Arizona republican., 1917-07-05
CITATIONS BRING
 REALIZATION IF
 NATIONAL CRISIS

Departing from the usual theme of Independence Day orators. speakers at Eastlake park yesterday afternoon ap- pealed to a large gathering to awake to the realization that the nation is at war and to prepare themselves for the task of cracking the bones of the mailed fist of Prussianism that threat ems the entire world of today
 The test of our devotion is at hand" said Thomas H. Flynn, United States attorney. the hour has struck. and by the great God of Battle, we shall not fail!' This sounded the keynote of each speakers talk, and it found a re- SponSiVe cord in the hearts of their listeners who crowded around the ros- trum and cheered the salient points in the addresses.
 The program at the park was divided into two parts, one carried by Ameri- can speakers, and the other handled by Spanish American speakers who spoke in Spanish. This had been expected but when H. O. Kaneko, president of the Japanese colony here. was intro- duced and in his talk pledged the sup port of the Japanese here, he was greeted with a storm of applause
 As if to symboliZe the feeling of unity which exists between all nations not at war with the Central powers. there were seated on the rostrum with the American speakers, members of the Japanese colony. representative of the Mexican fraternal orders, senoritas who had participated in the parade, and the Mexican speakers.
 Former Governor Joseph H. Kibbev presided over the American part of the program, and with his characteristic, clever style set forth briefly the pur- pose of the gathering.
 The aloofness of the United States from European political affairs has been due largely to the great expanse of water that separates us from the continent said Judge Kibbey. But with the progress of science this dis tance has been lessened and as a result of our proximity to our European neighbors. we find ourselves cast into the Whirls of the maelstrom that has heen horrifying the world these three years pass.
 Are In War UnwilineIy
 We are in this war unwillingly. but now that we are in. we have work to do, and we are going to do it in the American way. And look out Germany or anyone else"
 Judge Klbbey then introduced Dwight Heard, chairman of the executive committee of the Arizona State Council of Defense. Mir. Heard said in part:
 This great birthday of America has q new significance today: We meet with new purpose. It is to find out what is our duty in this great nation of ours that finds itself now in the tbroes Of war. Often I have been asked as a member of the council of defense What can Arizona do to win this war? My friends, we will win this war only when every man and woman in this state will do his duty in this great pro- ject
 ''The time for talking has long since passed; it now question of meeting pressing dutv-a question of work And what is Arizona doing to meet this duty? Those police reserves that you saw in line today tynify the determina . tion with which Arizona is moving to the task. The Boys Work Reserve. the lads that you saw marching with their hoes on their shoulders, tell of a pyr- pose that augurs ill for the foe The women of the state. too, have been de- ing their share. It is said that in al the country no such efficiency has beer shown as in the Phoenix chapter of the American Red Cross.
 Arizona Does its Bit
 When the government at Washing ton called for a registration of all young men of military age Arizona ex- ceeded the quota allotted to her by 2.2O0 men. That was Arizona's answer to the challenge of the mailed fist oi Germany. Arizona has oversubscribe6 her portion of the liberty loan by q large sum. Thus we are answering the call for men. money and food And as l see these Japanese friends of ours sit ting here, and recall the excellent showing they made in the parade this morning. I know that Arizona car count on them to do their bit in tn, great task before us.
 We seem now to have awakened tC the fact that we must give; we mus give until it hurts To give of work