Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-06
Loot.

War Is usually hell; that argument is
on the best authority-and when il
isn't hell It is something worse; 1t is
loot. And IL doesn't take a heather
to loot. A Christian can de- Il as well.
OF that the stories from C%asabianCa
again convince us. For the dispatches
recently say that having completely
plundered the Moorish and Jewish
quarters, and looking for further plum
der. the Arabs found THAI they must
drive away the guards around the
consulates in order to have the Euro
pean shops and stores at their Mercy"
French made several %sorties, they
returned with bayOnets dripping. The
Arabs had been driven back, but the
looting was not ended. Now the 9TH
crs had their chance. by evening tn
town was clear OF Arabs except those
In hiding who were unable to escape.
Then commenced the second series oil
pillages. The %Spaniards came first, each
man guarding his own shop and rob
bling his neighbours. Then the Jews
'crept timidly from their hiding places
and began to prowl about, lootin6
wherever they could"
The interesting fact is that some
good subjects of the powers evidently
took part in the looting. But they
were civilians. and maybe did not
know the rules of war;, they were
merchants. and so more intent upon
the laws OF profit and loss. But did
the French md Spanish soldiers take
no part? Their British cousins know
the meaning of loot.
Now rememher when you're 'dcktng
round a gilded turns god
That is eyes is very often precious
stones.
An II YOU treat a niger 20 a dose Of
cleanin'-rod
Els like 10 show yoa everything e
owns.
Ow the loot,
Bloomin' loot!
That's the thing to make the boys glt
up an shoot
It's the same with dogs and men,
n you'd have 'em Come again
clap 'cm forward with a Loo, Too!
Lulul Loot!
The peace conference az The Hague
has spent the greater part of It's time
discussing technical propositions dcs-
tined To render war more humane. The
doctors disagree. some Of them insist
ing that the nations should fight with
popguns. others proclaiming that the
bigger the ba~tticships. the more terri
bile the ordnance. the better Il will be
FOR an concerned But all Of them.
with a very few exceptions. agree that
some OF the OWLS OF war ANt AuilhuiA
bullet and poisonous gases, Tor exam
pie. are unnecessary evils. And
looting belongs To this lass. The sol
diers themselves. when they learn that
Great Britain has refused 10 interdici
the sowing OF mines. may fail to sec
why lootlnE should be entered as q
crime" But those who make IN,
rules for the soldiers rave agreed that
% iA. and now that they are making
more rules, u Is to De hoped hat they
will adopt some that viii make those
already made more effective.
The lOoting az Casa Blanca iustifies
the iikcning of dogs and men. and We
some times hin the dogs ave the
hettcr OF u. Better than anything
that might have happened b rapinc
and ghouiish deSpoilment M Morocco
have shown hat "a considerable task
T. in hand there task whose COM
pictc accomplishment may mean prlit-
icai changes nf great consequence. s.
large a price MAY Mulai-Abdul-Aziz,
sultan ~ Morocco. ave 90 pay for hts
loot-inot that WIS part Christian
.loot.-Ncw York Globe.