Arizona republican., 1917-12-03

horrors and .unspeakable atrocities have come from the hand of the nation with which. our country is locked in the storm and stress of war, 1 dare to say, that on this mem orial day, when our thoughts are fixed upon the virtues rather than upon the sins of mankind, our hearts go out to the people of that nation too," and that we can and must feel the deepest and Sincerest sympathy for those people who have not yet embraced the eternal and everlasting truths of democracy, and who now are suffering, even as all the world is suffering, for the sins of their arrogant rulers"
 Dwelling further upon the import ance, in the present crisis, of 'dedi- eating our chief thoughts and chief activities to the living, rather than the dead; to the present and the future, rather than to the past MT. Winsor said that our tears must not blind us to the deep solemnity of our duty, nor loss, grief or af- friction dull our sense of the tre- mendous responsibility resting upon us as Elks and Americans.
 Tt may well be a source of pride and qualification to us, that in this time of supreme trial, our order is so distinctively so characteristically American; that none but American citizens have ever been accorded ad mission to our ranks, and that loy- atty to country. and love of it's flag rank high among the Elk's articles of faith. But justification of that pride which should swell within our breasts depends not upon the sound ing of the VOW we made. at the altar, nor yet upon the vaingloriOus draping of that altar with the stars and stripes. It depends rather upon I the quality of service we may render | in fulfillment of that vow, and the sacrifices we stand prepared to make | in defense of our glorious emblem of liberty. We have been wont to boast that ours is an intensely pa | triotic order, but the time has ar rived to replace boasting with deeds and to substitute works for words | Our country is imperiled,' our homes and firesides are threatened our in stitutions and liberties are at stake | The duty is upon us, as true Elks professing to be foremost as loya Americans, to render willingly ano gladly, full measure of service an6 1 sacrifice"
 MT. Winsor recounted the pa triOtic activities of the order-tht
 heavy purchases of Liberty bonds liberal support accorded to the Rec Cross and similar activities, the as sistance accorded to the government
 in it's efforts toward food conserva-
 tiOn, and the raising of a million lO1l r1,sa T., for the establishment of a hospita
 behind the American lines in France
 where this country's brave liberty
 boys, wounded in battle. may hay,
 succor, and if possible be won bacl
 to health and strength.
 But these activities" he said
 splendid as they are, in no wis
 mitigate or lessen our duty as in
 dividuals. As Elks, we should joil
 our hearty support to every goo
 movement of the order, but in ad
 dition thereto, it is our duty, as loya
 Americans, and we should esteem a privilege to serve and to sacrific
 to the very limit and if need be
 beyond the limit of our ability. Do l need to ask or to answer
 in any American audience and par
 ticularly in an audience composed o
 the members and friends of the orde
 of Elks, why such devotion as have endeavored to express, is calle : for?" As an Elk to. Elks, MT. Win sor said, it was sufficient to remin
 his brothers that steadfastness t
 the VOW they had taken at the alta demanded whole hearted devotion {
 the call of the nation in. any. emerg ency. But in the present emerg ency',' he declared, fin which a.
 our country's resources and strengt : and determination and loyalty wi (Continued on Page TWnl