PUBLICATIONS OF THE ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION II. ROOSEVELT IN THE KANSAS CITY STAR COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION INC. R. J. CUDDIHY ARTHUR W. PAGE MARK SULLIVAN E. A. VAN VALKENBURG [Illustration: _Theodore Roosevelt and W. R. Nelson_] ROOSEVELT IN THE KANSAS CITY STAR WAR-TIME EDITORIALS BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RALPH STOUT _Managing Editor of The Star_ [Illustration] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1921 COPYRIGHT, 1917, 1918, AND 1919, BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY RALPH STOUT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS INTRODUCTION, BY RALPH STOUT xiii DR. FITZSIMONS’S DEATH, SEPTEMBER 17, 1917 1 BLOOD, IRON, AND GOLD, SEPTEMBER 23, 1917 2 THE GHOST DANCE OF THE SHADOW HUNS, OCTOBER 1, 1917 5 SAM WELLER AND MR. SNODGRASS, OCTOBER 2, 1917 8 BROOMSTICK PREPAREDNESS, OCTOBER 4, 1917 10 THE BONDHOLDERS AND THE PEOPLE, OCTOBER 7, 1917 12 FACTORIES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP, OCTOBER 10, 1917 13 PILLAR-OF-SALT CITIZENSHIP, OCTOBER 12, 1917 16 BROOMSTICK APOLOGISTS, OCTOBER 14, 1917 18 THE LIBERTY LOAN AND THE PRO-GERMANS, OCTOBER 16, 1917 20 A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER, OCTOBER 18, 1917 23 NOW HELP THE LIBERTY LOAN, OCTOBER 20, 1917 25 A SQUARE DEAL FOR THE TRAINING CAMPS, OCTOBER 21, 1917 26 THE PASSING OF THE CRIPPLE, OCTOBER 23, 1917 28 THE PEACE OF COMPLETE VICTORY, OCTOBER 23, 1917 30 FIGHTING WORK FOR THE MAN OF FIGHTING AGE, OCTOBER 25, 1917 32 WISE WOMEN AND FOOLISH WOMEN, OCTOBER 27, 1917 34 WHY CRY OVER SPILT MILK? OCTOBER 28, 1917 36 SAVE THE FOODSTUFF, OCTOBER 30, 1917 38 ON THE FIRING LINE, OCTOBER 31, 1917 40 NINE TENTHS OF WISDOM IS BEING WISE IN TIME, NOVEMBER 1, 1917 42 WE ARE IN THIS WAR TO THE FINISH, NOVEMBER 2, 1917 43 SINISTER ALLIES, NOVEMBER 3, 1917 45 THE NEW YORK MAYORALTY ELECTION, NOVEMBER 8, 1917 47 GERMAN HATRED OF AMERICA, NOVEMBER 13, 1917 49 START THE SYSTEM OF UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING AT ONCE, NOVEMBER 17, 1917 52 A FIFTY-FIFTY WAR ATTITUDE, NOVEMBER 20, 1917 54 THE GERMANIZED SOCIALISTS AND PEACE, NOVEMBER 26, 1917 56 MOBILIZE OUR MAN POWER, DECEMBER 1, 1917 58 THE LANSDOWNE LETTER, DECEMBER 2, 1917 60 THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE, DECEMBER 5, 1917 62 FOUR BITES OF A CHERRY, DECEMBER 7, 1917 64