The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-18

ldlaness due to any other cause. A
moral evil cannot. Of curse. be sup.
pressed suddenly By law. but the bad
effects Of this moral evil are being re-
duced. first By sanitary punishment,
and secondly BY the fact that the
w0rkmen themselves. o~ver-cxcited at
nrst b. the war and all IL horrors.
and, because OF Il. flying TO intoNi-
| cants. are regnlning their normal con-
dillon. They are nov exhibiting no
more seif-indHirencc than would be
found IN any other community where
wages had suddenly nearly doubled in
u great many trades. and enrners had
not adjusted their social position ac-
cordiagiy. or raised their standard OF
living. but had momentariiy expenl-
ed the surplus IN pleasure. II II. how
! ever. n gross misrepresentation TO say
that Great Britain il drunken. IN the
sense tina her critics IN SOME Of she
neutral countries-the United Staes
included-haVe declared her TO be. A
! percentage 90 the workers may be ua-
patriotic In not grapsing their own
individual responsibility where the
nations safety ana security are at
stake. but the vast majority have a
grave view Of what they should do
nd how they should act in the ma
TONS, and their own. time OF trouble.
But what OF the coal stPise in
/ south Wales which has shocked the
United States? Was not that a deliD-
crate and unpatriotic act?" is to fur
! Their query.
Yes. II ignorance can be deliberate;
and everybody knows how peculiarly
miners everywhere are. by the very
circumstances OF their calling. isolat-
ed from the general current OF life
and public feeling among their coun-
trymen above ground. Consider,
War m with It's huge industrial
demands. IL initiates the owners prof
its. u increases the miners grievances.
Not only IN south Wales has the miner
resorted 70 strikes IN time 81 war He
gave way 20 them in the north hfty
years ago at the height OF the Amcri-
can civil war. and he has struck
work In Hungary. SaxOny and silesla
slnce this war began tnot to speak OF
"a recent strike among the prosperous
armament workers at Krupps). Tae
late strikes In South Wales are un-
fortunate, but they are not caused by
an inherent viciousness In the miaer
OF South Wales. II Is an almost au
tomato result Of an abnormal situa.
ton, OF u strained excitement. this
more powerful because the British
man Is not outwardly demonstrative.
but the really remarkable thing about
the South Wales strike e.. that dts
putes which might have opened al
te whole social problem have beer
settled - speedily. A few DAYS ne
aw.a..aa.. - 1T MMHAHA- 49, 49,
work again. and before there had
been any sensible diminution In out
put. Also, IL must be remembered
that South Wales IN not the only min
ing district IN the British isles, but {
one OF many. Yet the strikes hav.
been mainly confined 20 this particu
lar region, which s much Isolate
and where there Is an eNcitable pop
ulation.
what about the ack OF munitions
is II not due TO strikes and drink
Germany has munitions enough an
to spare-why has not Great Britain ?
No. there are deeper causes for IN
lack OF munitions than these thing
These have played no extensive par
especially the former. Germany lai
up her stores In time OF peace. an
she organized in time OF peace he
whole engineering Industry. so tina
she could mobilize II Immediately "a
I armarnent-production during war.
was not her way 10 make war J
Europe. or on the world, withou
. preparation in keeping with her pr,
digious ambitions. She had no IL
tention OF setting M powder-magr
: zine alight til she could be sure
making a sufficiently large explosio.
Great Britain. however, not plannlr
an Armageddun for Europe. was az
: corIingiy not competing with Gel
many In this respect. II she had d
: termined TO be supreme In Onensi,
armament her capacity FOR produ
ton would have given her a nation
arsenal far exceeding that OF Ge
many. That. however. would ha'
I, mrent "a policy Of aggression, WIFI
ours was a policy OF defense. Bull
ing up a huge army for the defense
Great Britain was not necessary. %
- navy could perform hat task. and
was a purely defensive force. v
were a non-milltarist nation, ana b
> fore this war any government
Great Britain proposing 10 pile
munitions Of war after the manner
iGefmanN. would nave been drive
from power without phrift. All @
Interests demanded peace; We va
committed 10 vast social reforms nj
We were thinking OF them and not
war. We went TO war because :
were ln honor bound 80 90 do: TO q
fend Belgium whose neutrality HI
been violated and her people sacrif
ed, 20 prevent France being reducl
- a third-rate power; 70 prevent
western Europe being given over
q the German conqueror Before "a
war came we estimated our mur
t~ions-suppiy FOR our garrison IN Ind
and for an expeditiOnHry force
"A 100. 600 men. and no army has ev
gone forth TO war more splendid
equipped than the force which wo
y from England to Flanders IN the an
= umn Of last year But Il was q
enough. We found at once. contra
10 advice ana expectation, that :
e must support our allies with o
strength on land as wen as OF sea.
2 what nave we done during I
past year?" We have raised AN ara
{ OF 100000 men and are stead
u squipping them-as nne a body OF m
as the world has seen. ~ every ne
n trail observer has said, 80 Frederi