Weekly journal-miner., 1919-04-23
STURDY ENDURANCE OF HOME FOLKS BASIS FOR HEROISM
 INTRENCHES, ,SAYSSENATOR
Two Senators
 Speak To Big
 Plaza Meeting

In the light of the supreme achieve
 ments of the American nation in the war that pitted the self-reliant sons or democracy against the flower of auto cracy's mli1tarism and brought vic tory for the free people of the earth, the United States can do no less than meet its last big obligation and over subscribe the Victory Loan. The heroism of the battle field, the fruit of even sterner endurance in the home will be repeated in this final endeav- or, and America will redeem its pledge to the world.
 Senator Henry F. Ashurst, speak ing from the court house steps to one of the largest crowds ever as sembled in Prescott, appeared before his home people for the first time since September 1911. He flung him self whole heartedly into a splendid address in behalf of the Victory Loan.
 With him on the platform was Senator Mark Smith, whose arrival the night before was casual, but who was pressed into service as a speak CT. Senator Smith told about the victory that must be paid for He confined his remarks chiefly to the matter of the loan, how 1t was as necessary a. war work as any that had preceded it, and how it offered not only an opportunity for an ex pression of patriotism, but a chance for the shrewd investor.
 "Yavapai county will come up to it's past incompatible records when this new duty calls" he said.
 Tribute to the Uniform
 Senator Ashurst paid a glowing tribute to the fighting men. He gave the impression that he rather admired the fighters of America, who had built new army traditions in their European venture He told how they had gone in against the Prussian Jaegers, who, through half ! century of the keenest training had built up a reputation for never re. Iiring. When the U. s. troops met them at Chateau Thierry and in the Argonne, he said, the world was giv- en a new sensation at sight of the Dlumed knights of militarism fleeing ike whipped CUTS before the assaults of selected men-clerks, farm hands, miners, business men and the Spider egged dudes of Fifth Avenue, whom he draft rebuilt into men.
 The senator reviewed the diplo- natic exchanges whereby each of the nations successively got into the war. He told how Germany swarmed across Luxembourg, Belgium and France and tore at the gates of Paris until Joffre with his hastily as ;embled reserves, met Von Kluck md hurled him back beyond the Iarne. Then began that deadly at rition, wearing down the hurried,y gathered British and claiming its millions of the French and Belgians. He told how Haig, trying to with stand the assaults of the superior German forces, cried out to his men O stand and die with their backs to he wall
 And the whole time. America was rying to be neutral. President Will on and the other leaders were watch ng events with the keenest anxiety. Then came the Lusitania outrage and he senate of the United States prog -essed from the consideration of .rmed neutrality to that of war. And laving fixed upon war, Uncle Sam quilt the draft and reached into the lomes of every one and took there rom the youth. He related the trials hat beset the nation, trying to .hange from peace to war at a mo- uent'S notice, and excused the in .vitable errors.
 For all this great effort, assem- ,ling and training and then sending .cross an immense fighting unit, much money must be paid. Buying 'onds now will merely be wiping out he debt the people owe for unravish- d homes and sons that will come ~--o~~~~-~~-~~--------------