Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-25
COLONEL SAYS STONE SPEECH
 IS INSIDIOUS
 HUN ENDEAVOR
Roosevelt Defends His Right to Criticise w hat H e Characterizes as ''Mal- Ad- ministration Before Club.
Rv Review Leased wire)


 WASHINGTON, Jan 24.-TheOdOre Roosevelt today in a speech before the National Press Club asserted his right to criticize the conduct of the war and declared it to be every mans duty to expose inefficiency if it 'retards the work of the war-making machinery In answer to an attack made on him recently in the senate by Senator Stone. he said the speech was an n- sidious effort in behalf of Germany. and that the Missouri senator, who had done all he could to serve Germa- ny in opposing war legislation, had been the first tosinject partisan pOli- tics into the war.
 Colonel Roosevelt came out in open support of Senator Chamberlain pro- posals for a war cabinet and a muni- tions department
 Supports Chamberlain
 The proposal" he said. means that at least a proper scheme of admins tration will be adopted by the govern ment am well aware that no scheme can accomplish anything unless the right men are put in; but at least we will get a proper scheme of admins tration. In Washington you have a good many star players, but mighty little teamwork"
 . While the speech contained little spoke of the 'maladministration" of the war department in warmly prais- ing the work of the senate committee. As to the. worth of investigations he said it was the duty of congress to get at the truth and he quoted from the writings of President Wilson when at Princeton, advocating congressional | inquiry into the acts of the admins { tration-
 Declaring the present is no time for politics, Colonel Roosevelt said: Against Partisanship
 ''No public servant and no private citizen in his public relation at this time has any business to consider par tisan politics in any way" | He said he criticized the conduct of ! the Spanish war and that his action then showed he believed himself to be performing his duty now. It was ney' CT more necessary than now, he said to tell the people the truth. If conditions are good" said he tell the truth If they are bad. tell ' the truth If they have been bad and have become good, tell the truth" 1 The navy department. the colonel added. inefficient six months ago, is now doing excellent work The wOrk of slripbuilding, he declared. recon mended the appointment of one mar | to be put in supreme charge of the Op eration of all vessels.
 Urges Continuance
 Colonel Roosevelt called for a con tinuance of war until victory is won
 If any man." he said, ''is not fin fav or of putting this war through to the peace of a complete victory he is not a loyal American. Do not forget that the surest way to win the respect o foe as vel las friend is to show that this country really fights when it gets into a fight. Don't hit at all if yoV can help it; don't hit man if you car honorably avoid it; but if you do hi him, put him to sleep"
 I The way to do things, COlOne Roosevelt declared, is to do them an' then discuss it.
 That was the course l followed and to which I ever have looked bacl on since with impenitent satisfaction in reference to the Panama canal. might have taken the matter undel advisement and put it before the sen [ ate. in which case we would have ; number of most able speakers on thu subject I preferred we should hav' the canal first and the discussion af terwaris. And now, instead of discus: ing the Panama canal before it va built, which would have been harmful
 they merely discuss me, a discussion
 which I regard with benign interest.