Arizona republican., 1917-12-07

liar to that which the first Canadian troops suffered, when their bodies were crucified and mutilated, with some of them nailed upside down on barn doors"
 That the United States should have entered the war when first German soldiers set foot on Belgium soil. is the theory of pr. Francis, who called attention to the fact that the treaty entered into between the five nations or Europe designed to insure the neu- trality of Belgium was perhaps the longest preserved agreement between nations in the history of the world For I5 years these five nations held themselves in honor bound to keep the promise te which they had pledged their sacred words" said Dr. Francis. Bismarck, when Germany and France were warning, scorned the advice of his neutenants who suggested violating this pledge"
 That the United States will never permit it's soldiers to run amuck in the fashion of the Hun fighters who out ragged the sections through which they passed in northern France and through Belgium, was the declaration of pr. Francis who cited the case of the first American soldier to step outside the | pounds of propriety, and who was hanged as the result of his conduct.
 This action of General Pershing was worth thousand sermons" said the speaker and will have it's effect. for the reason that there is not one man out of a thousand in the training camps in the United States who has not been made aware of the stand this country has taken in such matters" T believe that this country should | mobilize it's men and itC l1oonaNy aOI i+.. brains into the compact formation of a clenched fist said the syeaker, and give Germany to understand that we VIII right her until our last penny and last drop of blood is spent"
 Work is Separate
 The war work of the Young We.nen's | Christian association, separate and dis tinct from the work of the Young Mems Christian association, has arisen | because of the need for hostess houses at the various cantonments a need recognized by army officials from whom the request came that the Your Q Womens Christian association take the erection and maintainance of such buildings as it's work and because of the many needs and problems of wom- en and girls arising from war condi- | tons. Included in it's work is the pro- motion of club work for girls in centers adjacent to army and navy camps as an offset to dangerous social condi- tlons arising in such places, emergency housing for women and girls employed In army centers and industrial centers producing war supplies a foreign lan- guage service bureau for the assistance Of the thousands. of foreign women in this country whose homes have been affected by the draft, bureau of social morality maintaining qualified women physicians who by lectures throughout the country promote among girls and women, true patriotism and the high est moral standards, and work abroad for the thousands of Red Cross nurses and the industrial women workers o1 France and Russia
 The War Council composed of lead ing women throughout the country ano represented in Arizona by Mrs Thos E. Campbell. Mrs. Jas. Garvn and Mrs C. $. Thompson. is the executive body through which the association is pro. noting it's war work. It is the work of this council which Dr. Francis vii present on Thursday evening.