Arizona republican., 1921-04-20

district of Arizona, had disqualified r of the 47 applicants, leaving 30 to be admitted.
 The reasons for disqualification of the r were all under the heads of in- competency of witnesses, lack of in dication of sufficient loyalty to the government of the United States, and proof of the prior commission of crime. Those who were admitted to citizenship represented II European nations, in addition to which two Indian youths took the oath of ale glance.
 Judge Leaves Chair
 When Judge Sawtelle had admitted the applicants to full citizenship and had outlined to them the ideals which should be theirs as citizens of the United States, he relinquished his judges chair to Harold Baxter, Of the Sons of the American Revolution and the American Legion, who opened the welcoming exercises by introducing Gen. A. J. Sampson, Civil war veteran, who spoke in part as follows:
 You men and women have as- sumed today a new relation in life You have just taken the most i'm portant step of your careers. You have become citizens of the greatest nation in the world, as may be said without fear of contradiction.
 Many reasons, no doubt, have prompted you to assume American citizenship. It is not expected that you will forget your motherland When a young man marries he does not forget his mother, but he loves his bride better because she is his wife. So in your case. You have married the United States. and you must love your new country better than you esteem the old.
 You must remember that there are many ways in which you can be o1 benefit to your country. One of these is to remember that from this day forward you cannot call yourselves Swiss -Amercan, of Italian Americans or Spanish Americans. You are American. and nothing less. You are now to be true to one country, one language and one flag"
 Here General Sampson displayed a small American flag while the audi ence applauded. Continuing, he said Never Without Flag "In the 24 nations of the world tC which l have journeyed during the course of my life, have sometimes found myself without much money but I have never found myself with out that flag which has afforded me protection and brought honor to me. T am one of those who went forth to fight for that flag. but I am glad to say that today one side honcrs that emblem as much as the other that the Blue and the Gray have united under it and are one in their ale glance to 1t.
 See that you are true to the oatf you have taken, true to the constitu- tion. and true to the flag under whicf you are living. May God bless you one and alli'
 The next speaker was Capt. J. L B. Alexander of the Spanish Amer ican War veterans, who had made ar unsuccessful effort to enter the late unpleasantness in France, but who was disqualified by the age limit The gist of his remarks follows:
 T want to congratulate you mer and women upon your admittance tc citizenship upon this patriotic day It is the day upon which the firs' blood was split for the flag--the day upon which a few Americans at the Village of Lexington gathered to- gether to resist the tyranny of ths English. The ensuing conflfet lasted for seven long years, until we hat gained our independence and tn, United States had taken it's place al | one of the nations of the earth.
 A Fitting Day
 This, the anniversary of the battl l of Lexington, is then a fitting da
 for you to take the oath of a1legianc l to this country. That oath you hay
 taken solemnly and without reserva tion, and you have promised tha your allegiance and your loyalty wi
 be undivided. The ideal of other na
 tions is that the people are tn creatures Sf the government. Tn
 ideal of this nation is that the gov
 ernment Is the creature of the peopl
 and you are citizens of a governmer
 in which you are sovereigns. Bl
 that government is one of law knows no classes-it recognizes II
 distinction between rich or poor, DOW erful or weak. All are equal unds it, and all have their rights under i But there must be also respect f. the laws of that government. Y6 are amenable to it's statutes. for 1t a government of statute, and in tho. who represent you in the halls of COT gross you have an authority ov, those laws under which you deign live.
 Your government is founded principles of honor and liberty al you must give it your heart Yor government is one that stands freedom from oppression and hatr, of aggression. In Cuba, in the Phi lippines and in France American
 have fought not for aggrandizeme