River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-10-04
HITS DlSLOYAL
HEAVY BLOWS
Roosevelt Routes "Huns Within
Our Gates" in Twin, City
Speeches.
RECEIVES BIG OVATION
Colonel Flags La Toilette az "Most
Sinister Enemy Within Nations
Borders"-Gronna and Lun-
deem Also Scored.

Bor0erS"-Gronna ana Eun-
deem Also Scored.
Minneapolis, Oct. /. - Theodore
Roosevelt trained his heavy guns on
''Huns within our gates" and put them
to rout in his Twin City speeches.
From the time he arrived at noon
and until he left, the former president,
apostle of preparedness, kept up his
fire. With the thousands upon thou
sands who heard him in Minneapolis
and st. Paul he was stamping out
all traces of disloyalty left by La
Toilette.
Lesser Microbes" Denounced.
"While the men in khaki are war
ring against the Huns without our
gates, let us war against the Huns
within our gates" he said. And it
was that purpose that guided him
every minute of the time that he spent
in the Twin Cities.
La Toilette was called "the most
sinister enemy of the United States
within it's borders" Senator Gronna
of North Dakota, Ernie" Lundeen and
others of their kind were dubbed "1ess-
er microbes" and "shadow-Huns''
The Nonpartisan league and its
leaders, A. G. Townley and Congress
man John M. Baer, were not spared.
They came in for the most scathing
denunciations for their utterances.
Man-handIes La FoiIettism.
Mr.. Roosevelt paid his respects to
the conscientious Objector. He would
deprive him of vote. He mainland
led La Follettism and the "neo-copper-
heads" who advocated it. He wanted
to see La Toilette and the kaiser in
close companionship because he wish
ed i'll to both" He said America must
become a great Industrial democracy
and he advocated compulsory, univer-
sal military service as the great re-
quisite to make America really in
dependent among the nations.
His hearers applauded him at every
step. He drew the greatest demonstra-
ton, however, with little personal
reference out Of the current of his
speech:
II am an old man." he said. "It is
matter of bitter regret to me not to
be allowed to go abroad to serve in
the army OF the United States. have
made other sacrifices that were bigger,
for have sent my four sons"
House Is One With Speaker.
The house was on it's feet in an in
slant, cheering and clapping and wav-
ing hats and handkerchiefs. It was
one with the speaker.
mo father or mother here in my
position, who understands, but would
do anything honorable to avoid war;"
be continued. II am not for war when
war can be honorably avoided. / was
president seven years and in all that
time there wasn't a shot fired by us or
an American citizen killed by for
sign power"
I'VE have heard much of the con-
scientious DIRECTORS to military serv-
ice, the outcry having been loudest
among those DIRECTORS who are not
conscientious at all, but who are the
paid or unpaid agents of the German
government.
:'It is certain that only small
traction of the men who call them
selves conscientious DIRECTORS in this
matter are actuated in any way by
conscience. The bulk are slackers,
pure and simple, or else traitorous
pro-Germans Some are actuated by
azy desire to avoid any duty that in
Eerferes with their ease and enjoy
nent, some by the evil desire to dam
age the United States and help Ger
many, some by sheer, simple, physical
imidity. In the aggregate, the men
If this type constitute the great ma
iority of the men who claim to be
conscientious directors, and this fact
must be remembered in endeavoring
20 deal with the class.
I'm some Of our big cities, since the
war began, men have formed vegeta-
Ran societies, claiming to be exempt
| from service on the ground that they
object to killing not merely men. but
slackers. Others among the leading
apostles of applied pacificism are not
| timid men; on the contrary they are
| brutal, violent men, who are perfectly
willing to fight, but only for them
| selves and not for the nation. These
rough-neck pacifists have always been
the potent allies of the parlor or milk
| Rnd-water pacifists, although they
stand at the opposite end Of the de-
velopmental scale.
Like conscientious Polygsmists.
1.-THE peace people of the directly
opposite type include the men who
u
ton in any war, however brutal the
ARGENTINE President AGAINST War.