Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-23
DOUBLE STANDARD OF MODERN
 L|vIHC PLAYED BY DANIELS IN
 TALK BEFORE AMERICAN NED|COS
Secretary of the Navy Declares That the Social Evil Greater Menace to Humanity and to All of the Nations Involved in the War Than the War Itself. Urges Confluence the Only Solution of the Growing Evil in Country.

Australian officers have deplored the ravages of this disease. The late figures from the British army gave 7S.- 900 cases, and all other countries have also been weakened
 Sir Wm. Coler places this infectious disease at the top as a menace in war and in peace. The time has come to realize that this subtlest foe of human fly must De conquered and it cannot be conquered by denying it's existence, saying it is a necessary evil or apply ing palliatives. It is deadlier than smallpox or cancer or tuberculosis. A Canadian authority says its ravages today are more terrible for Britain and Canada than Vimy ridge, the som me and Lens.
 The Remedy.
 ''The remedy-there is but one confluence. It must be preached in the home, in the school, in the marts of trade, in the pulpit and in military camps and among shipmates afioat The eradication of the evil effects must be thorough, but the teacher who will be heard and needed when the teachings of all other will fall on deaf ears is the word of authority from the medical plofession Young men ex- pect ministers of the gospel to call them to clean living. The preacher seeks to save their souls, and too many youths hardly realize they have a soul. But they know they have bodies and the doctor is the man to whom they trust the treament of their bodies. When he breaches Confluence as the only rule of life to young men and points out the dire penalty for lapses, his words have weight no other admonition possess.
 You, gentlemen of the medical pro fession, deal with life and death. You bring the bodies into the world and you c.ose the eyes of the dead. Yours is the ministering function, the inti- mate touch and out of such relations you can enjoy an amazing power of suggestion. It is this power tha. America calls upon us to use. Tell our youths the truth. It is the duty laid upon you. not by the moral law alone, but by the law of self-preserva- Lion that operates in nations as we'll as individuals That duty is imperative upon you as never before. If you per form it and our young soldiers and sail ors heed your wise counsel-and many of them will follow your teaching with lasting gratitude-you will contribute more to the winning of the war than manufac turers of shells.
 Confluence is no longer a matter of morals only, though it must be enforc- ed as the cardinal doctrine of morals. It has come to be seen as having its base in the great law of nature. New truths must take the place of ancient lies. We know by the testimony of science that there is no foundation for a double standard for the sexes. To preach it is to preach immortality and lowering of manhood. The lie that has lived so long must be driven but by the truth.
 CHly GOu VIII ever kHOW HOW the toll in blood and tears that this lie has taken from the heart of the world the price that the health of the race has been made to pay for its submis- sion to. historic falsehood, young lives. ruined futures cheated of prom ise. children called upon to suffer for the sins of the fathers. innocent wo- men robbed of the right to happiness and motherhood and the virili.y of a nation sapped at its very foundations.
 To-day as never before American manhood must be clean. We must have fitness. America stands in need of every ounce of strength. We must cut out the cancer if We would live"