Arizona republican., 1916-01-07
[ Republican A. p. Leased Wirel


 Fl. PASO. Tex Jan. 6.-GeneraI Ja- cintu Trevino arrived at Juarez from C'hihuahua City today to assume miH tary jurisdiction on the border from Brownsville. Texas to Hachita, \. NJ. under the new title of commander of the northeastern corps of the Mexican army.
 General TreVino under a re-organi- zation of the de facto governments forces now in progress will have mili- tary command, il is said of the states of Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon. Tamauli- pas, Coahuila. Zacatecas and Durango.
 Upon his arrival with General Luis Herrera from the west coast. General Trevino dispatched 1900 cavalry troops to the Guerrero district west of Casas ! Grandes, Chihuahua. to begin a cam paien to eXterminate General Villa and 1 his band.
 With the special train which brought Trevino and five hundred men of his guard. arrived a score of merchants to i bUy goods and renew acquaintance of 1 families eNiled during the Villa re- eime
 A number of mining companies to- dav announced intentions of return raptwous ovation. members of all ! sides standing and cheering. while ] the galleries could with difficulty he restrained from joining in the en- ! thusiasm.
 An analysis of the vote showed that the government had held the great bulk of the liberal and conservative vote. The Irish nationaliSts had voted against the bill but the Irish unioniSts supported the measure and the 0Brienites took no part in the division.
 The minority showed sprinl5ling of liberal members. the most notable being John Burns. the former cahi- net member. A number of Ianor members also voted with the oppo- stion.
 Mr. Ralfours closing speech was
 the one notable feature of the de- bate
 This measure he declared, was not designed to settle the military policy of Great Britain. II was the present occasion and the present war.
 "I have never favored couscriptior
 in any form" said the first lord
 but il is no longer an abstrac question We are dealing with { stern reality. First, the prime min ister has given a pledge for this bill I which it would he dishonorable to ig ! nore. and second, the safety and sue cess of the country is at stake Le l me say with the greatest emphasi that those of us who know the con s ditions in the field. know that thi = bill is absolutely essential 10 tn proper carrying on of the war.
 If this house refuses this bill t 1 the government. it refuses what tn
 government considers an absolut
 military necessity. This is not - precedent for universal conscriptior IL is not the thin edge of the wedg, !, or the first drop of poison to corrup our whole system. In truth thi Q bill is tribute to voluntarism. fo
 We have raised six million volunteer f and now this bill is a tribute | ., voluntarism. for we have raised si - million volunteers and now this bi 7, merely brings in those few shirker
 who have failed to respond to tn :. volunteer system
 No future prime minister can eye '. use this bin as a precedent for per h manently fixing on the country th
 taint of Prussian militarism. Niutar ism is an affair of the heart. and a is in the hearts of the German pee 7 pie to have militarism while it is o the hearts of E,nglishmen not
 have it. But for the moment we ar
 dealing with a stern necessity an if our greatest danger is not that trad Q lions will be abandoned but that W are ulling ourselves with d gres illusion of false security"