Arizona republican., 1916-06-08


 lization. We stand or fall as we pre- pare to take our part in peace or war and hold our own therein.
 As members of an international com munity we are subject to certain basic duties:
 To secure the rights of our citizens at home and abroad;
 To guard the honor and uphold the just influence of our nation; To maintain the integrity of interna- tional law. These are the corner stones of civilization. We must be strong to defend them.
 The present war shows that it is the supreme duty of civilization to ere ate conditions which will make peace permanent. Our country must be able and ready to take it's part in that work. The peace which we desire for our country is not the peace of sub mission and cowardice, but the peace of justice. War and it's evils will not be done away with by suffering in- justice to ourselves or others, nor by pledging ourselves to drastic action for international right if we do not pre- pare the force which would sustain such action. We can perform our rightful part in promoting permanent international peace only by a willing ness and a prepared ability to defend our own rights and the rights of other nations. We earnestly desire to keep ethe peace. But there are higher things that we must Keep as Washington and Lincoln kept them for us
 Adequate provision for the common defence has become the task of fore most national concern. We must be ready in spirit, arms and industry Preparation in arms requires:
 A navy once more second in battle efficiency;
 A regular army of 250,00O men, fully armed and trained, as a first liBe of land defense;
 A system of military training ade- quate to organize with promptness be- hind the first line of the army and na- wy, a citizen soldiery, supplied, armed and controlled by the national govern ment.
 (A) In our democracy every male
 citizen is charged with the duty of
 defending his country. This duty is
 not new. It has existed from the foundation of the government. Under
 present conditions it cannot be per
 formed without military training. It
 is not necessary that this training should be so extensive as to interfere
 with the ordinary pursuits of the cit
 izens, but it should be systemattical
 efficient, provision being made for , other kinds of public service by those
 with honest, conscientious scruples or , physical disabilities. A voluntary sys- tenn in effect gives opportunity for mil
 itary training only to those who are } we'll to do. We should have the sor of the workman and the son of the ricl man trained side by side A universa system under the control of the feder- 5 al government which will provide ade quately for our defense; promote eff ciency in time of peace and develop a
 nothing else can, that essential of goot : citizenship-the ideal of personal ser { vice for national ends.
 z We should therefore give to ever < citizen the opportunity to secure a z the expense of the federal governmen ( sufficient training to perform thi s duty with efficiency
 q We stand for peace, not war. w s believe in preparedness for defense
 not for aggression. We should nc . sacrifice the lives of men for the glor z or gain of military conquest. w . therefore, desire that the women c 5 the country, who bear and rear it
 soldiers and make and keep it's home.
 ! ell hat ha full ;uI,. r "a suffrage.
 Arms alone cannot maintain a ma l. tion of far greater and pre- -eminer v importance must stand a national ir 5t a dustry, efficient for the general we ls fare and prosperity justly distribute = a national life organized in all poin r. for national ends. -Four years az ,f this party was born of nation '- awakened sense of these fundament k truths. In the platform then adoptt sf We set forth our position on publ a questions. We here re-affirm the 1f declarations They are made on ni ,11 tionai issues. A nation to survive mu '@ stand for the principles of social al
 industrial justice. We cannot perm ., the oppression of any class and e h pect of that class high ideals. of pa ,2 riotism. We must protect the wa ,t earner. the developer of country Ii A and remove artificial causes of t ,s ,s high cost of living. A country mu ,22 be worth living in to be worth dyi 'A for.
 .A A To make possible social justice. '7s maintain our position in peace a es' war we must insure business and i