Arizona republican., 1918-04-11

in what is so repeatedly said. I can appreciate the people of the Middle States being loath to wake up to full realization of what this war is, but l cannot imagine the people of Arizona failing to do so, because we of Arizona, as I figure it, are decidedly more en- frightened, on the grand average, than are citizens of other parts of the country, and those of us who are at home and are not in the trenches cer- tainly should appreciate that fact and must not allow greed and selfishness to interfere with the necessity for the work of producing provisions and me tals and manufactured articles that are as necessary for the winning of this war as to actually be fighting in the front line.
 Why is it that Germany is able to put up such a terrific fight? Because she is efficient, and her people are efficient, and they get up early in the morning and "fly at it." and do not work at things that are unnecessary for the winning of the war.
 That is the reason and the only reason that Germany has placed her self in the position where she now is And yet we do not wish to be driven to war as are the German people by the lords of the German empire |? Are we not going to strive to up hold the principle of 'our fathers?" And are we not going to prove that a govern ment of the people can actually exist with the necessary efficiency so that the nation that believes in such prin- ciples can protect itself against the inroads of a despot such as the German kaiser? Let me say to you that unless we change our system and control our greed which has been excited by the high prices of wages and material caused by this war, we will be much longer in whipping the Hun than we ought to be.
 No Doubt of Result
 have no doubt how this war is coming out. I know that the allies are going to triumph, but don't think for minute that they are going to do so easily. And let me assure YOU that we can only do it by the natural resources and all of the people being mobilized in our own country to SUD- port our armies in France and the armies of our allies who are actually fighting.
 
 no Justification for my writing to my own people and roasting them as above but Brophy, Collins, Solomon, Owen Zeisemer and myself, whom you all know, are not by any means having a good time We are working long hours and are up against a mighty hard job but I am glad to say that our depart inert of the American Red Cross is | int shape and the whole organization is making progress towards the winning of the war.
 IT all of you could really appreciate what France has done for the world in | this war q have not been to England) and the fight they have really put up by seeing the hundreds of widows and cripples on the streets every. day. know that everybody at home would work harder and would have a greater appreciation of what those at home must do in order to bring about, before too many years have gone by our right as Americans to look a French man or an Englishman in the face and feel that we have done our part and that we are again their equals.
 We, as a nation, have gone through a bitter eXperieIice since the com- mencement of the Madero revolution and we of Arizona have the advantage over those of other parts of the coun- try, in having the knowledge that oul national sentiment was dulled and oul national spirit seriously affected by the many killings of our citizens that happened in our frontier states during the administration of Mir Taft and sC affected the American national patioti, sentiment which existed at the time o+ the sinking of the Maine as to have made it doubtful for US to have de. clared war against Germany the nex morning after the sinking of the Lusi. tania.
 We Were Late
 Do not forget that if the United