The copper era and Morenci leader., 1920-02-27
THE SPIRIT IF THE
 NEW DEMOCRACY

LIT. VOn hlelnSm1d addressed large and appreciative audience at the High School Auditorium Thursday evening, his topic being The New Democracy 1 The obligations we assumed when we joined the Allies against the Cen. 1 tral Powers were no. obliterated when the armistice was signed, rather we 1 found ourselves unuer implied oblgai- | tions to the nations of the world in | general arising from the stand we had taken to make the world safe for democracy. Dr. von KleinSmid re- minded us again of the stand both La i Dor and Capital took in prosecuting the great war. Each had put aside for the time being thedifferences in herent within them and had worked with vast unselfishness to attain the desired end, peace with the honor of the nations untarnished. That this peace was now only in the making, and that greater vigilance than ev- CT was required in these reconstruc- tion days, when the world is creeping back to normal was emphasized by the speaker. The world has learned that Service is the watchword for success if we would heed the vision vouch- safed mankind in the times of stress when Autocracy and Democracy were being weighed in the balance.
 Religious freedom, one of the cor nerstones of our own beloved coun- try, must prevail if the light is to be kept burning. That this was sinking deep into the hearts of those who serve mankind as their priests, was illustrated by the speaker in a num- Der of tales related where Preachers, Priests and Rabbis worked hand in hand to minister to the wants of the suffering and the dying in the great hospitals or at the front. There was no boundary line between protestant, catholic or Jew when death came, and whoever was there to administer the last offices did so according to the faith of the dying and not the faith of the minister.
 That racial differences must give way before the new freedom was also emphasized That the color of mans skin does not measure the extent of his courage or his love of country or of mankind was illustrated in several instances. That it is the duty of Americans to recognize and honor these traits so happily proven in men
 
 the mass of humanity must not be lost sight of. The instances given are worth a repetition. The Italian it was who held at bay at tremendous sac rifice the horde of Austrians who were to cut off the Allied armies at the rear Again, two hundred thousand China men were shipped across America and sailed from our eastern ports for the front where they were used in salVag- ing copper and other things of value which lay under the fire of German artillery And the black man of our own country, the deceAdent Of the All rican slave, brought to our shores in the early days of our history won un- dying glory. That the black man has won for himself a fair trial by jury for alleged ocences must be guaran- teed by the government for which he was willing to lay down his life In defense.
 The underpaid school teacher came in for a full measure of attention from Dr. von KleinSmid, and he pointed to the fact that we require a standard of education in our teachers which ne cessitate an outlay of thousands of dollars, and yet pay them less than hod-carrier That teachers are leav- ing the profession to engage in more. lucrative employment is an immediate problem which must be faced and solved.
 That the new democracy means the actual brotherhood of Man and Fath- erhood of God, and that our obligation are just beginning was the problem Dr von KIeinSmid left us to cull over at our leisure.