Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-26

.. says.
Germany " still united and her re-
sources are great. All her men are In
arms and all her arsenals working at
full pressure. Her unbeatcn fleet and
flotillas will strike when their hour
comes ana probably In cooperation
with her army
II therefore deyolvcs upon the al
lies to look forward TO long war
and 10 take corresponding measures.
We all must. day by day and year
by year. incrense the number and the
machinery Of our field armies, and
gradually exhaust the enemy By fight
Ing him on both fronts without haste
but also without rest.
Positions must be prepared so tina;
We can fall back upon them in the
event Of temporary roversee. and a
steady war OF attrition must be waged
against Germans commerce. credit,
and means Of livelihood.
The allies are not In mood 10
think Of peace. Determined as they
are that such war as this must never /
occur again. and persuaded az they +
are that II is question Of fire or
death for them 10 succeed, they arc
one and all prepared TO fight to the
end, 10 destroy "A military despotsm
which has shown Itself to be incom-
patible with tho tolerable existence Of
nations aud the peace Of the world"
Asquith Points moral Grounds
The British prime minister, Mr. As.
auth, has been delivering a series OF
effective recruiting speeches in Lon
don, Edinburgh. Dublin and last In
Cardiff. These speeches are enthus-
iastically praised by the newspapers,
an teaching people how to defend the
cause of the allies on high moral
grounds. In this respect they are re-
garded as better even than the nota-
Bile speeches Of the same kind by Mr.
Churchill Mr.. Lloyd George and Mr..
Redmond
At Cardiff Mr.. Asquith spoke these
noble words.
We do not covet any peoples ter
ritorv We have no desire to impose
cur rule on alien populations. The
British empire Is enough for u.s. All
that we wished for. all that We wish I
for now. is to he allowed peaceably I
TO consolidate our own resources. to {
raise within The empire the level OF
common opportunity, 10 draw closer {
the bond of affection ana confidence
between its parts. and 10 make it ev.
etywhcre the worthy home of the
best traditions of British liberty. y
with what conscience had we I
basely chosen to stand aloof, could we I
now have watched from day TO day Il
he terrible unrolling Of events
publie faith shamelessly broken by
Germany. the freedom of a small peo-
Die trodden In the dust. the wanton
INVASION of belgium and then of
France by hordes who leave behind
hem at every stage of their progress
, dismal tran of savagery. Of devasta-
ion and Of dissertation worthy Of the
blacklist annals In the history Of bar
,arism
we still believe --- old-fashioned
iCople as we are--in the sanctity of
reaties, that the weak have rights
md that the strong have duties, and
mall nationalities have every bit as
iood "A title as large ones to life and
We look forward to a
europe in which these simple and
'enerable truths will be recognized
md safeguarded forever against the
ccrudescence Of the era of blood and
ron. That is the reason for our unit
d front. the reason that has brought
ur gallan, Indian warriors to Mar
eilles"
Recalls England's War.
All of which IL very pretty; but the
moral effect is weakened somewhat
shen one remembers some Of the
vars forced by England onto weaker
ations In order to extend the empire,
impose English rule on allen races.
nd fill English pockets, as for in
lance by the war to force China TO
pen her markets to the opium from
ndia
1t is all very well talking. but Eng
ind's present protestations of high
loral purpose and blotless escutoh-
on do not gibe with the known facts
/ English history.
Indian Troops Catch Spirit.
A curious side-light is thrown on
his war to preserve civilization from
eng destroyed by the account Of tbs
rival of the Indian troops in France
hey had heard no news on the voy-
&c from Bombay and were afraid
hat the war might he over They
nxously asked about this and were
lade happy by being told that there
I'LL would be a chance for them to
ct into a fight II would have been
30 bad had these troops been brought
lch great distance over the stormy
ea, only to be told that peace had
cen concluded and that no more en-
mics were To be killed.
Which story Is supposed to show
nat the Indian troops also have
loroughly grasped the truth that in
ais war at least from a moral view
ONT, the allies are cternally right
nd the Germans eternally wrong