhguage newspapers in this country
which he said have been scandalousl,
dislcyal TO this country and to humanity
Col Roosevelt said:
ihe conduct OF Germany In this wa
mas been hideous beyond belief. The oh
scene cruelty and brutality Of the Ger
man armies under the explicit direction
oi the German Government has been O
sueh unspeakable foulness that II Is
crime against this nation and against al
mankind directly or indirectly to uphol,
unermaAy and all who do not hearth.
Usck the United States and the allies o
Va. United states against Germany ar,
.Sy .unty OF this crime and are disloyal (,
WIS country Above all. any man. an,
especially any Senator or Congressman
VI editor who seeks to exempt Ameri
ANS OF German descent from service II
sne army against Germany. Is a traito
pure and simple; he should be proceede,
sahst under the law II possible. and 1
ust Is not possible the law should b
amended SO as to make his offence
crime"
Denounces Profiteers.
.. ne Denounced profiteers. saying tha
.u .,'e man who makes a huge profit out O
VIC war ls an enemy NJ hia country II