Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-03

Vaughan was formerly prime minister
of South Australia, and is still mem
Der of its legislative assembly. He
is now Australia's special representa-
tive in the United States, where he
has spent considerable time lecturing
and visiting various camps and indus
trial centers.)
Admiration, deep profound admira-
ton, moves me when think of Amer
lea at war. For three months / have
journeyed up and down this vast re-
public, and have felt the pulses of
that mighty national force which is
America. have addressed audiences
from San Diego in Southern Cali
fornia to Fore River on the Atlantic:
from Sioux Falls, s. D., in the north,
to Tulsa, Okla, in the south. / have
spoken in labor temples, shipyards,
factories, legislative halls. chambers
of commerce, churches, before white
men and dark men, to gatherings Of
women and children. But whether it
be in the far West, or along the Mis-
sissippi, in the Democratic south or
one America-true to the ideals of
Washington and the spirit of the Dec
laration of Independence. THE world
must be made safe for democracy
that slogan was the call to arms which
rallied to the colors all those cosmo-
politan elements.
The resolution embodied in the
phrase is not born of the hour; it is
the heritage Of the past. For four
years Lincoln fought against the
South because the nation could not
live half slave and half free. Had
the siave-owning South been content
to keep slavery within its legally de-
fined borders, that struggle might per-
haps have been avoided. But slavery
had to expand or perish.
Autoeracy Must Expand or Die.
Autocracy, like slavery, has proved
that it cannot be confined within any
territorial limits. 1t sought to eX-
pand, and thereby menaced the free
dom of the democracies of the world
President Wilson'S whole policy mas
been framed on the assumption that if
Germany wanted autocracy she had
a right so to govern herself. But the
kaiser's battle cry has always been
Germany over ALL" The issue Is,
then, quite clear. Either democracy
or autocracy must perish from the
earth.
I have been a privileged visitor TO
many of the military cantonments
which have sprung up all over the
states, and have spoken to the men,
The thermometer was 20 below zero
when / motored across from Boston
to Camp Devens. The big Y. NJ. c.
A. auditorium quickly filled with the
younger sons of the republic, who
seemed anxious to hear the message
from Australia. These clean-limbed
Americans think the world of the
perhaps to them than any others
these soldiers like to be told that
Australia is the only country which
has adopted the principles of the
American constitution
Military Training.
In the environments everything is
provided to give needful comfort with
out pampering men who are in train
ing. DRY" canteens on land and on
sea are the stern DEGREES of peerless
Washington. Already military train
ing has stiffened the backbone of the
way-back sons of the soil; the SLOUGH
ing mountaineer of kentucky or Ten
nessee has acquired a brisk step and
upright carriage; the loose jointed
cowboy of Wyoming has rubbed
shoulders with the pampered youth
from Long Island, and each is better
for the experience. The psychological,
political and economical effect of this
commingling of the East and the
West, the North and the South, with
all the interchange of ideas that it
involves, together with the impressions
of other lands which fighting abroad
must leave behind, will be far-reach-
ing.
Munitions and Food
Americas output of rifles is now
approximately sufficient to equip three
army divisions every week. Machine
guns and ordnance are being turned
out in ever-increasing quantity. Enor-
nous quantities of munitions and
clothing are now being manufactured,
and food product has been greatly
stimulated by the organizations of Ia
Dor for the farms.
II is impossible to tell in a word or
two the inspiring story of the CO.
operation of American women in war
activities. A few girls are now to
be found behind the plow, thousands
are in munitions plants and in in
creasing number are to be found on
the tramways, working elevators, etc.
American women will take up their
cross as heroically as have their Brit
ISL and French SISTERS.
In my talks turnout twenty-four
states OF the American union, l en-
loved the cooperation and personal
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