Arizona republican., 1916-08-10
PREPAREDNESS POLICY AN INADEQUATE ONE
 Hughes
Charles E. Hughes

showing inefficiency of the first mag nitude."
 The administration embargo on arms to Mexico was criticised as fast and loose-no policy"
 T don't think it d rash statement" the nominee said, q think it is war ranted by the facts to say that any American soldier killed in Mexico is killed by American bullets that we have let go over the border"
 Mir Hughes referred to an address to the senate by Senator Lewis of Illi- nOis.
 He didn't like some statements of mine,' the nomine said. They dis tressed him. l am glad of it. That was the intention, but there wasn't a word in what 1 said that he or anybody else could answer"
 The punitive expedition to Mexico, Mir. Hughes said. was only called puni- tive.
 "I'he only punishment inflicted was punishment inflicted on ourselves" he said. We punished nobody else"
 A large proportion of the nominees S address was devoted to reiteratlon of hlS views on the need for industrial CO., operation and preparation for com- mercial competition by Europe after the wal.
 In his speech at the Auditorium here tonight. Mir. Hughes said in part:
 "I am strong party man. 1 be- lieve in party organization as an es- sential agency of republican govern ment But 1 believe in party organ ization as the servant of democratic people; and l stand as the representa- = tive of a party in order that through the essential instrumentality l may serve all the men and women of the United States.
 'I believe that there is no reason- able man in the progressive party and no devout and strong organization man in the republican party who holds to the great ideals of the heroes and pros perity and efficiency of this nation who cannot, with q good conscience support my candidacy.
 We have come from many lands Here in the northwest we know that Americanism is d thing of the spirit and not of the flesh. Wherever man is born, if he is a naturalized American citizen, he is heartily an American citizen, with American ideals. with American hopes. ready to give, live anc die for the United States.
 T desire to see a reinforcement oi | tl6 AIleIlCdD sentiment Tn that con sciousness of unity which displaces al | possibility of diversion. We must hay, that inner feeling of intense loyalty | What is there to divide us? We are g united people, and only through tha dominant sense of unity and of loyaltl ! can we find the force and motive powe which will make us an efficient nation l ready to cope with the problems of tn ! twentieth century.
 There was no excuse for permittin. our regular army to remain at so lov a point that it could not perform mill tary duty, without summoning me- i unprepared for service from the lengt and breadth of the land. This is no a spectacle of prepared nation. Ina is condition for which I hold the ad ministration responsible.
 Consider for moment the facts. l
 was only about year and half az
 that certain patriotic citizens were di
 recting attention to the need of pre-
 paredness, to the need of the enlarge
 ment of our regular army. And tn president of the United States formal
 expressed his opinion that such per
 sons were nervous, excited, that theI
 was no real occasion for alarm, tha
 there were no conditions which mad Continued on Page Two)