Arizona republican., 1918-04-19
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 his violence should cease, and just as repeatedly she violated those promises. America is engaged in the most colossal war of all time; war of such tragic proportions that those who are close to it and charged with he responsibilities of conducting it rave their souls torn every day with he anguish and suffering of hu- nanity.
 We are. fellow citizens, against our will, parties to this tragic and stu 2endous conflict. A year of experi- snce has taught us much. A year Of experience has disillusioned even those who wanted to believe that Germany lad no such intentions as she has low disclosed in the Russian catas- rophe. It is only the simpleton who hinks or believes that there is any benevolent purpose or intention on he part of the German military lutocracy. It's purposes have been lnmasked and 1t stands pillored at he bar of civilization.
 America has come upon the scene, not only because her safety was i'm Deriled, not only because her rights lad been ruthlessly and insolently ransgressed, but for another and nore impelling reason. She came be- :ause the voice of suffering and out aged humanity from those stricken battle fields acoss the sea have ouched the soul of America ano America has sprung to arms.
 The Kaiser's Command
 We received a command from this iespotic tyrant, the Kaiser, on the hirty- y-first day of January, 1917, tc orego our rights as an independent people. He undertook to say, by a lecree signed in his palace at Berlin hat America should no longer eXer- :ise her right to sail unmolested the nigh seas in the pursuit of legitimate commerce.; and if you will read the memorandum attached to that dec. aration, which was lodged with the hen friendly American government { CIV hours only before the decree went nto effect, you will find that after ordering us to keep off the higl teas in zones surrounding Great Brit tin, France and Italy, some 800 mile: n extent, he graciously added tha ie would permit one American shil per week to sail from America tC Plymouth, England, and one Ameri :an ship to return from England tt America, each week, provided-what' That due notice should be given tt he Kaiser that the single American lhip would sail a course specified b! he Kaiser and that it should b. painted in alternate stripes of rel md white, to indicate that it had hi permission to go upon the high seas He ordered us to transform thes ew American ships into floatinl barber poles, and said that we mus mbmit to that indignity, regardles If the fact that under internationa aw, we had as much right to sal he seas as any other nation upon tn ,arth. The high seas are common property of the world, and Americi won her right to freedom of the sea with the blood of American sailor tnd soldiers.
 We do not intend to permit tn Kaiser to order the American flag of he high seas. And we do not inten O permit the Kaiser to enslave tn world, America in the bargain. We d lot intend to do it unless the bloc ,t America has run yellow, and thi demonstration here today prove tnew what we all know, that Ameri :an blood still runs red.
 Why Freedom of the Seas"
 We have always produced far nor han we have been able to consume g iome and we must have foreign mark ,ts for our surplus and that is the req ,on we have always insisted upon tn reedom of the seas and have neve ielded 1t since we have become a na ion. Where would you be with tn ;opper you are producing in Arizon; where would you be with the livestoc fou raise in Arizona, where would yo je with the cotton and other thing tou produce in abundance if you coul rot sell it in the open markets of tn world. Let me take the cotton of tn outh because it illustrates most et actively what l have in mind. W aise something like twelve to fiftee million bales of cotton each year he south.
 We have never been able to consun nore than six million bales of ths .otton. that is in fabricating the cotto nto clothing and other uses, and tn; eaves-say if we have fifteen mi ion bale crop or slyteen million balt s sge had in 191i-the greatest ere ve ever had-that leaves ten millic ,ales of cotton that we couldn't Ill t home, and if we couldn't ship it oreign markets and it was throw lpon our American markets, why u ,rice would decline to far below tl est of producing it.
 Had No Ships
 Cotton in 1914 went to five cents iound. Why? Why didn't we ship al 'otton? Because as a nation we h; quilt no merchant marine of our ow We were, therefore relying upon Bri sh ships and French ships and Ge nan ships to carry the products
 America to the world markets. Wh, var broke out, these vessels scurri nto the first safe harbor and stay here. Why? Because there we Trench raiders at sea, German raide t sea, and British raiders at sea.
 hey hurried into the nearest DOT The result was America with all h rain crops and cotton crops and oth rops which needed shipment to E ope had no ships to ship them in.
 At that time, in 1914 we had [ reedom of the seas but we had hips. Now when we can get ships
 9lS so that we can enjoy the freedc f the seas. the kaiser sends an ord