Arizona republican., 1916-04-18
FORCE ONLY IN HUMANITY AID
 SAYS WILSON
Republican A. p. Leased Wlrel

WASHINGTON, April 17-In an address welcoming the Daughters of the American Revolution gathered here today for their annual congress President Wilson declared that the only excuse America ever can have for the assertion of her physical force, is that she asserts in behalf of humanity. He was speaking of the purpose of the republic-born to serve the rest of the world, just as much as itself-and had just said | that the nation will have forgotten her traditions wherever she fights merely for herself under such cir cumstances as will show that she has | forgotten to fight for all mankind. l The president applauded When he was introduced by Mrs. William | Cummings Story. president general of the organization, the audience stood and cheered, and many of the women waved American flags
 | President Wilson said:
 | q have told you upon more than one occasion of the sentiments which are chiefly stirred in me by looking upon a company like this. was 1 thinking today that if this organiza- 1 tion had been formed in the very early years of our republic. it would have been looked upon with a good deal of disfavOr because you would then have been suspected of settling lup some sort of aristocratic class It would have been thought that you were acting in a spirit contrary to the democratic spirit professed by the founders of the republic itself
 You will remember that that sort of criticism was stirred by the foun- dation of the Society of the Cincin- nati. It was supposed that they were setting up an organization which be- icause it's membership was handed on by primogeniture was an organiza- = tiOn entirely contrary to the spirit of American institutions But, very interesting thing has happened. The proportion of those who can derive their lineage from officers who took part in the American revolution is a constantly decreasing proportion. You cannot be accused of trying to build up an organization which will con-
 trol the country On the contrary l
 this organization was from the first
 manifest It was not a spirit Of
 caste or of privilege. but a spirit oi , reverence for great tradition, anC
 for my part, l believe that the chie1
 service of a great organization like this is to keep a certain beautiful sentiment which is vital in the con
 sciousness of the American people.
 Tradition is a handsome thing il proportion as we live up to it. If w
 fall away from the tradition of tn
 fathers, We have dishonored them. I we forget the tradition of the fath
 CTS, we have changed our character , we have lost an old impulse; we hay '' become unconscious of the principle t in which the life of the nation itse u is rooted and grounded Therefor e this organization understood to kee e those who fell under it's influenc
 constantly reminded of the circun
 stances of the birth of this natic and of the significance of the birt f1 of this nation. That significance W; a very singular significance. No otl CT nation was ever born into tl . world with the purpose of servii
 the rest of the world just as nut
 as it served itself.
 The purpose of this nation was . one sense to afford an asylum men of all classes and kind who d
 sired to be free and to take part
 the administration of self-govern . commonwealth. It was founded order that men of every sort shou have proof given that commo e wealth of that sort was practical :? not only but could win it's standi ;r of distinction and power among t
 nations of the world, and Ameri II will have forgotten her traditio 10 whenever upon any occasion, s S, fights merely for herself under su ,- circumstances as will show that s
 has forgotten to fight for all ma '., kind. And the only excuse tf d America can ever have for the asst le ton of her physical strength is s o- asserts it in behalf of the intere l. of humanity.
 A' "What a splendid thing it is
 have so singular tradtion-a u
 dition of unselfishness:
 When America ceases to be |
 selfish, she will cease to be Am,
 ica. When she forgets the tra
 tions of devotion to human rights ,S general which gave spirit and i pulse to her founders, she will hf