Arizona republican., 1916-10-08
An Old Circus Act

President Wilson in his speech at Omaha said: 'But Europe should understand us" We holding off tfrom war, the subject under discussion by the president) because when use the force of this nation want to know what we are using it for. There is much fight in America in any nation in the world. We always to hold the force of America to fight for the rights of mankind and not for the rights property But in fighting for these things we want to know what the touchstone is"
 All this brings back old circus clown act or turn" which discarded believe many years ago. It inseparable from the ring. Every circus had it. Two clowns engaged in a quarrel and one proposed fight. The other accepted the challenge and advanced The challenger running another part of the ring and pushing his sleeves, progressively made a stand until his antagonist approached again Not here" cried the challenger running to another spot come over here and we'll fight"
 Europe already understands us Mexico under stands There is civilized nation in the world under any illusions concerning America present time. They all know that will fight They have reason to believe that transgressiOn against the lives citizens the property of citizens could provoke us to fight That is bad reputation for a man or boy or a nation to have It subjects to indignity, abuse loss and death
 Mexico proved by slow degrees that would fight. that our government was only a bowhard and when Mexico satisfied on that point Mexico pro- ceeded with the slaughter of citizens the fscation of their property. Mexico having demon strated concusvey that we would fight either the lives the property of citizens Germany no risk and took risk in blowing up the Lusitana, the Falaba and other vessels bearing American cit izens Great Britain also convinced that America der the present administration would fight has curtailed rights the sea. has held up mails nd has blacklist n Ou SO that some American citizens are now afraid to trade with other American citizens. England established a commercial suzerainty over the United States and a tyranny the And still the time has not come for America to fight
 There never any danger of being called upon to fight until Mexico had proved supineness. Un- der a Roosevelt a Cleveland or a Hughes Mexico would not have put to that test which ended shamefully and was followed by such a train of dis aster and disgrace Germany would have sunk 11S American citizens the Lusitana. Great Britain would have observed with respect the United States the rules and regulations of the Our neutral rights and the rights of weak would have been re- spected if we had only been decently firm in dealing with Mexico. Not drop of blood need to have been shed: a life lost.
 In the statement of Mir Wilson. We want always Co hold the force of America to fight for the rights of mankind and not for the rights of property" have echo of Bryanism. Mir Wilson has wanted to do nothing of the We have exercised force in deal ing with Mexico twice for averaging a trans gression against the rights of mankind at Columbus New Mexico but never have we exercised 1t for the protection of the rights of mankind anywhere. The only other time have exercised force was for the protection of the rights of property property the Standard oil company Tampico