Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-16

neighbors. A de.ensive war, indeedi The fact remains undisputed that it was the imperial German government which first declared war, and upon them shall rest the blood guilt for the dreadful catastrophe which has be- fallen the world. No hypOcricy-nO special pleading-nO falsehOOds will ever wipe this stubborn fact out of the record O. the world What is done is done, and the guilt will be adJudged by history. The violation of innocent 1 Belgium, in defiance of solemn treaty the revOlting deeds committed there, and in northern France-the intamy Of the Lusitania murder-the murder of defenseless children-the violation of innocent women-the perlidiOus plot ting in friendly countries, and crime upon crime in defiance of very law of humanity conclusively refutes the hypocritical pretension of Germany | that she is waging a defensive war.
 America Will Win
 The spirit Of America is uncOnquer- able-the valor of her children is in vincible. America has never been de- feated, and never will be defeated, for there is fighting with us force which has ever proved itself stronger than any other power on earth, and that force is the God-inspired, death-defy- ing. unconquerable soul O. man. We never sought this war-we never wished it. If ever a nation entered a war after having maintained infinite forebearance in the face Of grave men ace and danger and the most intoler- able affronts, America is that nation. If ever a nation entered a war for mo- tives as pure and high as the great blue dome of heaven, America is that nation. To gain American independ- ence-to defeat oppression and tyran- ny-was a great cause. To preserve the Union and eradicate slavery was another great cause. But to defend the very foundation of liberty and hu- manity, the very groundwork of fair dealing between nations, the very basis of peaceable living together, against the ruthless, brutal onslaught of war-mad people. bent upon world power-that is the highest cause For which any people ever unsheathel its glittering sword At the foot of Cal vary there is only one country. A wrong done to the least nations IS wrong done to all. A wrong done to France is wrong done to America
 We have but one supreme, unshake- able purpose in this war. and that is to lay low and make powerless the ac- cursed militaristic spirit in Germany, which brought to the world all this unspeakable misery, sorrow and rum.
 Anerica Is a Unit
 Ours is a nation of men resolved to stand shoulder to shoulder and heart to heart until we see this con flict through to a successful finish
 Nothing on earth can change or alter our high resolve. It is true that we are many-rOoted in population, but the fact remains that we stand a unit in the prosecution of this holy war. Amer ica is a great melting pot of the na- tions os the world. .FOreign-born citi- zens come to these shores from every tyrantsridden country on earth and find an asylum from oppression and In iustice. and breathe the air of freedom and feel the impulses of a generous liberty. Accepting their oaths of ai- legiance as taken in good faith. we open to them in generous trust the portals to America, opportunity and freedom. and admit them to member shin in the family of America, glv- ing them equal right in the great IT, heritanee which has been created by the blood and sacrifices of our ances- tors. asking nothing from them in re- turn but decent citizenship and loyal tv to the ideals and principles which are svmbolized in the glorious flag of America. We demand. as we have the just right to demand. that the mo- ment a fOreign-bOrn citizen lands on these shores. whether he be froH Ger many. Italy, Ireland, Russia or else where. that he cease to be an alien, and that he become 100 per cent Amer ican. These men are not here by ac- cident os birth-they are here Of tnelr own free will and accord, and they owe the high duty of loyal allegiance and faithful service to this country even unto death They must have put one slogan-America against Germany l-America against the wOrld-Amerlca right or wrong-AmeTica always. Woe to the foreign-born American who De' | trays the trust that we have repOseo ! in him Woe to him who considers his American citizenship merely as a convenient garment. to be worn m fair weather and to be exchanged TOT another one in time of storm and dis- ltress. Woe to the German-American' so-calied. who in this sacred war TOT a cause as high as any For which any
 neople ever took up arms. does not feel a solemn urge-does not show an eager determination to be in the very
 front of the struggle-does not sho" i a patriotic jealousy in thought, m ac' lion and in spirit to out-do his natlVe born fellow citizens in willing sacriiice for the country of his choice and adop- tion. If he shirks the measure or ms duty and allegiance to the country De he German-American, lrish-Amerlcah pr any other hyphenated American De he I. w. W. or socialist, or whatever | the appe,lation, does not deserve to stand amongst Americans. As Wash- ingtou led Americans of British blooo to fight against Great Britain-as Lih- coin called upon the Americans or the north to fight their very brothers lh line south-so Americans Of German descent are summoned to join our Icountrv's righteous struggle against the peoplc of their own blood, when | - -. ~ c,-u gnir{f of dreadful ODSeS-