Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-11-27
UNIVERSAL
Military T r a i n i n G in
Time of Peace
Advocated by Roosevelt 40 Best
Means Of Maintaining Permanent
Peace After Close Of World Conflict
Ex-President Gives Characteristic
Address at Toronto and 10 Given
Tremendous Ovation

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Toronto, Ont. Nov. Cool Theo-
| dore Roosevelt received tremendous
| ovation here tonight when he spoke in
support of Canada's Victoria loan.
Thousands of Canadians waving
Union Jacks and American flags filled
the hall and when Col. Roosevelt ap-
peared on the platform the crowd
arose and sang The Star Spangled
Banner" and God Save the King
| Col. Roosevelt" declared Sir Thorn
White. the chairman. has been of in
| calculable service in moblizing the
moral forces of the world against Ger
many and its iniquities Wa welcome
| him as a statesman, a gallant soldier.
as humanitarian, and above all. as
a man, for he is every inch man.
| Universal military training in
time of peace was advocated
by Theodore Roosevelt in an adj
dress here tonight as the best
means of maintaining permanent
peace after the close of the world con-
flict
LAS regards certain nations" he
said. Il am sure that it will prove en-
tirely possible both to provide for per-
manent peace among them. and also
! to provide for common and disinter-
ested action along certain lines and
within definite limits, to secure bet
terment Of general international con-
Gitions, to diminish the likelihood of
future wars, and to restrict their lin
It's il they break out. AS regards
Canada and the United States. ! think
the time has come when we should
declare that no possible question can
arise which cannot be determined sub
stantially as questions between the
various states or provinces are de-
termined, at Washington or Ottawa
AS regards some nations / question
whether as yet we can trust the future
solely to even the most carefully de-
vised treaties-lest in any real emer-
gency we suddenly discover that they
are regarded merely as scraps of pa
L per. Therefore, on the general matter
of securing lasting international peace,
L feel that probably our action ought
to be two-fold. We ought, with en-
tire sincerity. to take every step which
makes it likely that thereby tho
chances of future war will be minim-
lied. But we should treat this action
as an addition to, and not as a sub
stitute for, preparing in advance to
guard our safety by our trained
strength. Let us in good faith enter
into all reasonable treaties which will
render it less likely in the future that
the peace of the world will be broken.
But let us not trust too much to pa-
per guarantees.
| Let us, ourselves, make no agree
ments we cannot keep, and observe
| every agreement into which we enter.
In addition. let us, as a matter of per-
manent policy, keep our strength pre-
pared for our own defense. In order
to do this, let us insist that every
right enjoyed shall carry with it the
obligation to perform the correspond
! ing duty. Inasmuch as the first dutv
| of nation is self-defense, let us in
sist that in our democracies universal
suffrage shall go hand in hand with
universal service, and. therefore, with
obligatory universal training Of orr
young men in time of peace 80 that
they may be fit and ready to defend
the hearthstones of the nation in time
of war"
Colonel Roosevelt declared that what
had been accomplished by the Cana
dams and by their sister colonies was
without a parallel in history.
You and they" he said, have sent
your stalwart sons in hundreds OF
| thousands across the vast ocean. 10
| fight on fields Of ancient fame. which
their deeds have rendered still more
famous. 1t has been a proof of the
vision, Of the power to look ahead and
to sacrifice present ease for large fu
ture interests, which is possessed onIv
by peoples that are mighty of soul.
You have made your bodies the SER
wants Of your souls desire.
i did not accept any invitation to
speak formally in Canada until the
entry of my own beloved country into
the war gave me the right to come
mere with pride, as an equal speaking
70 equals; for now, friends, your
lcountrymen and mine have a common
cuty ana the same single purpose
! The duty incumbent on both Of our
nations is to fight this war through
| 10 flnlsh, no matter how long It
taxes and at no matter what cost Of
life and treasure, until we win the
peace of overwhelming victory. Our
common purpose is to break the Of
fensive strength Of the Prussianized
Germany of the Hohenzollerns. so az
to redeem Belgium and secure ample
atonement for her wrongs, so as to
restore to France what Germany took
from her. so as to free every people
now tyrannized over by Germany or
by her vassal allies, Austria, Turkey
and Bulgaria. When the world is safe
for orderly freedom. for all the free
peoples great or small who live Justly
under the governments of their choice.
then, and not until then, our purpose
in this war will have been achieved.
Then, when peace comes, we must en-
deavor to make it lasting; and in or
der that we may be even measurablv
successful in this endeavor. we must
show both sincere desire to realize an
IDEAL and also sound common sense in
the course we follow to that end"
! ASAR n