Arizona republican., 1917-03-06

lmfleulatc issues oI the war 4tScil. As some of the injuries done us have be- come ntoierahle we have stlll been clear that we wished n8ehin. for our Ives thas We were not ready io de- mand for aN mankind fair dcaling Jlrtice the freedom to live and be at easo against orsanized wrong
 -lt k in this spirit and with this thousft that we have grown more and more aware. -aore and more certain that the part we wished to play was the part of those who mean to vindicate aud iortIl peace. We have been obliged t0 arm ourselves to make good our ciaim Co certain minimum of right and of freedom of action We stand hru in armed neutrality since
 t seems that iu no other wav we can demonstrate what h is We insist upon ard cannot foreeo We may even be drawn on. b. circumstances. not bv our own purposc or desire to a more active assertion oi our ri.si Is as we see them and q more immediate assucit uon @ita the ,rect struggle itself Eu- nothiuE Hih alter our thought or our purpose I'll a.e too clear io be ab- @cured- They are too deeply rooted .n ine principles of our -ational life ,o re altered AfC desire neither conquest :or adt tant; ;@ts. We wish noihilg that 'a9 be had cnly at the cost of ana other people N-c have alwass r.o-. fessed un eifish purposes and We covet .Ae opportunity Co prove that our pro- iessioHs are sincere There are many 'nineS stiH GO do at home Ca cnrify "uT own politics and give new vifalif, t' ihe industrial processes of our own Iilr md AFe shali do them as time and opportunity serve. but we realized that .f
 eone must uc done with ihe whole world for a stage and in co-operatiop " lA the wide and universal forces of ihthkind aud wc are mahIrg our qulr.fe ready for these things They vlli f,I- l"N ir the immediate wake of the ,,ar ltseii and Uill set civilization tfn .,.-.ti,, We are provinciHls no lonaer m. tiasleai events of The thirty months of tilai turmoil through which We hay. luN' a5s-d have made us citizens of sEo world There clu be na turning ''.llN ',uf ""n n fortunes as a nation are inNoiNed whether we woud have it so or not
 And yei Ne arc not the less Ameri. gan ea tiat account. Ne shall br ,''n mos. American if We but remain true |" the principles in which vv. nave been hycd. They arc r,t ,L, p p'nciptes oi plovincc or nf a single continent No haGe known on1 ho1sted aIi along thlt they were tbe li ta. pics oi E3eratcd mankind lrr~e therefore are the things ,, al.'ii slard Tor whether in war cr iu
 That all nations aro enuall, inter caied m ihc peace Of the world ana iu the political stability of free peo pie and camily responsible for their maintenance.
 That the essential principle of peace is the natUal equality ol nations in dl matters of iicht or pririlcge
 That peace cannot securely or inst if re-i upon an armed balance of | pos CT.
 That governments derive all their iast bowers from the consent of the governed, ana that no other powers should Dc supported by tLe common thoueht p1rpose gr power cf the Family of nations:
 That he seas should be equally free and safe Tor the use of all peoples. i under rules set uD hy common agree 1 ment and consent and that yo far os pre ticablc. they should be acces | sil,le 10 all iron equal terms:
 That national armamehts should 1 Dc llmltod to the necessities of na ; tirnal eEdc. and domestic safety:
 That inc community nf interest ana ol bower which peace must hencefor depend imposes rpon each nation the duty of seeing to it that all innu- cnces preceding from ifs own citi- zcns neaUt to encourage or assist revolution m other states should he sterBy and cffectualy suppressed and prevented.
 need not argue these principles tn You, my fellow countrynen. they are your own. part and parcel of our own thinking and your own motive in affairs They spring ID native amongst Us. Upon this platform of purpose and of action we can stand together.
 And il is imperative that we should stand together. We are being forged into a new unity amidst tn" fires now ablazc throughout the world. In their ardent heat we shall. in God B prov idepce. lot us hope. be purged of fact.on and division. purified of the eirant humors of party ard nri vate interest and shall stand for them in the days to come with q new dig nifty of national pride and spirit Let each man see to it that the Gtdica- ticn is in his own heart. the hial purpose of the nation in his own mind ruler of his own will and desire.
 1 stand here and haze taken the high and solemn oath to which yOn have been audience because the peo- ple of the United States have cnoan me for thia august delceation of power and have ov their gracious