Arizona republican., 1918-07-05

Local attorney makes stirring address this terrible clashing and crashing on | the other side of the world. from which | we are separated by a great ocean? | Why did America become involved in | the titanic struggle? The answer is | not difficult to make. Every red | blOoded American well understands |
 the reasons why we are in this war | The Lusitania was treacherously sunk, | and American men, women and chil- | dren murdered and drowned. The Ger |
 man kaiser had the effrontery to say and fix what parts of the free ocean We might sail and when and how we might sail there. He intrigued against the peace of America, and endeavored
 10 embroil both Japan and Mexico in a war with us. going to the extent of promising to Mexico that the stars of | Arizona, Texas and New Mexico should be taken out of the American flag and these lands returned to MeXi- l co. His ambassador at Washington | infamously and in gross violation of every principle of good faith and hon. esty. secretly plotted with the enemies | in our midst to cripple and destroy our means of self defense and to inn pede and hinder our preparation for | War.
 "The Consent of the Governed" lt is said that this is a conflict be- | tween autocracy and democracy, be- ween despotism and liberty. This is
 so, but there is something involved in t more subtle than that. It is a con | ,lict between two theories of political organized man-one written in undy- ing words in our Declaration of Inde- | np bp all fc I their just powers from the consent of | the governed and the other based OH the theory of a state all powerful, un- | restrained, superior to the liberties of
 law and morality, which no power can restrain except by force, and which
 must sustain and extend itself by force.
 What is challenged in this war is the preamble of the Declaration of Inde- lpendence. that all men are born free land equaT' That is why this has never been European war. It began in Eu- Irope, but it never was a European war, land it never can be European war, so long as this country is concerned with our ideals of government.
 Perpetuity of World Freedom
 | It is often said that Washington warned us against entangling alliances in Europe. He did warn us against en-
 angling alliancee with individual na- tions against other nations, and he was right. But an alliance with one nation lagainst another nation is quite a diff
 ferent thing from standing silently by whilst our fellow men bear our respon- sibilty for the perpetuity of the | worlds freedom and civilization against Tyranny, brute force and lust for
 world dominion. What sort of a figure l lttsa in ictn nd
 years from now one should look back
 and see this. stupendous struggle for
 liberty, for the rights of small nations,
 for the very life of democracy, and then see us dissatisfied people, 11000O,00O strong, sitting down with
 folded hands and doing nothing to save
 humanity itself?
 The Philosophy of Cain Thank God the philosophy of Cain | has passed out of this world forever
 We are our brothers keeper. We are trustee of a great and sacred trust. We have been given by Providence out of the womb of Time this government with all its powers. with all of it's ac- | compishments, and with all of its
 promise; and the question comes home to us at this hour with burning force:
 How are we discharging this trustee . ship? Not what is somebody else do- , ing-not what is the French army do- ng-not what is the British navy do-
 ing-but what are we doing to pre-
 serve, to protect and perpetuate the ideals of government in which we live Do we think that somebody else will } take care of our freedom, somebody else will take care of the open sea for us, somebody else will take care of the
 worlds peace, and that we, as a nation shall go about our business and let somebody else run the world? It can not be done.
 I. not be done. No hired Hessian shall be employed to govern us. We must [ either govern ourselves or drift on the , tide of helpless serfdom to the Ger
 manic race who are willing to govern
 us if we are so craven and cowardly as ! to suffer it. But divine Providence ! Twill never suffer such a catastrophe s such a tragedy.
 2 American People Are Awake l The American people have been I awakened. They are sure of the pres- e ent and they are eagerly questioning ! the future. The dream of the German . kaiser of world dominion shall fade e away like the morning mist. As Abra- - ham Lincoln said. this nation cannot h exist half slave and half free. and so il |, may be said today that this world can- ] not exist half despotism and half de-
 Imocracy. The dream of a one world I Continued on Page Seven)