Arizona republican., 1916-05-07

general which gave spirit and impulse to her founders, she will have lost her title deeds to her own nationality
 ''So it is to my mind a very happy circumstance that here in the capital of the nation, in this home of yonr own building, you should meet every year in order to keep bright the fires that have always burned upon this al- tar of devotion to human rights"
 Mrs. Barnes devoted a portion of her report to actual business. She gave the actual membership at 1896, 7,539 of which are new members; 8S0 have been dropped for non- payment of dues and one has been expelled.
 She reported the clearing of $100, 900 of deht in three years, leaving $25, 900 now owing on the building.
 Hudson Maxim member of the naval advisory board and eminent inventor told the American nation through the Daughters of the American Revolution that it stood face to face with a situa- tion now that may mean war. that 1t was pitifuliy unprepared, and that if 1 it listened to the dictates of pacifists, and failed on the other hand to stand up and prepare, the foreign enemy would invade American soil and find there q helpless nation.
 MT. Maxim launched a whitening broadsde against Henry Ford, the pacifist. and compared him to Attila, both of whom, declared MT. Maxim, neither love literature. music. art or | the finer things of life
 If Ford succeeds he said. ''it will take a million of the finest American boys to repair his mistake"
 He qualified his address in saying he was not for war but for prepara = ton against war. and that protection of this nation could only be had by preparing to resist invasion.
 MT. Maxim was principal speaker or the program last night. He was pre- ceded by Director of the Pan-Ameri- can Union John Barrett and by John Beaver White. director in America Of the Belgian relief commission.
 The Lilliputians of pacifism have been feeding Uncle Sam the nectar of cannons over there Gin Europe) have finally walked him up. He looks for his dog Sneider. but Sneider is dead. He looks for his gun. It is rusted.
 Men of experience and knowledge agree with me when I say America is unprepared. while other nations of Flu ! rope are exceedingly prepared.
 The history of nations has always shown that the nation which is rich and defenseless always falls prey to the nations which are prepared and who are predatory"
 Mir. Maxim denounced the pacifists, and declared that if they succeed in what they aim for calamity will come on America. And if we struggle for national defense" he added "and don't get it war is going to come all the same"
 Referring to the Mexican question Mr. Mayim said that we have no rights if we have no right to defend them
 feature of Thursday morning session was a vigorous criticism oi those whom Mrs. Story charged with circulating false rumors assiduously promulgated' in regard to the nation wide collection of Belgian relief com. mites through the sale of flags. IT this connection was read a communi. cation from a high state official oi Ohio holding that it was not against the Ohio flag law to display the Amer , ican flag on the Belgian relief commis. sion flag arrangement which was solt on April s.
 Over sl00.00e was reported as the re suit of the sale of flags for the Belgian relief work by Daughters. [ The reception at the White Hous, , Thursday afternoon was so well at tended that the line was one of tn, longest seen at the White House thi season.
 The closing feature of the congress which adjourned at midnight, was tn showing of moving picture film en tilted Preparedness"
 | The daughters went on record a this congress in firm support of na lional preparedness and keen interes Q