Arizona republican., 1916-06-08

the few ZealotS Of any origin who vio- late our neutrality do not. and can the division of American sentiment relating to foreign affairs, Senator Harding discussed breifly the MeXi- can problem. Tt must be said, fors the truths sake and clearer under standing, we have hungered in vain for that unllinching Americanism at Washington which is needed to exalt the American soul, he declared. There is lie geographic modification of Amer ican rights. They are the same in Mexico that tl;ey are on the high seas, they arc the same in EIprope that they are in Asia, ana are sacred every where and the American spirit de- mands their fullest protection.
 "Whatever the ultimate solution may be history will write Mexico as the title to the humiliating recital of the greatest f:ascC in our foreign rela- tions Uncertainty, instability, MaXi- can contempt and waning sef-respect will be recorded in every chapter, and the pitiable story of sacrificed Ameri- can lives and the destruction of law i fully-held American property will em- | rhazise The mistaken policy of watch 1 ful waiting and wobhling warfare. i Under the pretext of non n-interfer
 ence the democratic administration iniserably meddled. In the name of peace that same administration en- couraged revolution, and the cost of American sacrifices was charged to ! needless war on Huerta, where the real American expenditure required only the voice of authority demanding protection to American rights. The unbiased critic will recite that the Democratic administration first cod dled Villa as patriot then chased him as bandit
 Respecting Americas course with Europe the temporary chairman as serted that no political party could draw variable chart for our ship of state amid Europe's warning am bitions."
 Justice" he continued. points the
 way through the safe channel of neu- | trality. There are dangers, seeming or real, looming on every side. but we
 should feel secure along the course
 marked by international law and our
 own conscientious convictions of American rights. Straight ahead shall
 be the command, and when peace
 comes the sober judgment of the
 world will exalt us ever higher and
 higher as a people strong in heart and
 nc ble in the espousal of justice and
 justices humanity. In that world
 wide respect and confidence which
 needs only to be preserved, we shall
 have 2. lofty place in the great recon
 struction, and we reasonably may hope to see this mighty republic again minis
 tering tc. the reestablshment of peace and all it's precious blessings"
 In connection with foreign affairs
 tke senator also discussed widened
 relationships os the United States de-
 claring that if this government is to
 urge the worlds attention to interna-
 tional justice and to become the agency of progressive civilization it must assume the responsibilities of influ-
 erce and example and accept the bur-
 Gens of enlarged participation. The
 
 l potential man or the potential nation.
 Moreover, the Monroe doctrine, strong CT for a ce1tury's maintenance fixes
 an obligation of new world sponsor ship and old-world relationship Our part must not be dictatorial. it must he trusted leadership in fraternity of American republics"
 The senator declared America had been negligent concerning it's own de- l fierce and had been dwelling in fancied rather than real security and should } need the warning in bleeding Europe Republicans, he said, believed in ade- l ouate national defense. The demo- cratic party he insisted. interrupted 7 when the republicans were building tc [ nigh rang among the naval powers T shall not say that it is ours tc
 have the greatest navy in the world. f sail the senator but noting the elim- l ination of distance and the passing O