BRYAN J1NPEACE
ATTACKS ROOSEVELT AND TAFT
SPONSORS OF ORGANIZATION
THAT STANDS FOR FORCE
New York, June 19. William Jen
nings Bryan, addressing a labor peace
meeting at Carnegie hal! hen tonight,
attacked former Presidents Koosovelt
nil Tnft sis lpsirlinfr sniinsinrs nf orcnni I
l- . u- u ... "i - .u. i-IMr. Taft's organization
garden as iurmsning a piauoiuic jiic-
of rgarding "Mr. Taft's organization
as the best weapon wnn wmcn iu
firht the Roosevelt organization" was
a mistaken one.
"When the plan of the Taft organi
zation is understood," continued Mr.
Bryan, "it will be seen that its effect
is to aid rather than obstruct the
Roosevelt propaganda. If the purpose
of Mr. Roosevelt's organization is to
make preparation for war pleasant,
may be rc-
force in international affairs am
which the former Secretary of State
declared were inimical to the true in
terest of this country and to the cause
of international peace.
Mr. Bryan began his address by
declaring that he could find no more
favorable auspices than those of to
night for beginning the work which
he felt it his duty to perform aiding
"in the crystalizing of the sentiment
in favor of peace in support of the
President in his efforts to reach an
amicable settlement of all differences
that may, during the war, arise be
tween this country and belligerent
nations."
He alluded to the "labor element"
as an "honorable appellation" and de
clared that no advocate of peace could
have a deeper interest in its preserva
tion than the laboring man, who,
without any pecuniary interest in
war, recognized that it was hurtful
to him as bringing about enforced
idleness, increasing taxes and in call
ing upon him probably among the first
to take up arms, and leaving the aft
ermath of war to be borne in great
measure by him or his family. There'
fore, Mr. Bryan argued it was natU'
ral that a peace movement should be
gin with the laboring man and that
organized labor, because of its readily
operative machinery, should take the
lead in such a movement. Mr. Bryan
continued:
"Those who work in the cause of
peace will find it necessary to com
bat the forces of militarism as well
as to do educational work in behalf
of the principles upon which the hope
of permament peace rests, and I deem
this an opportune time and place to
invite you to enter a protest against
two organizations which are already
asking the support of the public. Both
of these organizations are officered
and manned by men of gTeat respect
ability. "One of these organizations has for
its object a large increase in the army
and navy. It has set for itself the
task of providing for the national se
curity and itis busily engaged in
minimizing force and effectiveness of
our army and navy in order to fur
nish arguments in favor of the en
largement of both. Ex-President
Roosevelt is the most potential fac
tor in this group and it is quite nat
ural that, on account of his promi
nence, his great ability and his ex
treme views, he should direct the gen
eral policy of the organization. He
discredits not only the intelligence,
but even the motives of those whom
he contemptuously describes as pa
cifists and advocates of "peace at any
price." He more than intimates that
they are physical cowards and that
their attitude on international ques
tions is due to fear of bodily injury.
"It is not necessary to answer Mr.
Roosevelt upon the low plane upon
which he pitches the controversy. It
is entirely possible to credit him with
the purest motives and the sincerest
patriotism, and yet resolutely oppose
the methods which he would employ
for the safeguarding of the country.
"Mr. Roosevelt might be excluded
from the list of the nation's advisers
on all matters relating to peace or
war, on the ground that he is so anx
ious to get into any contest that in
volves blood-letting he cannot be
trusted to deal with any phase of the
subject."
Mr. Bryan declared that Mr. Roose
velt's plan of making this nation "a
rival of the powers of the old world
in military and naval preparation"
would involve indefinite increase in
expenditure for ships and men "to be
continued so long as other nations
continue to increase."
Mr. Roosevelt's plan, Mr. Bryan
6aid, would make the United States
"a vast armory, with skull and cross
bones above the door, and the design
ing architect of the system will g6j
into and out in uniform with the
proud consciousness that our nation
no longer contains molly-coddles or
weaklings."
Mr. Bryan declared, however,, that
there was no danger of Mr. Roose
velts organization securing a numer
ous following -"when its real purpose
becomes known," and he urged the
laboring men of the country to see
that its purpose was clearly under
stood and give to the President as
surance of support "to counteract any
influencethat the jingoes may seek to
exert."
Of the other organization, with for
mer President Taft "its most conspic
uous sponsor," Mr. Bryan declared
that although Mr. Taft himself had
been prominently identified with the
cause of peace and men associated
with him in the organization "were at
least not antagonistic to peace," the
. idek that many persons may have had
text for the preparation which .Mr.
Roosevelt advises."
Mr. Bryan called attention to the
word "enforce" in the title of the
declaration in a speech by President
Lowell, of Harvard University, at the
recent Philadelphia meeting that it
was aimed to discourage war by "the
threat to use force."
"Their pian," said Mr. Bryan "is
to organize an international police
force which will compel peace and
compel it by the use of force. That
means that we shall make ourselves
partners with other nations in the Creator Himself.
OUR COUNTRY
(By Bruce Craven, in News and
Observer.)
It is not unusual in these times to
hear a group of American citizens
discussing the greatness of nations
without referring to their own land.
Just how any good can come from
personal opinions as to which nation
is greatest, is hard to perceive, but
a few plain facts might do some good.
It appears that there are many, many,
Americans whose souls are so dead
that they never say "this is my own,
my native land," and never stop to
think about it at all.
It is a common tenet of all philosO'
phers as well as all common sense,
that that man alone does good in the
world who produces something in the
world. It is the creation of wealth
or of new instruments of progress
that shows the greatness of a man or
nation, because in creativeness, in
actually making something new, he
comes closest to the power of the
waging of war. Before we can prom
ise to enter into partnership with
ether nations in future wars we must
repudiate the advice of Washington,
who warned us against entangling
alliances.' The American people will
be very slow to enter into any agree
ment which will involve us in the
quarrels of Europe.
"The plan would also involve a sur
render of the Monroe doctrine. We
could hardly enter into a settlement
of European disputes and at the same
time refuse to allow European nations
to take part in the settlement of dis
putes in the western hemisphere. The
American people will not look with
favor upon so revolutionary a change
in our national policy."
The speaker declared that the plan
proposed by the league would vest the
power to declare war in a group of
nations in which the United States
naturally would not exercise a con
trolling influence and he felt assured
he said, that it would be impossible
to secure a two-thirds majority in
Congress for a resolution proposing
the surrender of its rights to declare
war, or that three-fourths of the
States would approve such a consti
tutional amendment if the the resolu
tion passed Congress.
Still another objection was urged by
Mr. Bryan against the league's plan in
that it would be a departure from the
American position as "the friend of
all nations and the counselor of
many."
This declared Mr. Bryan, would im
pair our influence and jeapordize our
moral prestige.
"Listen not to those who measure
'world power' in units of force. We
have been a world power for more
than a century and we cannot afford
to exchange the moral influence which
we now have for the military glory
of all the empires that have risen and
fallen since time began. I appeal to
you, therefore, to remain true to the
ideals of the fathers. It remains for
the common people of today to make
known to the President their firm ad
herence to the principles which have
made us the foremost nation in the
advocacy of peace."
Which of the nations of the earth
produces the most wealth from the
soil every year in proportion to popu
lation? Which of the nations of the earth
in the past 139 years, which compris
es the History of the United States,
has produced the most creations such
as railroad building, telephones, elec
tric lights, the cotton gin, steam nav
igation, canal building, and all the
other things that tend to the actual
production of wealth and the im
provement of the condition of the
people?
Which of the nations in that time
has been the haven of the oppresssed
of all other nations who were in
search for a land where they might
be guaranteed the fruits of their own
labor ?
The answer to all these questions
is the United States of America, and
these are facts, not personal opinions.
It is not popular now to make such
an argument, and it is considered ev
idence of broadmindedness to run
down your own country and glorify
others, but I thank God there are
some Deople left who are so narrow-
minded that they still believe in the
nation that has been the synonym of
freedom and happiness through' the
test of a century in which the rest of
the world was cursed with wars and
poverty and tyranny. With our rec
ord in facts that we lead the world
in producing the things that make for
nroirresg and civilization, that advance
enligthenment and Christianity should
we begrudge to others tneir supenor-
tv in making the worst engines 01
destruction and the producing of the
most bloodshed and misery ?
If there ever was a time in our his
tory when our annual Independence
celebration should be genuine and en
thusiastic, it is in this year of 1915.
The man who does not.thank God now
that he is an American citizen, js not
fit to be-one.
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River section of that county.
These insects are known to science
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There are two races of these insects;
one, the seventeenth-year race, and
the other, th thirteen-year variety.
It is claimed that the 13-year variety
is the one that appears from time to
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THANK GOD FOR THE OCEANS!
There are eight great powers in the
world. When placed in alphabetical
order the list stands like this:
Austria-Hungary.
France.
Germany. '
Great Britain.
Italy.
Japan. .
United States.
They ar all at war save the United
States. We have no ungrauhed terri
torial ambitions, and no boundary dis
putes, and no commercial desires, the
fulfillment of which is sufficiently
threatened by the rivalry o other
Dowers to justify an appeal to arms,
We, are assured by our place in the
sun by 3,000 miles of sea on the east
of us and by more than 4,000 miles of
sea on the west of us. The cold salt
water leaves our shores and tempers
whatever war spirit there may be. It
makes our invasion of foreign lands
difficult and discourages foreign 'nB'
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of our shores.
Thank God fo the Oceans, and may
they never be reddened by the blood of
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