The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-25
ROOSEVELT SAYS
U. S. GERMANS
UPHOLD KAISER
Teddy Says We Couldn't Lick
Today $4,000 Invading
7 TeutOns.


+ Teutons.
Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. 25.--The at
titude of the German-American press
and the German Alliance in this coun-
try lin their hearty support of the
German government and the atti-
tude of the Germans at home toward
their government shows that they are
back of it, Colonel Roosevelt said, in
a speech at the Old Glory week fesu :
val in commenting, on the theory that
the United States is fighting the Ger
man government and not the people.
For no nation does Germany feel
and express such bitter and contempt
uous hostility as for the United
States he said There is no nation
on the face of the globe which they
would be more delighted to ruin ana
plumber. Under such circumstances
the public men and newspapers en-
gagged in defending Germany or as
sailing England and our other tines
or in protesting against the war and
demanding an inconclusive peace are
guilty of moral treason to this coun-
try, and while the German-Amerdcan
papers have achieved an evil prom1-
nence in this matter the professional
anti-English papers are as bad and
the purely sensational dogmatic and
unpatriotic section of the native Amer
lean press Is the worst of all.
Germany embof1ies the principles
of successful militaristic autocracy.
Much has been said about our being
against the German government but
not against the German people. The
attitude of the German-Amerfcan
press and the German Alliance in this
country in their hearty support of the
German. government and the practi-
cally unanimous support of that gov
eminent heretofore by the Germans al
home shows that at present the Ger
mans are back of the German govern
ment.
They have enthusiastically sup
ported it's policy Of brutal disregard
Of the rights Of others. Until they re-
verse themselves until they cast of
the yoke OF militaristSc asutocracy the
identity themselves with it and force
us to be against them. 1t Is for the
German people themselves to differ
tiate themselves from their govern
ment Until they do this they force
US to be against he German people al
a necessary incident of being agatns1
the German government.
The Germans govern from above
down. The people of this republic
like the people Of France. like thu
people of England, believe in govern.
ment from below up. In other words
we believe in government by OUT
selves. The Germans believe in be.
| ing governed by an autocratic dynas
| ty which rests primarily on a grea
militar1stic class and great bureau
cratic class. No man who supports
Germany at this time can claim to b.
real democrat or real hover of fret
institutions. He is false both to de
mocracy and freedom
Germany had well matured plant
for the conquest and oppression of thu
United States he said. This was evil
denced, he said, by the conversation
OF some recently captured German OF
ficers who talked to their English cap
tors freely without knowing that al
| American officer was present.
These Germans announced tina
Germany was going to win and tina
they were going to smash the United
States and bleed it white with al
enormous indemnity and make it pa.
the whole expense of the war" h,
said. They had no thought of peac.
1
this would be the policy adopted as {
matter OF course by Germany
1 IF at this moment, while we ar,
stin helpless, France and Englank
were defeated. the German feet woult
be at our doors in a. fortnight ant
an army of conquest would have land
ed here within a month. Some year
ago saw openly published IN Ger
many pamphlet written by mem
Der of the German general staff con
tanning a well worked out plan TO
the conquest of the United State
which the German staff regarded a.
teasy and for the levying of enormous
contributions at our expense
Saying that the preparedness meas
ures we are talking now should hav
ben carried out three years ago. tn
4 Colone1 declared that 'if German coul,
land d single small army of so. 600 me,
In this country we would be who'll
unable to match it for we have neithe
artillery nor airplanes that could b
put against them. If at this momen
our allies suddenly made peace. w
would be helpless prey to German
Or any other first-class European q
Asiatic military power