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Show Says U.S. Played An Ignoble Part Colonel Roosevelt Delivers an Address Ad-dress to Citizen Soldiers at PlatUburjj Plattsburg, N. Y., Aug. 25. "This country should stand by tho president so long ns the president stands by tho country." Theso woro Mr. noosovelt's final words nt the Delnwnro & Hudson station sta-tion tonight ns ho left for Now York. Knrllcr In the evening ho delivered n most lmprcfslvo hpeech to the business busi-ness men's mllltnry camp. Flvo thousand persons gathered on tho hills In front of General Wood's! headquarters to hear the ox-prsldent j Snlvos of npplauso greeted him as ho docrlod lack of preparedness. Ho wns cheered when ho snld thnt If ho hnd tho power mombcrs of labor peaco parties who stated that In caso . of war thoy would not fight would either ei-ther bo mndo to fight or bo shot. Stnrttng when dusk was Just creeping creep-ing In from tho mountnln peaks, tho colonel continued to tnlk until ho could no longer his nudlence and ho rend notes by a tent lantern. Large Audience The audlcnco formed a great semicircle semi-circle In thp conter were 1400 business busi-ness men soldiers; back of thom 3000 men and women from tho lake resorts. re-sorts. Officers ot tho HrltlBh army from Canada and members of tho diplomatic dip-lomatic corps from Washington wore nlso thero. Flanking tho wholo woro mombors of tho United States general staff and officers and men from tho Plattsburg barracks. Particularly loud and prolonged was tho npplnuso that greeted all references refer-ences mndo hy Mr. Roosevelt to Hoi-glum Hoi-glum until flnnlly he hold up his hand and stopped It. "I wnnt no one to applaud International Interna-tional morality," ho sold, "unless ho hns In him a burning d'eslro to stand up for nnd fight for Holglum. As Colonel Itoosovclt wns about to begin his speech nn Alrcdalo terrier ran Into tho clrclo rolled ovor, stuck Its feet in tho nlr nnd howled. "Thnt dog Is n neutral," shouted Colonel Roosovelt. "It hns assumed tho proper nttltudo ot n neutral lying ly-ing on Its back nnd howling. Colonel Roosevelt In his speeech said: I wish to congratulate nil who havo been at this Iinttsburg camp nnd nt Blmllnr camps upon tho opportunities oppor-tunities they hnvo had to administer, to tholr own self roBpect by fitting thomsclvos to servo tho country. No mnn Is fit to bo freo unless ho Is onger to fit himself to fight for his , freedom; no mnn can fight for IiIhJ freedom unless ho Is trained. Tho worst ot nil feelings to arouso In others oth-ers Is tho feeling of contempt. Thoso mon hnvo menn souls who deslro thnt UiIb nation shall not bo fit to defend Hb own rights. Hut j oven mon of stout henrts need to ro-1 member thnt when tho hour for nc-i I Hon has struck no courage will avail , ' unless thero has boon thorough preparation pre-paration In ndvnnco. Navy Is Needed Tho grentest noed for this country Is n first class navy. Noxt wo need n thoroughly trained regular or professional army of 200,-000 200,-000 mon If wo havo unlvorsnl military sorvlco nnd of nt lenst COO.000 men If wo do not havo such universal mil. Itnry servlco. I At prosent a. single army corps from Germany or Japan could tako , Now York or San Francisco and destroy de-stroy or hold thom ns ransom. Tho United Stntes nt presont would bo helpless to do moro than blnmo somo scapegoat for what was really tho fault ot our peoplo as a wholo, Tho professional nnvy and the professional army aro not enough. Froe citizens should bo nblo to do their own fighting. Tho professional pacifist Is no better citizen thnn tho I poltroon. Probably no body of citizens havo wrought so illlclontly for natlonnl do-1 cadenco and International degradation us the same pacifists. Thoso peoplo aro seeking to Chlnafy this country Falling Asleep A high Jnpnneso mllltnry officer re-ccntly re-ccntly remarked to n gentleman of my acquaintance that tho futuro dominion do-minion over the sens nnd lands of tho Pacific lay with Japan, becauso China wns asleep and America was falling asleep. For fourteen months America has played an Ignoble part ft nmong tho nations. Wo hnvo tamely n submitted to seeing the weak wo hnd 9 covenanted to protect wronged. Wo B hnvo seen our own men, women and fl children murdered on tho high seas J without action on our part. Il Yet theso fourteen months htve jfl mado evident the lamnntablo fact gj that forco Is moro dominant now thnn jjjfl over boforo; that tho most powerful Ji ot military nations Is utterly brutal v"' I and ruthless In Its dlsregnrd of Inter- W" ' national morality. M Inasmuch as wo, n nation, havo H dono nothing for national defenso dur lng tho Inst thirteen months, tho 1 tlmo when during all our history it ffl was most necessnry to prepare for B self defense, It Is well that prlvato 1 Individuals should havo tried to pro. 1 vldo somo kind ot substitute for gov- I crnmcntal action. I You men havo had to pay for tho prlvllcgo of learning how to servo your country. |