Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-14
CALLS ANTi.WAR AMERICANS
SISSY eooss" AND MOLLY.
coDpLEs.
DEFENDS HIS NOTED
LANGUAGE PROCLAMATION
Iowa Governor, in Address in Chicago,
Demands Training Of Youths in
ovdsr 70 Maintain Nations Power in
World Affairs--NouId Bar All Ian.
Ovasss But English

Chicago, Dec. Ex-Governor w. L.
Harding, of Iowa, tore into pacifists at
the eleventh annual dinner OF the Cook
county real estate board AZ the Hotel
La Sale.
Don't let mollycoddles and Ssy-
boobs run this country" he said:
These are only other names for pa
cifists. We need universal military
training for the youth of this land. We
want to be prepared to lick hell out
of the enemy. The European war is
over, but we need real preparedness to
meet the next trouble, although nobody
knows what 1T is TO be or when it wiz.
come"
Governor Harding said all langua ges
bat English should be barred in this
country. He said we had no need for
foreign colonies. as IL this country was
good enough to come to it was good
enough for the persons making it their
hme to speak the country's language.
Would Aid Returning Heroes.
AS to what should be done for the
soldiers and sailors who return from
the war" said the governor. Il be-
neve heroes should be made of them.
believe the draft boards ought to take
these boys and put them back to work
at their Jobs l know in Iowa the
draft boards want to do this.
The draft boards took these men
from their jobs and farms and fac
tories. Let the draft boards continue
until the last man has been restored
to his family and Job.
Representative government is here
to stay. The draft showed this. Now
country a power. 1t is a power now.
but some people seem to want it to
be a second rate power.
For Universal Training.
We need preparedness. We can
have that by universal military train
ing. Bring in the millionaire's son and
the boy Of the poor shoemaker. Let
them know what it means to be an
American citizen. The poor and the
rich will get together by association
on a common ground. This war is
over, but there will be other wars.
When we have nothing but angels left
on this earth, you can say there will
be no more wars, but not before.
II would rather be a Ford than a
trailer. l want this country to be a
world power, such as it is now. When
we went into this war we were so I'M
prepared that we wore knee pants and
other baby clothes. Now President
Wilson has gone over TO sit in on the
biggest real estate deal in the history
re tJ,a 7 S0v tr,
he is away.
However. to speak seriously. as a
nation we were unprepared for war.
Prepare now for the next great event
whatever 1t is.
~. S. Must Be Great"
'The species mollycoddle is extinct
or in hiding. We are in the war game
now, and we must be a great power
whether we want it or not
'"The first thing to do is to get the
boys back home. There is talk OF al
lowing these boys to have some of the
cutoyer waste lands Of the country.
What have they done TO have this
wished on them? They want their jobs
back. The best anchor for citizenship
is title to piece of property. A man
will use a shotgun to defend his home
but he won't do this for a boarding
house. STAR a movement and let
everybody own property.
Don't wish old land on the sailors
and soldiers. Put the crippled on their
feet. Teach them to earn living.
They want no charity. The best gov
eminent IS the least government, and
the least government is local govern
ment- 1 say this in answer TO the talk
Of federalizing everything.
But One Language.
Let's have an intense campaign for
Americanism. Talk nothing but Eng
lish. Bar everything else. Let the peo-
pie come to this country with the idea
that they will be citizens.
Just because we have been Englands
ally Is no reason we should say to
England that she can have all the
ocean she wants"
John Barrett, director general Of the
Pan american union. told Of the league
of nations OF the western hemisphere.
He said there was absolutely no truth
in the reports that Germany controlled
South American republics. He said
fourteen Of the twenty-one countries
proke Off relations with Germany when