Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-08
ENGL|sHMAN GIVES
STRANGE VIEWS
ON COUNTRY
He Believes Our Constitution
and Courts Are Not Suit
able for So Big a PROPOSE
ton as United States.


Kansas clly. Mo. Dec. S. With the
ideal OF nationality growing more
elusive every day. and with the com
piese breakdown Of the theory OF the
Sovereignty OF the states. the sole re-.
naming anchor al American democ.
rncy " civic patriotism
That N conclusion OF Alfred H.
Zlmmern, fellow Oi New College. OK.
ford. and anthor Of The Greek Com.
monwcaith." Who IN spending year
travelling in the United States lie
has passed some weeks IN the east
ana south aud has come 10 Kansas
City an headquarters from which 20
Gee the west. After "a preliminary
survey OF the country ne win settle
down 10 study OF the industrial pc.
litical, economic and educational
phases OF American life. IN the uni
versliies and ia actual touch with
conditions IN the great industrial cen
ters. Mr.. Zlmmern may write book
about II all, and he may not
my experience is ne said today,
that one writes book after the
first week of travel and observation.
or at the end OF lifetime"
Hut II he is not ready 10 write he
Il ready TO talk, ana he talked today
With frank wonder and as frank crit
lcism of what he had heard ana seen
IN his progrese thus far through
America,
III YOU Americans dh not appear
to 5e ready TO confess II yourselves.
an Engllshman might hesitate 10 de.
clare your trial OF representative gov
ernment failure, nc said. I'm
England we might possibly conclude
a thing was a failure after n trial OF,
say. Thousand years. but here ~
America you think nothing OF throw
ing results 10 the scrap heap ana
starting over. two or three times m
a generation So n h. u seems 20
me. with your theory Of representative
government II hasn't worked. and
nov Won are lcoklDg around for some.
thing ia bolster Il up with, and have
picked on the Initiative, referendum
and recall
Democracy ought not "a be so Jealous
and suspicious ns the employment OF
this check would imply, and II would
not have 10 be " you elected the right
kind at men 20 office. Hut yoa appaf.
emily are afraid of ruling class OF
men trained 10 the work OF Eoyern-
|ment. who wouldn't have ia be watch
ed. and prefer politicians IN office,
the worst sort of ruling class whom
YOU know 10 be uufS ANA whom YOU
proclaim to the world 20 ho corrupt.
"You pretend to nationality, but
how can there be any nationality un.
der your system You send represen.
taiiyes to Washington. thousands oI
miles away. Il may be- ana they pass
entirely out of Your community HE.
You never see them until the next
election. They never have any met
sage for you: they IN 40 acaae repre-
senf you. To make your iSpiniiun
worse, your states have become nfhfl.
owy things. fulfilling no function ~
far as ! can learn eitker OF home GOV
crnmeni or OF an lnterce9Aory nature
with the federal government Your
local government ~ reduced then 10
The municipality and have NOT heard
thar this II always administered 10
the grealest good Of the Individual
citizen. Iint yOa are al the point
where the city Is your last hope
Tho iroublo seems To me 10 be- that
Americans arosmof willlng 10 work
anything out. They are fOr taking
the short eat in politics, IN business.
IN everything. There Is tremendous
energy, but little real presidency, The
tannN men lly Ifom business 10 busl-
moss. from profession 20 profession, az
Your poppiallcn lllcs from stats 10
state There n TOO much hurry ana
tho little thoroughneSs was amazed
20 read that President Tan gave ~
AN excuse for public speech that