Arizona republican., 1918-04-19

these banks; they must not take all or tlese bonds. They must take Q reason- able percentage of them, but the only true way to finance this war is to sell the bonds of the United States to me people of the United States
 The more people who buy tltty Goiiar londs and one hundred dollar bopds and five hundred dollar bonds. the bet ter it is for America and the mere dis lcOuraging it is to our enemies DO you know that it would he a most impress s ve thing if we could say to the kalser that not nine million six hundred thousand American citizens as in the 2 last loan, had subscribed, but that this issue was taken by fifteen million or twenty million of American citizens. If that was done, it would be q magnlfl- C mt element of strength in the finan- ! Il position of the country. and q far hing eff s1 on the general economy le situa .o-l
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 | Now 1 wa 10 tel you oi at least one " y in which this money is being
 z Dent. We have done one 5aing in thls iNar that no nation in history had ever
 done before. We did something in rec
 ognition of the sacrifices that are made
 by the men who put on the uniform oSe their country. and the sacrifices madg
 by their family. Do you realize that lwhen a soldier enlists or is drafted into the service of the United States, that
 the entire family of that soldier is called to the colors? Don't you see
 that his earning power, if the family is dependent upon it. is withdrawn from
 that family? Don't you see that the wife and the children have to suffer the Iunspeakable agonies of anxiety as the | oId Io, 4 rfaiS from which he may never return, upon i is dangerous mission which may lrean that he will die the death of a
 h gro on the field of battle in a foreign
 c)untry. without the comfort of a wife
 O. child or relative, buried. perhaps, in
 a | unmarked grave. Many of them are
 making the supreme sacrifice in order that America shall keep the torch of
 ] herty burning in the world and make
 America safe for yourselves and your
 F )sterity. Do you realize what it
 reans. my friends, when a loved one
 goes to the front; the agonies of the Iwife or mother? Many are in this aud
 nee whose brave sons have gone out
 l. fight for our country.
 Can you understand what it means to pick up the newspaper in the morning
 and look at that fateful list to see> if
 the name you love most is there? 6an
 you realize the anxiety and the agony
 which comes to you every time you see a telegraph messenger at your house? , Can you realize what it means to the , wife with little children. who hasn't the
 means to support herself, and who must be dependent in large part upon . the charity of the community in which she lives?
 , Oh, my fellow countrymen, how can } we think without emotion of these 7 gallant, noble heroes and their gallant, noble wives, mothers, fathers and children who are carrying the brunt of } this great tragic enterprise for us? , Not Undaunted
 We are not daunted fellow country men, by what is happening in Europe. l We are not discouraged because the : lines of our gallant associates have /. been bent We are, not afraid that they can break through that western front. We are not discouraged be- causet Russia has collapsed, and that freed Prussian soldiers are now fight l ing on the western front. Those things !. . are discouraging. but they are not : fatal to Amrrica's cause. I have not 7 the faintest dl ubt in my heart that the . day of reckoning for the kaiser is go- a ing to come. I have not the slightest fear that all his horde with all tlNeiT 7. brutal and descipable and uncivilized l methods of warfare upon defenseIess
 women and children, can break that f Western front. I have no doubt that
 those lines will hold, and I thank God if that Americas valor is now asserting d itself upon that front.
 : I believe that the American flag. the = banner of liberty and freedom. upon = which one year ago. we emblazone0 if the message that the world shall be - made safe for democracy, will triumph o and l believe that when that has beer e accomplished by our gallant soldiers n and sailors with the help of you mer o and women and children of America l. that once again there shall be peace n in the world, the peace of deeency ant h civilization and the peace of righteous " ness. d But the peace of the world can nevel e again be secured until the whole Ger.
 man ideal is destroyed. That ideal i:
 a repulsive and impossible ideal i z civilization is going to progress. | 'a civilization is going to go backward e then it ought to be realized. But ,s don't believe that we are going into tn, ,f Dark Ages again. We may go through 4 the valley of the shadow until we ge f. victory, but as there is God in heaven , and as long as America has a soul, W, " will have that victory.