Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-11
AMERICAN NOTE To GERMANY FIRM IN PURPOSE To MAINTAIN NATIONS RIGHTS

They have seen that hrmness would
give the best assurance of the main
tenanee OF peace, and faithfully fol-
lowing precedent and they went so
near the fire that they We're, one af-
ter another. sucked into the contest
Never before have the frightful fol-
lies of this fatal system been so clear
Is revealed as now The most civilized
and enlightened aye, the most
Christian of the nations of Europe
are graphing with each other as II In
a death struggle. They arc sacrificing
the best and bravest OF their sons on
the battlefield, they are converting
their gardens into cemeteries and
their homes into houses of mourning.
they are taxing the wealth of today
and laying burden OF debt on the
toll of the future: they have filled the
air with thunderbolts more deadly
than those OF Jove and they have
multiplied the perlls of the deep,
Adding fresh fuel To the flame OF hate
they have daily devised new horrors,
until one side Is endeavoring to
drown non-comhatant men, women
and children az sea, while the other
side seeks to starvc non-combatant
men. women and children on land.
And they are 50 absorbed In alternate
retaliations and la competitive cruel
ties that they seem. for the time be-
ing. blind to the right OF neutrals and
deaf to the appeals OF humanity. \
tree is known by it's fruit The war
in Europe is the ripened fruit of the
old system.
Horrors OF Force System.
"This Is what hrmness, supported
by force, has done In the other world,
shall we invite II TO cross the Allan
tic? Already the iingoes OF our own
country have caught the rabies from
the dogs Of war. shall the opponents
of organized slaughter be silent while
the disease spreadsY
AS an humble follower. the Prince
of Peace; as a devoted believer in the
prophecy that they that take the
sword shall perish with the sword /;
| beg TO be counted among those who
earnestly urge the adoption of a
course In this matter which Will
leave no doubt of our governments
willingness to continue negotiations
with Germany until AN amlcable un-
derstanding Is reached, or at least un-
I'll the stress of war Is over. when We
can appeal from Philip drunk with
carnage 10 Philip sohered by the
memories of an historic friendship
and by a recollection OF the innumer-
able ties OF kinship that bind the
fatherland TO the United states,
Some nation must lead the world
out of the black night of war into
the light of day when swords shall
be beaten into plowshares. Why not
make that honor ours--s0me day
why not now2 The nations win learn
that enduring peace cannot be built
upon fear--that good will does not
grow upon the stalk OF violence. Some
day the nations will place their trust
in love, the weapon for which there
Is no shield. In love, that suffereth
tong and Is kind In l9ve, that 70 rot
easily provoked. that beareth all
things, hOpeth all things. endureth all
things; In love which though despised
as weakness by worshippers Of
Mars, abideth when all else falls
"W. !. BRYAN"
When Mr. Bryan met newspaper
men at his home TO give out his state
ment, he was clad In a military look
ing khaki riding suit having lust re-
turned from horseback ride In the
country.
IL rode out in the woods today"
he said, "and chopped down a tree.
Choppng Is my chief exercise lately"
Asked how big the tree was. he
snid it was eighteen inches thick aud
that he thought wood chopping the
finest exercise in the world.