Arizona republican., 1918-02-18
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come from the German workers within i that country it is now plain that op- | portunity 10 uproot the agencies of force will come only when democracy has defeated autocracy in the military field and wins the right to reconstruct relations between nations and men. The peace parleys between Russia and Germany have shown the futility of diplomatic negotiations until Prussiaa militarists are convinced they cannot supeTimpOse their will on the rest of the world. Force is the basis of their whole organization and is the only argument they will understand.
 Spontaneous uprisings in Germany in protest against the militarist gov- crnmcnt have shown that the German government is still stronger than the movement, for German emancipation. German freedom is ultimately the prob le of the German people. But the de- feat of Prussian autOcracy on the battlefield will bring an opportunity for German liberty at home.
 We have passed the period when any one nation can maintain its free dom irrespective of other nations. Civilization has closely linked nations together by the ties of commerce, and quick communication, common inter- ests, problems and purposes.
 The future of free nations will de- pend upon their joint ability to devise agencies for dealing with their common affairs so that the greatest opportunity for life, liberty and pursuit of happi- ness may be assured to all.
 This matter of world democracy is of vital interest to labor. Labor is not a sector apart it represents the in- vincible desire for greater opportunity
 oil lgla aFr the brawn, sinews and brains of society It is the user of tools. Tools under the creative power of muscle and brains shape the materials of ciViliza- tion. Labor makes possible every great forward movement of the world. But labor is inseparable from physical and spiritual life and progress. Labor now makes it possible that this titanic struggle for democratic freedom can be made
 The common people everywhere are hungry for wider opportunities to live. They have shown the willingness to spend or be spent for an ideal. They are in this war for ideals. Those ideals are best expressed by their chosen representatives in a message deliv- cred to the congress of the United States January s, setting forth the
 
 dent Wilson's statement of war aims has been unreservedly endorsed by British organized labor. It is in abso- Iute harmony with the fundamentals endorsed by the Buffalo convention of the American Federation of Labor.
 we are at war for those ideatN. Our first big casualty list has brought to every home the horrors and sacri- fees of war. This is only the begin ming. A gigantic struggle lies just ahead that will test to the utmost the endurance, ability and spirit of our people. That struggle will be fought out in the mines. farms, shops, mills, shipyards, as well as on the battle field. Soldiers and sailors are help less if the producers do not do their part. Every link in the chain of the mobilization of the fighting force and necessary supply is indispensable to winning the war against militarism and principles of unfreedom.
 The worker that fastens the rivets in building the ship is performing just as necessary war service to our re- public as the sailor who takes the shiT across or the gunner in the trenches
 This is a time when all workers must soberly face the grave import ance of their daily work and decide industrial matters with a conscience mindful of the world relation of each act.
 The problem of production indis- ponsabe to preventing unnecessary slaughter of fellow men is squarely UT 70 all Workers-aye to employees and employers Production depends upon materials, tools. management and the development and maintenance of in