New Britain herald., 1918-03-29
BEAT GERMANY TO
 KNEES, SAYS TEDDY
Only Way to Get Righteous and
 Lasting Peace, He Declares


 and lasting peace and that Is to beat Germany to her knees, Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt declared here yester- day in a keynote address" which he delivered before the Maine Republi- can State Convention. Colonel Roose- welt lauded as "whole-hearted' sup port which he declared the republi- can members of congress had given to the administration in Washington. He decried 'mis-management at Washington" which, he said had been such as to cause all good patriots grave concern and urged the neces- sity for pursuing a policy of per- manent preparedness" after the war is won.
 War is won by brains and steel, not by kid gloves and fine phrases" said the former president, in his ar raignment of some of the most i'm portant divisions of the government" which he said were almost chem icaily pure of efficient organization"
 Tn discussing post-bellum readjust- ments which he declared have al- ready been shown essential to the continued well-being of the nation, the speaker said we cannot afford to tolerate flint lock methods of war fare in time of war or f1int-lock methods Of government for meeting the problems of industry in time of peace. We need new weapons but we need the old spirit back of the new weapons. The simple govern mental processes which Suffced in tn edays of Washington and even in the days of Washington and even in adequate today in peace as the flint lock of Bunker Hill and the smooth bore muskets of Bull Run would be in war"
 Republicans in congress since the entry of the United States into the war have sought to serve their party only by making it serve Am ica," Colonel Roosevelt said in his intro ductory remarks. Not in all our history has any political party, when in opposition, shown as fine, as whole hearted and as completely dis interested patriotism as has been shown by the republican party, es- pecially by it's representatives in the senate and congress of the United States during the year and two months now closing.
 There have been during this pe- riod very grave faults and shortcom- ings and delays in governmental work. But they were not due to the action of congress and the action of the re- publicans in congress was consistently designed to correct them.
 We are pledged to the hilt as g. nation to put this war through with out f1inching until we win the peace of overwhelming victory. We are pledged to secure for each well-be- haved nation the right to control it's own destinies and to live undominat- ed and unharmed by others so long as it does not harm others.
 This is the peoples war It is not the presidents war. It is not con- gress' war. It is the duty of the re- publican party to stand like rock against inefficiency, incom petence. hesitation and delay no less than against a lukewarmness In serving the common cause of ourselves and our allies. To support a public serv- ant who does wrong is as profoundly unpatriotic as to oppose public servant who does right"
 Germany has wronged us far more seriously than Great Britain wronged us during the years that led up to our Declaration of Independence,' said Colonel Roosevelt in discussing the reasons for America becoming in- volved in the war. Tn common with all civilized mankind we have been outraged by Germany's callous and cynical brutalities against well-he' haved weaker nations. This is war on behalf of treaties as against scraps of paper; for the freedom of the sea against world enslavement-for Germany has been the real foe of freedom of the seas"
 After enumerating German barnar- tiles in Belgium, and the crueltfes Of Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey, Ger many's "vassal states" Colonel Roose welt said: Unless we war on Turkey precisely as we war on Germany, we show that we are insincere when we say that we wish to make the world safe for dem ocracy. We are bound as a nation now to remember that fine phrases, that bold declarations of purpose, are of worth only as they are turned into brave deeds by men who are both strong and true. We of this nation must now prove our truth by our endeavor."
 The speaker attacked Germa Americanism saying there can be no such thing as a 'flfty-fifty' allegiance" and declared that thereafter we must sec that the melting pot really does melt
 Relative to American unprepared- ness for war Colonel Roosevelt said "If we had even begun seriously to fight last September, Russia prob ably would not have broken down and victory would now be in sight"
 Preparations for a three-years' war the training of an army of 5000, ,00e men, preferably through adoption of a system of universal military train- ing and the rushing of ship construc- ton were urged by the former presi- dent as most vital to Americas first duty-the winning of the war" All our other activities in making arms