Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James Lane Pennypacker
Theodore Roosevelt thanks James Lane Pennypacker for the friendly letter and will use the language he suggests in an upcoming speech in Saint Louis, Missouri. However, he has often used this language but cannot make the public pay attention. Roosevelt cannot be neutral between Germany and Belgium as no one should be neutral between right and an “immensely powerful wrong.” He would have denounced the British or French just as quickly if they had acted like Germany.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1916-05-27