Arizona republican., 1915-10-14
The Senator from Arizona Sounds Stirring Warning of Dangers of Unprepar- edness and Appeal for Proper Defenses AN APPEAL FOR
 AMERICAN LABOR Says Most Metal and Fuel Mines of Country Oper- ated by Aliens Whose Sympathies Are With the Native Lands
Especial to The RepubIicanl

WASHINGTON. Oct. 13-A stirring
 warning of the dangers of unprepared-
 ness and a thrilling appeal to the na-
 tion's legislators to provide proper de-
 fense to protect this country's honor
 from blemish and to secure it's shores
 against foreign invasion was made by
 Senator Henry F. Ashurst, of Pres
 colt, Arizona, at the National Pre-
 paredness Luncheon of the Navy
 League at the New Willard hotel
 Mir. Ashurst also made q vigorous appeal for American labor in America s
 mines and fOundries. He drew atten- ton to the fact that most of the mines
 in this country from which our sup
 plies of metal and fuel are drawn are operated by aliens whose sympathies in case of war would naturally be with
 the countries of their birth Should war break out, he declared. nothing could prevent these men from doing incalculable damage and crippling the entire metal and fuel productions of our country, which would be so ma terially needed
 MT. Ashurst'S speech is as follows.
 With our nation leading in com merce, wealth. enlightenment and christianity, with our nation teaching the other powers of the earth lessons in true moral courage. justice and magnanimity, and with our country setting the world an example in mod eration, forbearance and prudence, our people calmly discuss the means that will keep our nation in the paths of peace and security.
 If the man who gives his family over to the dangers and Vicissitudes of 51~.I- of censure and scorn, how much greater should be the contempt and censure for the public servant who. sworn to protect and defend his coun- try neglects his duty evades his obl- gations, and exposes not only his fam fly but his constituency-indeed his entire nation, to the dangers of con quest. defeat and degradation. To ne- glect ones liberty is to lose it; to ne glect ones country is to perish with it.
 "The 63rd congress with its un- parelleled record of constructive leg islation, acting under the leadership of the president of the United States and upon the report of the secretary of the navy. authorized a cOnstruC- ton of additional dreadnaughtS de stroyers. submarines and other neces- sary craft: for, while it is easy and pleasing to indulge in self deception md thus evade the unWelcome thought 0f national defeat or degradation. if IS neither wise. judicious nor states manlike to do so. It is wiser and safer to be on guard and preclude all possibility of danger than to hide our 'ears of danger in the secret recesses of our closets.
 The world seems out of joint just now, and it is better for us to be sure than sorry. In a day of trouble We can not instantaneously convert sleepy fat assurances into national se- ,urity Men may be heroes, but un- ess they are drilled their heroism will nd only in unavailing martyrdom Dur caverns and mountains are filled with copper and iron ore, but these be instantly metamorphosed lto battleships. Preparation ahd vigi- ance only can work the necessary changes. Men do not ascend to emi- lence. strength and power by a single cap nor by growth overnight. It is nly by steady tread that man moves ID the rugged path to success. Those vho reach eminence and distinction are hose who subject their lives to the fierce fires of intellectual and phy- lcal endeaNOr. success ana eIIlcleilCN ome only after many years of anxious triving and long sustained effort. So t is with a nation. It holds it's place nd preserves it's liberty only by lever becoming careless and by never and undertaking an opponent. Ever since the days of the children of Joah men have sought to build them
 tower which they might ascend and hus escape the hardships of this world. But such cannot be. Under
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