American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1915-07-10

greatest nation on earth--are bearing
fruit and bringing about a betterment
I of things. But we must not be un-
mindful of the fact that with all the
great institutions established for the
| betterment of man there still exists
with many a desire to do evil to their
| fellows And 1t will be so for ages to
come, but ultimately what God intends
this county to accomplish will be ac-
complished when the time comes for
| liberty, truth and freedom for all the
world such as has been planted on
the soil of this country. l believe
that liberty and freedom will spread
from this land until II covers the
whole earth.
IL thank God | was born under the
Stars and Stripes, and II there ever
was time in the history OF the world
when every American should thank
their God they are living under that
emblem II is now. II is not generally
known, but that emblem Is the Oldest
among the emblems of the great ma
tons today. The red and yellow OF
Spain was designed in 1875. the
French tricolor in 1891; the English
Union Jack in 1901; Italy's emblem
was created in 1867, and the tricolor
of Germany in 1871, and the Russian
flag Is of recent origin, while the only
modification of the Stars and Stripes
since It was first arranged Is the ad-
dition of a new star for every new
state. For the last few years, certain
people and organizations, who feel
that everything should be changed
ctrnuuInH ~ haUn NnnuraCS
change Old Glory. But so long as
am able | shall oppose It. love her
stars and stripes, every one. AS |
see II In my country and in foreign
countries, there Is nothing so beauti-
full. She represents more than wealth
of the country, more than the union
of forty-eight states. She represents
the greatest, the true form OF govern
ment as God intended II to be I'm this
world
81 know your hearts 20 out to the
people of Europe who are struggling
under this wicked and unjustifiable
war, but so long as there is selfish
ness in man, so long as there is
spirit of ACKNOWLEDGMENT In man,
am afraid there will be wars. l look
for this war in Europe to be over
when the nations have exhausted
their resources and not before.
This Is not to be the last war, how
ever, II | read history Alright. l can't
see yet the dawning Of an era when
peace will cover the world, but what
a glorious day 1t would be II that time
should come But / am afraid that
the world is not prepared for 1t. For
that reason / look ut my countrys
position today and am fearful that the
great mass Of people do not realize
the situation. Let US look into the
sues. Let US abandon the high spirit
Of the braggart and get to the facts.
Gould our navy meet and destroy
feet OF first-class power? Could
II command the sea and maintain our
rights and sovereignty Of the Panama
Canal and enforce the Monroe doc
trine? There is not soul who knows
conditions but who would be COM
PEELED to answer no-a thousand times
no. We are unprepared for It. l
, don't mean that we should be prepar-
, ed for war, but prepared to maintain
peace.
Look at the spectacle Of poor
China, nation OF 400,000,000 people
and completely at the dictation OF a
little next door neighbor. II stands
like dough baby with no power OF
| resistance.
IL know that we are short OF cruis-
ers, those swift boats which are the
eyes OF the navy. We are short of
submarines, transports and Golfers
and ammunition for war. We have
not, In fact, enough ammunition on
hand for the United States to keep
what few guns she has In an engage
ment for two hours. hate TO talk
about H.
They say million men would rush
TO the colors At the first call. But
what would be done with a million
men? Pile them up to be shot at?
we have no rifles for them. 1t would
be nothing less than slaughter.
Every secretary Of war for the last
twenty years has called attention to
this fact. but we have made little
Roadway. Don't think | am a man of
war. On the contrary, am a man
OF peace and would do all in my pow
er to prevent war, and ! don't believe
we are going into war. You must
! remember that Congress declares
war, and ! don't believe there Is a
bakers dozen in either house that has
an idea of getting this nation into
war.
What | want is navy big enough
to defend and not to offend. | don't
want to add lands or power, but
want all other nations to keep away
from our America. We ought to learn
many lessons from this war, aud II
had my way the United states now
would be building submarines, not for
offensive purposes but for defensive
to defend our shores from Invaders.
This war has demonstrated beyond all
question OF a doubt the efficiency OF
the submarine.
In closing the Senator made a
strong prayer for peace and begged
the people TO pray for peace and teach
patriotism and loyalty to the flag.
The afternoon sports consisted of
races and a free dance for the chill
dren, ball game, races for the
grown ups, bucking horse contest
and wrestling match, The relay
race was won by the married men,
| Aaron Alfred, John Price and Basil
| Dorton defeated three unmarried men.