Arizona republican., 1918-06-02

IL regardless of religious preferences, will aid in every way these Protes-
 tant forces for good as well as the Roman Catholic agencies which are accomplishing so much for the morale and inspiration of their people, The patriotism and loyalty of Americans today know no boundary lines of creeds or churches
 q wish to voice again in words what have been so eloquently pro-
 claimed by deeds during the past year it is this: The Daughters of the
 American Revolution intend to con-
 tinue, with redoubled assiduity and diligence to lend all the force of it's
 influence to the great task under taken by the food administration. We
 might criticize certain uses to which breadstuffs are being prostituted, and we could suggest to the food admins
 tration some methods of conservation
 which reach beyond the appeals so | eloquently made to housewives and , homekeepers involving sacrifices on the part of that portion of our popu- , lation not eligible to membership in , a woman's society, but so much has already been accomplished by that rare genius and true patriot, Mf Her
 bert Hoover, and so much more is | , collaborators that we have not the l heart to make even the suggestion f of a criticism. We assure the gov , ernment that our society stands ready as in the past to lend all the force < of it's powerful aid to make food win F the war
 { We find facing our society task in 9 which we ought to be able to do a l good service for the nation. One of r the greatest dangers which besets us , today is the presence of alien enem-
 ies in all parts of this country, and I especially right here under the ! shadow of the capitol. In the name ; of free speech and personal liberty | we have unwisely refrained from clos ing mouths that have too long and = to loudly proclaimed treason. We have been so long at peace that we [ have forgotten how to defend our C selves against spies and traitors. We $ have gone too long on the theory that it is better for the nation to suffer ( direst disaster than for one citizen to d be deprived of his liberty to make any - seditious statement his unworthy I mind might conceive. Loyal citizens l can well afford at such a time as thls d to forego some of their highly cher y ished perogatives in order that the 0 whole nation be not betrayed. Even f a loyal congressman ought to be will 0 ing to stop talking for the public q good. Our newspapers have shown 1 fine loyalty in suppressing news
 that might in some way benefit the e enemy. (Surely that fact is as fine d example of self denial as a lively a fancy could imagine) And yet oul e national press has done incalcuablt n service in the cause of liberty by e foregoing their claim for a free e press
 we stand ready as Daughters oI = the American Revolution to back III = the government in a procedure fol : more stringent censoring of speech $ as well as press. We are bold to in T sist that the nation is ready for [ ., more drastic dealing with aliens II enemies. It has been wondered i at an American soldier sleeping at picke l. duty should receive the death penalty There can be no longer any doubt tha $ spies and intriguers who are aiding tho q enemy should be shot. We have beer
 far too lenient with enemies in oui 't midst who are plotting and conniv- l. ing against us. We pledge the gov 'I ernment that we will do all in oul IS power to disclose treason and punish n spies; and we further pledge our e selves as Daughters of the American n, Revolution to cooperate with all pa l. triotic organizations which are dohG IT their heroic part to defend the prin- d ciples upon which our free republi, )f is founded We pledge ourselves tt $ maintain our national ideals and in
 stitutions and the experiences of thi: J. war so far have convinced us that a! = a nation we have too long harboreC
 within our borders societies and in
 stitutions which tended to continu'
 the spirit, customs, ideals and Ian
 guages of the foreign lands from | which their members had come, in
 stead of fostering and developing
 Americanism. We do not cry Amer
 ica for Americans but we do raise
 ever the battle cry America only fo
 those who desire to become Ameri-
 cans' in absolute loyalty to our in
 stitutions, and readiness always to eX-
 press that loyalty in the language O. the United States. There can nevel be the true national life without the linguistic bond of one national Ian guage.
 N As we stand for our flag We stand
 for our language. Henceforth, candi-
 dates for American citizenship should
 be compelled to go hungry unless they
 can ask for food in good old-fash. toned English When we go to Ger many we ask for 'brod': when the,
 come here they should learn to say
 bread.l
 At this 21th congress of our so-
 ciety We are met under circumstance:
 which strangely and strongly accen
 the value of such an organization a!
 ours. If ever one doubted the valu'
 of our society he can doubt it n'
 longer In the past we have beer
 conserving the history already mad
 by our forefathers and preserving
 the proud relics of the past whil
 seeking to inspire the present genera | tion with a spirit of patriotic devo Il ton such as characteriZes our nobl
 ancestors.
 Today we are helping to make his
 tory. We, with. the other patrioti
 women of America, are seeking to S
 relate ourselves to this immorta
 struggle that we may gladly not onl
 devote our loved ones to their heroi
 deeds of military valor, but also dedi
 cate our own powers and talents t every endeavor which will usher in
 better day for America and open up
 new chapter of freedom for all tn
 sons and daughters throughout tn
 world .-.
 Believing that there was no bette
 way of commemorating Decoratio
 Day than by sewing for the Re
 Cross, the members of the Madiso
 Improvement club gave over the da
 to activities for the association. Tn
 coming Thursday will also be de
 voted to Red Cross work.
 The Harmony club added $50 t
 it's war relief fund by a dance revu