Arizona sentinel., 1917-08-16
SEEKING OUT THE ENEMY.

better cling to the argument that ii is unwise and unnecessary to send American troops abroad ito fight for others" They insist that the Ameri- can troops are not in France to defend America, but to assist the allies in their fight with Germany. eff the United States should be invaded, then we should fight to the last man. But we have no business fighting in Eur ope."
 This kind of reasoning has appealed with great force to tens of thousands of Americans whose patriotism cannot be questioned. They would fight to the death in defense of the country, if it were attacked, but they do not un- derstand why the United States army should be sent to Europe.
 The simple truth is that every American soldier sent to Europe is sent in the defense of this country. The United States has been attacked just as effectively as if the kaiser's armies were bombarding New York. There was an invasion" of the United States when the German government insolently ordered American ships off the high seas. When the kaiser's agents set bounds to the sovereignty of the United States on the high seas, and murdered Americans who dared to disobey the commands of the Ger man government, the United States was invaded as truly and as danger ously as if the German army had en- tered the outskirts of Washington.
 It is for full sovertign rights as an independent nation that the United States fights. It is not merely to keep German soldiers off American soil. Sovereignty means more than the strength to repel invasion. It means the power to enforce respect and recognition of national rights any where in the world.
 When American soldiers are in Eur ope, organizing to move on Berlin, they are where they belong. They are defending the flag and moving forward to compel respect for it's rights to fly anywhere on the high seas. When America defends it's flag and it's rights it does not move backward. It moves toward the enemy's works. It never ceases to move forward un- til it takes the enemy's works and forces an unconditional surrender.
 It happens that other nations have been attacked by Germany and are moving to defeat her. The United States would fight whether they fought or not, but it is happy to fight by their side. The fight will be mer- rier and the enemy will be all the more soundly punished.
 Germany is not the. enemy of the United States on the Atlantic ocean only. She is an enemy wherever found, and it is the right and duty of America to hit her wherever she is vulnerable, either in Europe, Asia Minor or on the seas. The allies of Germany are the enemies of the Uni ted States. They should be declared such, and the United States should make war upon them. The defeat of Austra-Hungary and it's complete emancipation from German rule would not only defeat German but keep her defeated.
 It may be that the United States could aid the allies in striking fear full blow at Germany thru the Bal kans. If so, the United States should not hesitate to act Germany will compel Turkey to massacre Ameri- cans wherever military interests will be served. Germany is out enemy everywhere, at all times, thru all agencies. \ The United States, repre- senting self-government and liberty, is the shining target for every missile possessed by absolutism, represented by Germany.
 It is an irrepressible, worldwide conflict between liberty and her foes. American soldiers and sailors are at home wherever they can find the en- emy.-Washingto Post.