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Show 4- uUL RuuuLVlLI IN WASHINGTON Ex-President Confers- With President and Secretary of War Baker. WASHINGTON, April 10. Colonel Roosevelt called on President Wilson at the White House today and was received re-ceived In the executive mansion. Colonel Roosevelt was accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Long-worth. Long-worth. On departing from the White House after half an hour's conference with the president, Colonel Roosevelt gave out a statement which, In part, follows: fol-lows: For Universal Training. "I am heart and soul for the principle prin-ciple of universal military training. I would favor it if Its aim were to raise three million men. I am for both universal uni-versal obligatory training and service. Call it conscription and I will say yes. You cannot frighten me by any name. "The division that I ask permission to raise would be made up of men who would not be taken .under conscription. conscrip-tion. They would be over 25 years of age, or of the excepted classes under 25." Crowds Cheer Roosevelt. As the colonel turned to leave, "Jack," a negro messenger who served at the White House during his administration, admin-istration, came up. "Hello, Jack!" exclaimed the colonel, shaking the negro's hand vigorously. Colonel Roosevelt laid his plan for raising a division of troops for foreign service before tho president and said that he had been received with the "utmost courtesy and consideration." WASHINGTON, April 10. Colonel Roosevelt, who reached Washington unheralded at midnight and went to the home of his daughter, Representative Representa-tive Longworth's wife, would not discuss dis-cuss this morning the object of his hurried visit Colonel Roosevelt's desire to take a force of American soldiers to France is believed to be the object of his visit at this time and It was thought provable prov-able he would see President Wilson and Secretary Baker during his- stay. |