Arizona republican., 1917-08-15
DECLARES AMERICA
 AND JAPAN WILL.
 FIGHT AS COMRADES
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upon the Pacific, from which the Ger man menace was removed at the com mencement of the war sHad this not been so; had the barbarian of Eurone not been rooted from his oriental bases, the shuddering horrors of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean would today be grim reality on the Pacific. In the protection of our seagoing mer- chandlse and men, in safeguarding the pleasures of intercourse, YOU may count on us as we must count on YOU.
 In the daWning of this new day of stress and strain let us forget the httle mole hills that have been exag- Serated into mountains to bar our good relations. Let us see together with clearer vision the pitfalls dug by cunning enemy in our path. Let us together fix our eyes upon the star Of principle which shall lead us to- eether most surely to a participation in the triumph of the right, to a cer- tam victory in the greatest, and let us hope, the last great war in human history
 And when that victory shall have been won, let US together help in the upbuilding of a new world, which shall rise, fair and strong and beautiful from the ashes of the old.' The governor of the state now entertaining the mission, in extend | ing formal welcome to the distin- | guished visitors dwelt on the diplo- l matic importance of their mission and | on the friendship of Japan and the | United States. He said he was sure the result of their visit would be to cement the bonds that united the two nations.
 We are allies" he said. Tn the | most titanic war in the annals of | history Japan and America have one | aim-the preservation of democracy; one aspiration-the triumph of inter- national justice.
 Attempts have been made to pro- mote discord between. the two na- | tions, but without success. The re- cent Zimmerman note, cunningly de- signed to stir up strife and resent nent between our governments, failed in it's purpose, and won only the con- tempt of the Japanese people
 Even if there were no present wal to bind together oV two nations, oul common purpose and our commor good would call for policy of peace land amity. Neither country has any thing to achieve, but on the contrary everything to lose, by fostering ol permitting to exist a spirit of inhar mony and distrust. We now are joined in a cause which demands ouI united energy and st rgneth mfwy united energy and strength, our full est cooperation and our answering loyalty
 We welcome you to America and trust that you will carry back with
 
 and high esteem, together with the felicitations of the American people to the people of Japan
 Gavin McNab, an attorney sent here from Washington as a member oi the reception committee to greet the mission spoke as follows:
 This city has the honor, on behalf of the country, to welcome to Amer 1 ica these distinguished representa- l. tives of nation, now our ally always our friend-Japan.
 "The visit of these statesmen, i'm portant though it would be at any time, is, on this momentous occasion fraught with transcendent conse- quences, not only to our people, but to the world and to the future of the human race.
 America and Japan, on opposite sides of the Pacific, have learned tha, this mighty ocean unites, and does | not divide, our people, On it's broad bosom will, in days to come, float the largest commerce of the world on its shores will be the theater in which the future will stage the grandest drama of human events.
 America, representing the newest civilization and Japan. speaking fol the newest and oldest civilization facing each other across these waters are partners and trustees for the world in the destines of these shore, and these seas. In the tragic events that are re-making the world, we stand together.
 When our country joined the war to fight for the permanent peace o1 all the world, our great presiden, voiced the spirit of our people and the heart of humanity in declaring for the freedom and rights of al mankind.
 ssTonight with the hands of Amer.