"GOOD FOR AUSTRALIA."

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13869, 10 September 1915, Page 3

"GOOD FOR AUSTRALIA."

During his whirlwind tour through California Colone'i Theodore Roosevelt. ox-President of the United States, spent four days at the Panama Exposition at San > Francisco (writes the correspondent of the Sydney "Daily Telegraph"), and paid an unexpected visit to the Australian pavilion, where he was received by Mr George Oughtr.n, secretary of the pavilion, and by Mr C. F. Harrison, a well-known Australian wool expert. The distinguished statesman kept the Australian officials, busy replying;to a battery- of questions, and made special inquiries as to Australia's system of military training, and. spoke in terms of extreme admiration of Australian legislation. Colonel. Roosevelt paid a second visit to the Australian pavilion on the third day, when he was greeted by the band of the Australian Cadets, drawn up in front of the pavilion, with the presentation colours of the United States and Australia. Addressing the cadets. Colonel Roosevelt said: "I wish to say a word to you, lads.- You are the representatives of that type of training in Australia which I earnest! y hope tho United States will borrow from your country-^the 'great Commonwealth .of (the Southern Seas. Australia has realised that no man is fit to Vote unless he is willing to fight for the defence of his country. And in 'Australia every woman votes as well as every man. The Australian woman j knows that she is not true wife or; mother unless her husband and son are fit and ready to defend their homes. Nothing is of any worth to them than cannot embrace with it national honour and patriotism. You will realise that an unrighteous peace is just as evil as an unrighteous war. It is the bounden duty of all peoples and the basis of all democracies to show that they can combine decency and strength, that 'they can comhjne ropect for the rights of others with tho power to insist upon respect being paid to their own rights. I greet you, young men of Australia, and, through you, I congratulate your Commonwealth upon the showing she has made both in peace and in war. Good for j you I Good for Australia!" Three i cheers were then given for Colonel j Roosevelt," and tne Australian Cadets I followed it with their cadet yell and a. j loud "Coo^e," '■•That sounds . like. i home/ shouted the colonel, as he hurried away. Later, he promised to visit Australia and New Zealand on his j next, world tour.