Arizona republican., 1917-04-10

champions. but this is not the time or place to discuss either, as the congress of the United States has already pro- vided the former method and it is up to us to act and not to argue. Since time immemorial we have heard that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world" The sentiments and the principles and the ideals of every man have received their birth and inception at the hands of some mother. Environ ment may change them later, but the first years of cur life are the impress sionable years: the things we learn in our youth shape our destinies; the duty of every mother is thus the most sacred of all duties, since upon it de- bends the fate of the whole world. And Of you women of today, want to ask this question: Do you feel in this crisis which is upon us that you have done your full duty in installing into the son you have raised or are raising, the love of his country, which must be deeper than sentiment. deeper than in stinct. that absolute accommodation and complete Identification with an other which Ruth expressed, "Whther thou goest l will go: Whither thou liv- est l will live; whither thou diest I will die" And let me tell you mothers if you have not done this then that hand which rocks the cradle will eventually stagger this old world
 i In the observation of this frightful catastrophe, we have been prone to such reflections as We do not want war, We want peace" and @i did not raise my son to be a soldier You, mother, or you, sister, if your son or your brother went down town and a man, intoxicated. slapped him in. the face and threatened him that he you'd come to his home and throw out his mother and his sister, and loot and burn his home would you have him sit calmly down in your home, without even barring the doors and tell you of this impending danger And yet this IS what has been done to us, by a Tpower, not nation. intoxicated with the lust of war. ! did not want war I dld not want to raise my sons to send them off to war. but 1 do want to see my nations honor protected and noav that her honor is at stake, 1 want my sons to grow into men who will hold their countrys honor sacred above every other duty on this earth. because upon that duty rests the protection of their mother and their homes and when they are called upon to actively defend that country. want them to pledge
 
 wait to be drafted into service
 The Duty of Mothers
 And say to you women, you mothers, that your duty to your coun- try andN to your God is to raise your sons, not to be soldiers, but to be I,a l trlotS, then when their country needs them. they will be soldiers. Effect your organizations of supplying sol diers with those necessities helpful to men in the field or on duty. but frs: and foremost, give them your moral and maternal support rather than sur rounding them with the selfish influ- er1ce of We do not want war, we want peace and T did not raise my boy tc be soldier then we shall have nc fear to let the hand that rocks the cradle rule the world We need vol women in our efforts to arouse pa triotism. You have never failed U. yet and know you will not fail us now The time has come for us to thinl lntei1sently; to place our allegiance to our country foremost above ever, other interest; to remember that WI are going into this frightful war. no Tor the purpose of conquest or of set ting a national dispute but in tn, cause of humanity; and with deliberat, Seldahce, the deep loyal, patriotic loY, oi our country prompting our part il this salvation, and an unfaltering re nance i'll the God of our fathers. we ar, bound to adjust our present difficulties and the difficulties of this outrage, 7 world to the best advantage of civiliza l, tlon and humanity. This is the da, for men who dare lead where an, dare follow, and dare follow where an, dare lead"
 Following his talk, the governo asked if the people of Arizona wer . gong to allow some other state t, !; dc it's fighting. He was answere, , with few answers in the negative ard with mild sarcasm the goyerno , said he hoped he would have som more tangible proof of t. He wa r tEen answered with a perfect volie
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 q The Soverncr stated he had bee [ called upon by at least four mothers si beseeching him net 10 order thei | sons drafted into the service. T ] ah CT them he stated he had ex t plSlaed lie did not want war an 2 more than any one else, and he di f no; want his own boys to be soldier,
 and he has two of them. but that
 ever their country needs them. Q wanted them to go forth and figh < like men, The governor stated the Arizon Q feslfn@nt Was in imminent danger [ t being mustered out and made DOW