Arizona republican., 1916-03-01
Our Latest Recession.


 It seems quite superfuous, if not quite ridiculous, for President Wilson keep assuring the country in speeches and interviews that he is blood thirsty; that he finds pleasure in mtruing his hands the gore foreigners spreading desolation over their lands and otherwise altering the face of nature Mr Wilson assures from time to time that he would resort extreme measures only in the way of resentment of sights upon our national honor or the attenuaed fragment of national honor that after three years of exposure. At that slight, Mir. Wilson draws the line There he will make stand-untl the next day.
 Our national honor has been more frequently and fagrantly sighted during the present administration than it had been for more than century, to be pre- 2ise-for 1O4 years since foreign foe captured the national capital and destroyed the public buildings The sights of national honor have suffered are the fault of ourselves We have taught those dis posed slight and who had some interest in do- ing it that it could be done with impunity. We have aso unnecessarily exposed national honor. We have foolishly it on our sleeve without the strength the heart defend it. And, then we have pocketed it. It has become very sorry na- tional honor
 Germany has made it plain that the execution of it's announced submarine program will begin on the date set today, despite protests. That pro-
  again wearing our national honor sleeve, per haps too ostentatiousy We took unnecessarily high ground: stood stilts. We climbing down. nervously" unpinning nationa, honor, pre- raratory pocketing it again and retiring. Ger many is going to be so will be. We 100 proud to fight little thing like that. After all our national honor is only scrap of paper and scraps of paper just receiving very much consideration anywhere in the world
 We not retiring gracefully might We moving away growing half in anger and half in fear There is some dignity in absolute si- lence, and our state department though not as loud and determined it week is still not silent It is using language for the saving of it's face. We have decided that will let Germany sink armed enemy merchantmen. but Germany will be asked by us-sometime-to prove that they offensively armed That is burden which, doubt, Germany would in the matter of fact way that Germany marched into Belgium. If Ger many should be called upon for proof. the line would first have to be drawn between offensive and defensive armament. That has never been done.
 Though will probably not Americans to keep off of armed merchantmen according to the dispatches of yesterday morning, this government will not likely make international affair of the violent death of an American who may happen to be aboard such a vessel That seems to be sufficient warning in view of the fact that do not make a, fearful fuss about anything. The American passenger must therefore take his chances when he boards a beligerent vessel whether it be armed offensvely defensively. If Germany is unable to make dis tincton between offensive and defensive armament, how is the American citizen to do so?
 In stating long undisputed fact the state depart draws very fine and futile line It admits that defensively armed vessel loses it's immunity when it offers resistance; then it may be sunk without question At the time, of course the immunity of American citizens who happen to be aboard such resisting vessel is lost and those who go with
 defensively armed vessel will find the water just wet and deep if they had gone down with an of fensively armed vessel.
 Our government has made series of blunders One was in failing in the beginning to recognize esental change in methods of fighting pro- duced by the advent of the submarine If we had stuck firmly to that blunder it would been ter than to do have done for we have com promised and granted half recognition of the change Our most serious blunder and chronic been cur failure, to occupy firmly any stand we have Taken. right wrong.