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Show Colonel Is Heard on President Wilson's Appeal Ap-peal for Return of a Democratic Majority. He Declares Republican Leadership Would Assure As-sure the Allies of Un-. Un-. conditional Surrender. N DTV YORK, Oct. 2S. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, answering President "Wilson's appeal for return of a Democratic majority ma-jority in congress, urged voters of the nation, in an address here tonight, to transfer control to Republican leadership. Such an outcome of the election, he declared, de-clared, would assure "our allies that America is determined to speed up the war and insist .on unconditional, surrender'' sur-render'' of the enemy and would servo notice on Germany "and her vassal states" that they would have to deal henceforth "with the resolute and straightforward soul of the American people and not merely mere-ly with the obscure purposes and wavering waver-ing will of Mr. Wilson's;" Declaring that "half the leaders of the president's own party opposed him when he had committed himself to war measures," meas-ures," Mr. Roosevelt asserted that heads of the Republican organization in congress con-gress supported the administration when a declaration of war was needed, when there was a demand for the draft, when the at my was sent overseas and when money was required by taxation or by loans. The former president spoke at a meeting meet-ing under the auspices of the Republican club at Carnegie hall to advocate the election of "the Republican state ticket here in New York and of the Republican congressional ticket throughout the union." CRITICISES COURSE OF ADMINISTRATION. ' Rebuking what he termed the "servility" "servil-ity" of Democratic leadership, the colonel said it was "small wonder that in the cloakrooms of the house the bitter jest circulates: 'Here's to our czar, last in war, first toward peace, long may he waver! " Mr. Roosevelt criticized the general course of the administration throughout the wa r, declaring : "If Mr. Wilson had really meant to disregard dis-regard politics he would at once have constructed a coalition, nonpartfsan cabinet, cabi-net, calling the best men of the nation to the highest and most important offices under him, without regard to politics. Ho did nothing of the kind. In the positions most vital to the conduct of the war, and in the positions now most important in connection with negotiating peace, ho retained or appointed men without with-out the slightest fitness for the performance perform-ance of the tasks whose sole recommendation recommen-dation was a supple eagerness to serve Mr. Wilson personally and to serve Mr. Wilson's party in so far as such service benefited Mr. W ilson." Contrasting the president's appeal with Lincoln's "outright refusal, even in the darkest days of the civil war to apply any party test to fitrtess fur office," the colonel col-onel said that Lincoln "appealed to all loyal men of all parties and asked that candidates for congress be judged not by the standard of adherence to his per-sonnl per-sonnl administration, but by their unconditional un-conditional support of the war." ! WOULD, ASSURE FIGHTERS UPPERMOST. Election of a Republic-m congress, the colonel continued, "would be understood abroad .is meaning that the pro-Germans and pacifists and Belhevists and Germanized Ger-manized Socialists could no longer be counted upon as efficient and tortious loo's, that the fighting men and not the rhetoricians were uppermost." Mr. Roosevelt interpreted the president's reference to the "antiadministratlon" i.ttttude of Republican members of congress, con-gress, as based on their demand that in-l in-l efficiency, waste and extravagance be I remedied." in the war conducting departments. depart-ments. The former president asserted iiat "what wo need is an American congress, a congress of tr.tight-out Americans, and not a congress of rubber stamps." "We Republicans pledge ourselves to stand by the president so long as he 1 stands by the American people and to (Continued on Page Four.) & ocratic party which accepts toward the president i lie rubber-stamp altitude pi complete servility is entitled to control congress, and no man who is a Republican, Repub-lican, and no man, whether a Republican or not, who puts loyalty to the people ahead ot loyalty to the servant of the ! people. Is to have a voice in determining thfl greatest question ever brought before: this nation. "When the war broke out, I, and fl.ll j those who believed as 1 did, c-:tst all i thought of politics aside mul ' put our- selves mireservedly at the service of the i president. Of course, if Mr. Wilson had , really meant to disregard politics, he I would at once have constructed a coalition, coali-tion, nonpartisan cabinet, calling the best j men of the nation to the highest and i most important offices under him. without with-out regard to politics. He did nothing of the kind. In the positions most vital to the conduct of the war, and In the positions now most important In connection connec-tion with negotiating peace, he retained or appointed men without the slightest litness for the performance of the tasks, whose sole recommendation was a supple eagerness to serve Mr. Wilson personally and to serve Mr. Wilson's party In so fur as such service benelited Mr. Wilson. Cast Off Mask. "I am glad that Mr. Wilson has now cast off the mask. 1 (Is appeal is now pure partisanship. "T ask all patriotic Americans to consider con-sider .iust what is meant when the president presi-dent says that In the present congress 'the leaders of the minority, although unquestionably pro war, have been antl-adminlstration.' antl-adminlstration.' These leaders .supported the administration when a declaration of war was needed. They supported it when there was a demand for the draft. They supported it when we sent the army overseas. They supported every demand for money, whether by taxation or by loan. They suported it or gave it initiative in-itiative and guidance on every Issue where it stood for vigorous prosecution of the war, and they supported It on these lines when the leaders of president Wilson's Wil-son's own party opposed him when he had committed himself to war measures and yet President Wilson now makes a partisan appeal In favor of the Democrats who opposed the war measures and against the Republicans who supported them. Now. what does Mr. Wilson mean when he speaks of these leaders as being, be-ing, although 'pro war ' yet 'ant lad ministration?' minis-tration?' He means that when the war department was administered with utter inefficiency they investigated the matter and insisted upon efficiency. He means that when they found that nothing effective ef-fective was being done in shipbuilding they insisted that the work be speeded up. He means that when they found that six hundred million dollars had been spent for airplanes and yet that not an ail plane had reached our soldiers at the front, they insisted that our soldiers should get the airplanes rfbr which thu people had paid. Offense of Leaders. "Mr. Wilson regards It as 'antladmin-istraiion' 'antladmin-istraiion' to demand that our gallant men at the front receive the guns and the auto-rifles and tanks and airplanes and shoes and clothing for which congress has appropriated so many billions of dollars. The entire offense of the Republican leaders, in Mr. Wilson's eyes, is that they have demanded that inef nefency, waste and extravagance be remedied. Such demands de-mands he treats as 'a ntlad ministration.' "Mr. I lenry Pord has announced that he does not believe in patriotism; that he thinks the flag Is silly, and does not believe be-lieve In It, and that when this war is over he will pull down the Hag and never hojst it again. The son of this rpultt-millionaire rpultt-millionaire stays at home while hundreds of thousands of men of small means leave their wives and children and go to the war. Put Mr. Wilson is supporting Mr. Ford for the senate. On the other hand, Senator Weeks does believe in patriotism. He does believe in the war. His only son Is fighting overseas at this moment, facing death side by side with his comrades from every rank of life. But Mr. Wilson is opposing Mr. Weeks There are dozens of wuch cases, and the only explanation possible of the president's presi-dent's attitude thst he makes adherence adher-ence to his personal fortunes and not loyalty to the nation the acid tf-st in accordance ac-cordance with which he gives or (withholds (with-holds support. Effect on Germany. "The president says he Is anxious about the effect on Germany and our allies al-lies of the election of a congress which would follow the present Republican leaderships of the house and sennit. Ho need he under no anxiety. It would be clearly abroad as at home. Our allies would know that it meant that America was determined to speed up the war, to baek her own army and the nrtnien of the allies to the limit, to tolerate no corruption corrup-tion or inefficiency In waging t he war and to InalHt on Germany's unconditional surrender. Germany and her fMMU states would know that In this country the pro-Germans anil pacifists and Hpl-shevlsts Hpl-shevlsts and Germanised Hoclnllsts could no longer he counted upon as c( Be lent and tortuous tools; that the fighting men and not the rhetoricians were Uppermost, and that henceforth t he Jorum i is would have to deal with the straightforward and resolute soul of the American people and not merely with the ohm-tire purpose and wavering will of Mr. WIIhoii. And. finally, let our people remember that the Incoming congress will deal with the vital questions of reconstruction after the war. The president propones to let these questions be dealt with by those who control what his personal organ calls the present slacker congress. lie proposes to put the reconstruction of (he country In the hands of these slacker a under the guidance of such men as Mr. Kltahln, the present leader of the house, and, Incidentally, Inci-dentally, one of tho ant I war workers of the house. Surely the country will feel that this work of reconstruction ought to he IntruHted to other hands, and that these hands shall he those of I ho Itepub-llcan Itepub-llcan leaders, whose vMlon Ih for the future fu-ture and who yet possess practical ability abil-ity to work for the best Interests of th! present." ROOSEVELT URGES CONTROL OF j D. P. (Continued from Page One.) part Lompajiy from him at any point where in our judgment he does not stand by the people," he said. "TJita is the people's government; this is the people's war, and the peace that follows shall be the people's peace. Quoting a press dispatch to the effect that Republican ponators, such ns,Mc-Cumber, ns,Mc-Cumber, Nelson and Ijodge, are "as highly high-ly thought of in France today as are the American generals, "Colonel Roosevelt declared de-clared that "nine tims our of ten this administration has never led the people, has been reluctantly forced forward into action by criticism against which it has violently protested" and "has sullenly and sometimes maliciously sought to punish pun-ish the men who by their truth telling have forced U into action." "In a word," the colonel said, "the Democratic party under the leadership of the administration has carried partisan politics during the laat eighteen months j to an extreme never before known in this country in a time of war, as among loyal upholders of the war, It has come dangerously dan-gerously near creating a condition of onepartyism." "Thf test Insisted upon has been not loyalty to our allies and hostility to Germany, Ger-many, but adherence to the administration," administra-tion," he declared, adding that President ! Wilson's requost of October 14 that citizens citi-zens should subscribe to the loan, but 1 "leave to the government of the United .States and of tha allies the momentous discussions initiated by Germany," could be interpreted .as meaning that they "should both put up and shut up." Colonel Roosevelt asserted that if the administration had used with moderate efficiency the results of the lavish generosity gen-erosity of congress, our army and the allied army would have been doing last March what they are actually doing now In October." After asserting the war must be put through "to our last man and our hint dollar," the colonel declared that "we should accept no peace not based on the unconditional surrender of Germany and her vassal states." Ho asserted that the president's latest notes had placed him in such a position that he had either to "sacrifice America and humanity" or to "respond in such a manner aa to stultify his own diplomacy." diplo-macy." Faction of Party. Replying to the statement issued by President Wilson, Colonel Roosevelt said, In part: "This meeting Is held under peculiar circumstances. If ne president of the United States Is right In the appeal he has Just made to the voters, then ynu and L my hearers, have no right to vote at this election or to discuss public (jues-'tlons (jues-'tlons while the war lasts. If his appeal Is Justified, only that faction of the Dem- |