The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-07-02
pQAQlc SUNDAY
PROPERLY OBSERVED
! At ROBINSON PARK
oratory and Music Combine TO
Arouse shs Young Men to En-
list in the National. Guard
Large Crowd. Much Enthusiasm.

H|"' -
Yesterday afternoon for the purpose
81 ~arouslnR snthnsizsm among the
people 40 that .he necessary number
sf recruits may be obtained for the
New Mexico nationa guard without
further delay. was attended by a good
sifed crowd and much enthusiasm
was manifested.
Following the Invocation delivered
by ~ Rev. Fr. Mandalari. NELL n
TIeid. who presided. stated that the
duty which devolved upon him seem-
81 unnecessary. Il have been asked
10 seil you" he said. why this meet.
Ina ~as called. There 10 no ons
within tho sound Of my voice who
does not understand quite as well as
4 do the reason FOR his meeting. II
- a mere coincidence tina the meet
ing was called 70 be held on the DAY
designated by the president az Patri-
cite sunday. This meeting had been
arranged for before thst designation
~ns made. The purpose Of this gather
tring today IL TO launch n statewide
TO secure the number OF
men necessary 10 bring the national
guard OF the state to a var footing.
That viii require approximately i.ooe
Is 49,
for the purpose Of arousing that en-
thuslssm which the people have never
faiiea to show when the can OF their
country was sounded In their ears.
This war was started by the MAD
war lord % Germany under the pre-
text that he Il aghting for the liberty
Of HIS people. The war in reality was
designed 10 maintain his crown and
had no other purpose. In 1851 when
the leaders OF the south fired on Fort
snmpter. whatever they believed they
were doing whatever they said wss
their purpose. deep down in their
hearts their purpose was 30 maintain
human slayery in the territory which
they controlled. And as hat shot;
that Was fired AZ Fort sumpte. led 20
bant<sing slavery from h world. 80
hi first shot thar was nred in h
European wsr will mean the fall of
autocracy In the language OF our
great president. We light 10 make
the world safe for democracy ! can
not believe there Is a man in New
Mexseo who Is not willing TO so Il he
believes his country needs him. The
tsate's record or registration. the Lib
erty loan drive and In raising fcncs
for the Red Cross leads me TO believe
that you viii not falter noa. j hope
there will such a response +, al the
guard will be Allied 10 its quota with
out delay.
AMER the audience Joined IN singing
America" Senator Y. G. Champion
Of Ration. was introduced. The SEN
ator reviewed the plot Of the Ger
mans during last twenty years for
world conquest: how efforts had been
made 10 obtain a foOthoid In the Car
ibbean sea n elsewhere close to
America. the kaiser representing that
these were intended for his personal
use Considering that Il never has
been customary for n European mon
arch 10 cross the ocean during the
time he vas on the throne. the kaiser
did not want these possessions for his
personal use. "He might nave come
20 America 10 pay us a visit" Mr.
Champion said. but had he dGne so
II would have been with his army and
navy IN front Of him"
1T il unnecessary 10 repeat the
N OF events" the senator said.
since August. 1914. when this wal
began. coming down TO n ending
with the terrible submarine cam
paign. which reached the depth Of
horror when Germany fred on hospi-
tal ships. You have all read OF the
nsrman plan OF tongues as II AFFECT
cd Europe and America and the
Islands OF the sea. No one can DOUBT
today that Il was the Arm intention
OF the German government 20 see TO
u that We as a nation should not be
Flowed 10 interfere with the progress
or this program. But few OF uH have
realized heretofore hat We were in
cluded in this scheme OF German ron
ouest Ii may not have included the
mixing OF the United States Itself, but
u did include our island possessions.
AIR. CHAMPION then reviewed some
Of the events showing the designs OF
the enemy. notably the campaign
started a. far back as 1895 by tn"
GERMAN government 10 compel the
registration OF German people all
over the world. Germany has at
renpted 70 keep as Germans these
people who have come from her
sbores Ia ours. She has tried 10 pre-
Nsnt their assimilation into our ell
lxeuship. That she has not succeeded
10 any great extent II not the tault or
The kaiser, but Il IL due 10 he good
sense shown by the German people
az iuseltes.
The senator spoke Of the work ~
IA state council Of defense and what
has been done n >ew Mexico 10 IN
crease production and conserve sup
mics. In this connection n" told ~ q
mcetipe held la Washington recentiy
NJ which inquiry had been mace as
10 which state had worked ou' 'h'
rest plans along these iinss i
met officer replied thai Ne" "A
had. 81,
pr. Austin ID. Grille. president OF
,hs STATE Agricultural college was me
-, sneaker. "This war has reached
sue awful proportions that ts aa'
menslty is going TO simplify ~ pr.
ella said. III Kaiser Bin Hicks 'he
world IL autoeratie: II We hek' ~
aemocratic. The question -. VINO VIII