Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-02-22
ORME
WINS PRIZE As
YOUNG ORATOR


nual oratorical contest held under the
auspices of the Sons of the American
Revolution at the high school auditor
ium last night.
He was the representative of the To-
cal high school in the contest In
clever manner and with constructive
composition he convinced the three
judges Honorable r. c. Stanford, II.
B. Wilkinson, and Miss hartman,
Americas Duty to Her Citizens was
the cause he plead.
With clear tone and self possessed
at all times he delivered his Grafton i'll
capable manner. He will receive the
cash prize of $50. Saul Rabenowitz OF
Clifton and Miss Fay Heron of Globe
tied for second place, the second prize
money which amounts to the sum of
$40 will be divided among them.
Both contestants delivered eloquent
speeches and are deserving OF COM
mendation.
The high school orchestra also con-
| tributed to the occasion. The music
was simply gorgeous, and it can be
| said that the entire audience heartily
enjoyed it as they encored time and
again.
The orators viii be the guests to-
night at the Woman's club where the
society will hold a big banquet. Here
they will have the opportunity of re-
peating their speeches.
Program
Music-Hioh School orchestra.
Introductory Address Dr. John
Dennet, Jr.
shall We Have Compulsory Mill
tary Training saul Rabenowitz,
Clifton.
should the United States Intervene
in Mexico Miss Fay Heron, Globe.
Music-Orchestra.
The Duty of the United States to
its Citizens in MeXico."-Miss Daisy
Huber, Mesa.
Americas Duty to Her Citizens in
Mexico. "-Lindley Orme. Phoenix.
SHOULD America Have Compulsory
Military Training L. David
son. Prescott.
| Music--Orchestra
Judges-Hon. K. c. Stanford, Mr.. II.
| Z. Wilkinson, Miss hartman.
The following is the Grafton deliV-
cred by Lindley Orme of Phoenix, the
winner
Americas Duty TO Her Citizens in
Mexico
The greatest problem before our ma
ton today is the duty of America 10
her citizens in Mexico.
In this turbulent country there mas
been revolution followed by counter
revolution Hundreds OF Innocent peo-
ple have been murdered and property
| to the amount of millions mas been de-
stroved There is less hope for peace
today than at any time since the assas-
sination OF Madero In fact conditions
for the future threaten to be far worse
than they have been in the past. Ihe
American government has stood by, en-
couraging one gang of bandits after an
| Infn
hutchered all over Mexico. II has sue
csssively kept England and Germany
from restoring order in Mexico but has
done nothing itself except contribute tc
the general disorder by its yacillatine
POLICY OF watchful waiting.
This policy of dishonor has not
helped Mexico. 1t has ruined Mexico
The jungle is creeping over her great
Plantations. The cattle on her ranches
have been wantOnly and wastefuilA
slaughtered. Her thoroughbred stoch
farms. the work of decades. have beer
destroyed Irrigation plants are out OF
service Railroad terminals have van
ished in flames at the hands of the in
ccndiary. Rolling stock and locomotives
are mere scrap heaps. Mines that fur
nlshed employment to scores OF thou
sands are dismantled and idle. Tht
national treasury has been emptied
paper currency. debased and worthless
has been substituted for the nation
money All the means of an orderly
| economic life have been destroyed
Famine. disease. and pestllence stall
through the land. Fifty thousand
Americans. who were the great civtliz
ing and developing forces OF Mexico
either sleep in unknown. unmarked
graves, or live in exile. The jungle
the desert, and a cruel primitive say
agery remain.
The United States owes a duty to tn
Mexican people to redeem them from
the darkness of anarchy, savagery, an'
murder. Intervention alone can &c
complish this end. Intervention would
be nothing new. We have the prece
dent Of Cuba, Hayti, Nicaragua, ant
Santo Domingo to go by. which show
the sincerity of our declaration, tina
we do not care for more territory bu
would intervene only from the highes
motives of civilization TO restore peac
and prosperity to that troubled country
While we owe a duty to the Mexican
people, we owe a stlll greater duty L
Americans. not only to those who liv
in Mexico and own property there. bu
also to those who live in Arizona, New
Mexico and Texas. During the las
five years hundreds of Americans hav
bandits who have attempted to ter
rorize the United States as well as thei
own country. We cannot read the AS
ISOLATED Press dispatches a single da
without notices of further atrocities
Some months ago seventeen American
were taken from train by Mexican
bandits. They were carrying passport
from the state department which guar
antee them protection in every part o
the world. These passports were
great consolation, no doubt, as the
were coldly and brutally and Defiant
murdered.
For five years American citizens hav
suffered death in Mexico in ways whic
the human tongue is inadequate to de
scribe. Our cousuls have been i'm
prisoned, cur citizens butchered, on
flag insulted. In one instance our fla
was dragged in the dirt tied to a horse
tail. and then given back to the Ameri
cans with instructions to tell our pres
ident what they had done with it. GU
government has been defied, derdet
and insulted; our people robbed, plum
dered and murdered. There is but on
remedy for this. one alone, interven
ton.
Carranza has shown himself incap
able of restoring order. His govern
nent is but shell of authority base
upon plumber and murder His follow
ers have been as hostile and as muir
derous toward Americans as those {
Villa, or any other faction. Durin
raids made upon American territor!
Carranza soldiers have taken part /
the footing, burning and killing. Som
months ago, Carranzistas, under direo