New-York tribune., 1918-06-11
Promises Support of Any
Public Servant Who
Does His Duty
Speaks at Kansas City
Declares English Should Be
Sole Language of Press
and Schools
Especial Dispatch to The Tribuns)

Especial Dispatch to The Tribuns)
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 10.-Denounc-
ing the failure of the United States to
prepare for war after the warning "had
been written in red on the horizon" as
criminal" Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
tonight pledged almost in so many
words his every assistance to President
Wilson in putting the war through to
a successful finish.
The pledge came when, as he
paused in describing Americas failure
Wilson" "Hurrah for the United
States," shouted the Colonel above the
cheers, and when quiet was restored he
procceded:
81 have no interest whatever in ap-
portioning the blame for that failure
to prepare. The American people must
accept the blame and they must profit
by the lesson.
Il will join in with any man and
support any public servant who now
does all he can to put the war through
and will profit by the lesson of our
criminal failure to prepare and sees
to 1T that in the future we do our duty
by preparing for war. in time of peace"
speaks 10 lZ,UOU Persons
Tonight the Colonel was the Roose-
Welt of old, and for ninety-five min
utes he provided some 100 per cent
Americanism to a crowd of 10000 that
jammed the Coliseum. Not once in
that time did he show any evidence of
weakness or any slowing up as result
of the eryspelas from which he is
suffering. The crowd, largely made up
of men and women of German blood
was with him from start to finish, even
when he declared for the suppression
by act of Congress of all papers print
ed in other than in English and for
naught but English in the lower grade
schools. They cheered also when he
denounced the German American Ali
ance, which had its strongest centre
IN st. Louis, and when he denounced
all "pussyfooting" on the war question
by men in office or candidates for of
tce. This latter is live question in
St. Louis, where there is strong
fight on in all parties for 100 per cent
candidates at the fall election.
Praise for General Leonard Wood
whose advice, he declared, if followed
would have meant an early ending OF
the war, was also we'll received, as was
his demand for the prompt execution
rather than internment, of known spies
and traitors.
Colonel Roosevelt spent all of his
day in bed resting for the speech this
evening and seeing but three or four
old friends, among them "Steve" Con-
molly. OF. his bodyguard while he was
President, and Sergeant James F
Taite, of the Marine Corps, who served
the National Guard in New York ano
was with him in the Cuban campaign
During the day his temperature re.
manned at normal.
'We aWnt Teddy" Crowd Cries
Major Henry Kiel, himself of Ger.
man blood, started to introduce Colonel
Roosevelt to to.night's meeting. After
praising him for his 400 per cent
Americanism," he declared "for twenty
years we have been hearing the cry
we want Teddy!'" The old battle cry
was instantly taken up, and only those
on the platform could hear his con-
cluding words.
Colonel Roosevelt began with trib-
| ute to the fighting men as "the men
who will do the real job" adding land
how | envy them!"
1.-THE duty of all of us of fighting
age," he went on, 'is to enlist. And
the fighting age is from sixteen to
sixty, if they will Jet you in. Enlist
in the army, enlist in the navy, enlist
in the marine corps. The marine corps
is half army, half navy and usual in
the fight ahead of both"
After denouncing hyphenated Ameri-
cansas anti Americans, the Colonel de-
clared the German American Alliance
had been proved to be the tool of the
"Prussianized Germany of the Hohen-
zollers, whose activities were devoted
to subordinating the interests of the
United States to those of Germany"
"No man." he went on, "now has the
right to represent the American peo-
pie in any way who wants to pussy
FOOT on Americanism. He that is not
with us now is against US. If he is
with us he is with us heart and soul
If he is not willing to come out openly
then count him as against u.s."
Declaring that English should be the
sole language of the press as well as
of the schools, he pressed the hope
that German and other foreign Ian
guage papers with honorable pasts
would gradually, but not too gradual
their old names.
Praises General Wood
After bis declaration of support to
any public servant in putting through
the war Colonel Roosevelt praised
General Leonard Wood.
"If," said he, "this country :1ad fol.
lowed the advice General Wood gave
US three years ago, if We had utilized
the knowledge he had and profited By
hrs vision, wien we entered this wal
we would have had 100000 trainee
men and the arms to equip them, Rus,
sia would never have broken down ane
peace would have come within NINETY
days.
II appreciate your applause, but t,,
only way you can show me that yo,
really appreciate what l say is by in
sisting that there shall be no repeti
tion of these errors.
/ From now on let US prepare for wal
in time of peace and don't let us pre-
! pare on the theory of letting Georg,
! do it,
Meantime, let US put forth ever,
ounce OF energy, every ounce Of Uncle
Sans lazy strength into putting thi
war through to the peace of over
whelming victory"
Colonel Roosevelt was apparentl,
none tle worse for his long effort. Dr.
Coleman said after he had taken. hin
to the Hotel Jefferson that he un
! doubtedly would be able to complet,
his programme for speaking in Indian
apolis tomorrow and Bloomington, III.
Wednesday.
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