Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-24

is required to not only furnish the
men necessary to keep up a full bri-
gade, but also to furnish all the nee
essary supplies for that brigade, ex-
cept ordnance. Under such conditions
the lives sacrificed on the field are
not more than those sacrificed in the
homes. In this war where whole dis
/ trlcts will be overrun and stripped
bare by the enemy and where doubt
less the unfortunate inhabitants of
these districts will have to suffer
much brutality from the overrunning
hordes, the suffering and death UNI
der the most painful circumstances
which must follow among the help
less classes must necessarily be heart.
/ breaking.
Present indications are that after
these civilized (?) nations get down
to business the outrages committed by
the poor, ignorant. half savage Mex
leans will look like the most merci-
full humanity. War very quickly breaks
through the thin veneer of decency
that civilization has put on over our
primal instincts, and allows the saw
age to show through.
No reasonable man will deny that
Christianity is based upon the grand
est moral principles which the hui
man mind can conceive, and that the
man fully impregnated with them
would be g0dlike in his goodness. but
what has the world to show for nine
teen hundred years of Christian influ-
enee? Principally that through the
increase of mental power developed
by centuries of vehement discussion
brought about by irreconcilable dis
agreement as TO the best methods of
applying these principles to our daily
lives, we have been able to devise more
thorough and effective methods Of
murder and more convincing sophistrv
to frame excuses for IT, Nine tenths
of even the ministers and the priests
whose mission it Is to teach and ex-
emplify this doctrine of brotherly love-
are encouraging their people to go
out and murder their enemies, and
rejoicing when they hear of their
death.
Many newspapers are giving space
to the frothings of self-credited world
upifters regarding humanitariapism
IN modern warfare. Such talk is
nothing but hysterical sentimentalism.
There is not and cannot be anything
humanitarian connected with war. 1t
Is all pure hellish sayagery. Even the
F-Nfit7fVli NiitNil udilOHS Iidke LOT Illt
care of their sick and wounded Is not
prompted by humanitarian impulses.
1t is purely utilitarian. the sole reason
for 1t being to remove those who are
no longer effective out of the way and
out of the sight of those still able
to tight in order that they may not in
terfere with their movements or dis
courage and dishearten them, and to
get those who are still capable of do
ing service In condition for rendering
such service, as quickly as possible
proposition which has been dis
cussed for number of years. and
which is carried into effect to a
greater or less extent by all nations,
Is to simply get out of the way those
who cannot be again made fit for SER
wee, or whose care will cost the gov
eminent more than their services
would be worth after they were well,
and to allow them TO die or get well
as they will 1t has even been pro-
posed to kill them on the field of bat
Tie IN order to avoid the trouble and
expense of taking care of them, and
thls proposition also has been carried
into effect.
Even the provisions for the care of
the sick and wounded by civilian or
sahizauons Is largely induced by a
nystefieal sentimentality and a desire
oh the part OF those taking part in 1t
10 stand in the lmelight But little
OF such work would be done If those
doing ii knew that il would not re-
ceiVe the attention and the applause
of the world
There are few even of the most emf
thusiastic workers in this cause wha
do not openly reioice uhans thev laarpl