Arizona republican., 1916-09-01

elIlu lttDlc war. but lIllS IS not enough. The events of the past two years have shown that no people can | permanently preserve it's freedom un- less the people is trained to arms. | Above all, this is true of democracy The enjoyment of right must go hand | in hand with the performance of duty | Universal suffrage cannot be justi- | fled unless it oonnotes the perform ance by every voter of full duty to | the state both in peace and in war. The man who refuses to fit himself to fight in righteous war for his country is not fit to vote in that | country. We should follow the ex- amples of the free democracies of Switzerland and Australia. There should be in this country a system of universal obligatory military training | in time of peace. and in time of war | universal service in whatever capacity the man or woman shall be judged most fit to serve the commonwealth.
 The policies of Americanism and | preparedness. taken together. mean applied patriotism. There should be correla ton of policy and armament. Our first duty IS citizens of the United States is owed to the United States. But if we are true to our principles we must also think of serv- | ing the interests of mankind at large. Tn addition to serving our own coun- try we must shape the policy of our country so as to secure the cause of international righteousness, fair play and humanity Our first duty is to protect our own rights: our second, to stand up for the rights of others. 1 President Wilson has signally failed to perform either duty They can be nerformed only by deed Words alone are useless But, above all, fine words about abstract qualities which are contradicted by unworthy deeds in concrete cases are much worse than useless, because they teach us habits of hypocricy, and because they cause other nations to regard US with utter contempt. President Wilson in his Decoration Day speech said: We hold dear the principle that small and weak states have as much right to their sovereignty and independence as large and strong nations" These were the fine words. Thev were spoken about the abstract. When il became his duty to reduce them tC deeds in the concrete. Mir Wilson i'm ,, nediately fIinched. The ease of Bel eium exactly met his definition. l was q small and weak state (and ; : highly civilized and wenbehavet | | state.O Its right to sovereignty ant independence" was trampled unde foot by a ncighboring large anG ;, strong nation" But as soon as tn need for deeds arose, Mir. Wilson for , | got all about "the principle he hell : | dear" He promptly announced tha z l we should be neutral in fact IS wei . as in name. in thought as well as il l. | action" between the small, weak. un = offending nation and the large, stron n 1 nation which was robbing 1t of II z 1 sovereignty and independence. Suc' neutrality has been compared to tn o | neutrality of Pontius Pilate. This i . unjust to Pontius Pilate who at leas gently urged moderation on tn
 wrongdoers. The presidents fin words were used merely to cloak ie noble action and ignoble inaction. A
 Americans proud of their countr should keenly resent the wrong h
 hereby did their country. As n
 American with exceptional interna tional knowledge has said: ".
 single official expression hv the gov
 arrment Of the United States. singl sentence denying assent and record
 ing disapproVal of what Germany di
 in Belgium. would have given to tn
 people of America that leadership
 which they were entitled in thei taarnest groping for the light.
 would have ranged behind America
 leadership the conscience and moral ity of the neutral world. It woul
 have brought to American diplOmac
 he respect and strength of loyalt
 to a great cause. But it was not
 Ne. Tie American government faile
 so rise to the demands of the grei
 occasion"
 At this moment MT. Wilson, an
 Mir Wilson's fuglemen. advance as h.
 greatest claim that "he has kept T
 out of war This claim can be seri
 ously made orly by individuals wt
 endorse President Wilson's belief thf
 deeds are nothing. and words every
 thing. War means a clash betwee
 the armed forces of two countrie
 Nowadays (thanks quite as much
 the professional pacifists as to tf
 miltarists) it means. furthermore. tf
 destruction of the lives of civilian
 and the property of civilians. as we
 as the property of the governmen
 Under President Mckinley we had war with Spain. Under Pres'del Wilson we are assured that we haN had peace" with Mexico These al the words. Now for the deeds. Dul ing the war with Spain fewer Amer cans were killed hv the Spaniart
 
 during the present peace" with Mel ico. Let me repeat this. A great' number of Americans have been kllt bv Mexicans during these years. whe we are officially informed that V have hecn at peace with them. tha were killed by the Spaniards durir our entire war with Spain. Nor over, when the war with Spain w; through, it was through. But pea' still continues to rage as furiously
 eyer in Mexico Nor is this all. IT
 instant effect of the outcome of u
 war with Spain was to put stop
 the dreadful butcherv and starvatit
 in Cuta and the Philippines and Il
 entry of both Cuba and the Philil
 pines on a career of eighteen years
 peace and prosperity such as thu
 have never known before in all the
 checkered history But during the
 three years of MT. Wilson's peace
 the Mexicans themselves have be-
 5utchered by their own bandits stea
 ilv and without intermission; al
 Mexican women and children ha
 died bv thousands - probably
 scores of thousands-of starvatio
 and of the diseases incident to sta
 vation. In other words. MT. Mcki
 lev's war cost less bloodshed than N Wilson's peace; and it reflected hi
 honor on the American peopl
 whereas MT. Wilson's peace has be one of shame ard dishonor for t
 American people, and ont of ruin al bloodshed for the MeXicans ther