Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-25
Roosevelt Replies
 to Senator Stone
IN SPEECH BEFORE THE NATION AL PRESS CLUB, WASHINGTON.
TELSHOW TO RUN WAR
Incidentally Remarks That He Looks Back on His Own Administration With lnpenitent satisfaction.--lm- plies Right Men Are Not in Office.

Washington, Jan. 24y Theodore Roosevelt today in a speech before the National Presa club, asserted his right to criticize the conduct of the war and declared it to be every mans duty to expose fnefficiancy if it re- tards the work of the war making ma chinery.
 In answer to an attack made on him recently in the senate by Senator Stone, he said the speech was an in- sidious effort in behalf of Germany and that the Missouri senator. who had done all he could to serve Germany in opposing war legislation, had been the first to inject partisan politics into the war.
 Supports chamberlain's Proposal. Colonel Roosevelt came out in open support of Senator Cha1nherlain's pro- posals for war cabinet and a muni- tions department.
 '"The proposal" he said, means that at least a proper scheme of admins tration will be adopted by the govern | ment. am we'll aware that no scheme l can accomplish anything less than the right men are put in; < but at least we will get Q proper scheme of administration. In Washington you have a good many star players. but nlShty little team work" '.0' Maiadministration of War. While the speech contained little criticism of individuals. the colonel l spoke of the ''maladminfstration" of | the war department in warmly prais- | ing the work of the senate committee 1 As to the worth of investigations. he said it was the duty of congress to gel ! the truth and he quoted the writings | of President Wilson when at Prince ton advocating congressional inquiry into the acts of the administration. Present No Time For Politics.. | Declaring the present is no time fo, politics, Colonel Roosevelt said: 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 l of the Spanish War and that his actior then showed he believed himself to be performing his duty now. It was nev- CT more necessary than now, he said I to tell tfes people the truth.
 If conditions are good" he said 1 tell the truth If they are bad tell tht truth. If they have been bad ant tvbecome good tell the truth"
 1 The navy department the colone added, inefficient six months ago; i; now doing excellent work. The worl ! of shipbuilding, he declared, now is ir | excellent hands. For the co-ordina ton of shipping operations he recon mended the appointment of one mar | to be put in supreme charge of the op eration of all vessels
 Calls For Continuation of War. | Colonel Roosevelt called for a con | tinuance of war until victory is won If any man. said he, "is not in ia l vor of putting this war through to thu peace 1 complete victory he is no . lcs-al American. Do not forget tha; the surest way to win the respect O | foe as we'll as friend is to show tha this country really fights when it get into a fight Don't hit at all f vol
 can help it: don't hit a man If VOL
 can honorably avoid it: but if you il.
 hit him, put him to sleep"
 Tells How to Do Things.
 The way to do things, Colone
 Roosevelt declared, is to do them an,
 then discuss it.
 eThat was the course fellcwed, an. to which I ever have looked back c1
 since with impenitent satisfaction i1
 reference to the Panama canal.
 might have taken the matter nnde
 adviaefDent and put it before the ser
 ate, In which case we would have fa
 8 number of most able speeches on tn
 subject. I preferred we should hay
 the canal first and the discussion after
 ward. And now, instead of discussin
 the Panama canal before it was bull
 which would have been harmful the
 merely discuss me, a discussion whic
 regard with benign interest"