The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-04

failed 10 secure pubiIcasIon west %
sho andson ana not a great aeat 81
pubiiclty On ihs ether side nf tha'
river. YET Mr. Drpew's SPEECH ~
saturday night on The occasion Of iA1
observance q he Nlshiy-nrst bltlh,
day was in many ways one Of lhs
most Interesting Of hk lona puhlit
career. there are nat many nfr
who. AZ ~elsh,yrcne years can not only
iook back upon thres.auertsss of q
eensury az history actually lived. pa,
lnito comment upon Il keenly and
briifantly. And that M Depew can
% this Il Of itself enough % cou-
mand for his address rather more at
lteniIon than !. received.
Th.s speech began ana ended with
Ia nrophecr regarding the war In
lEnrope that rsnno fail 20 be- inter-
resting In he BEGINNING Mf. pepew
said.
rhe forecasts az statesmcn are fall
lures. Tho lnudable and apparently
Succession esorts Of the advocates o.
peace have become suddenly a ehast-
AZ farce. The hiehnr ideals OF nations
have been unnmarecd In racial enmi-
ltle. and trade rlvalrles. Organizes
lChrssssanity Is questioned as to tue
result. OF two thousand years teach
ling, while millions Of Christians are
lkfiilnr each other, ana all the com
batnnss calling upon God 20 help
Their jugs and righteous cause. other
millions Of women and children rear
rude shelters on OF the ruins Of their
once happy homes and only relief sup
plies from neutrai nations are saving
them from starvation. But they are
enduring suffersngs aud death with
martyr spirit which would not recall.
IN n was possible. the bread-winncr
fathers. soma and husbands fighting
In the held. The agreements of
THE Hague tribunal soIemnIy ratified
by the contracting are
shelved for the curiosity Of the fu-
lture historian. The warring powers
.lrepudiate these compacts, and neutral
nations dare not protest, because pro-
Itest means action and action moaus
war. The Hague Peace Palace Is 10.
lIet.
There never were preparations FOL
war Of such vast magnitude in
order 10 preserve peace. and the per-
lfecllon Of the preparations made var
inevitable. The irony o. Inc situa-
llion is that Inc line is invisible be-
tween the slze OF armies and navics
necessary for the national defense
and mllitarism which provG1es war.
After exhaustion a brought the
belngerents on one side to seek terms
OF surrender. IN the wisdom Of that
settlement will be either h seeds OF
alother and more %sanguinary war. OF
a peace which 20 saves the pride and
dignity OF the vanquished that the
peace Of the world may be assured
for all the future. Recent history
furnishes two wonderful examples.
After the Franco-P rEssian war vic
ltory was followed by vengeance
France was Impoverished by an In
demnity 30 large that Il was expected
leo pauperlzc her people forever ana
despoiIed Of her fairest provinces,
Hate and revenge grew with the IN
Expected and marvellous recovery ana
prosperity OF France, and her sons
.linhsrltng the feelings Of their fathers
are cheerfulIy and enthusiastically
battling TO right The wrongs OF 1870.
lin nations as with individuals. the
spoiIer wakes strong, arrogant and
reckless The spoiled nurses his
wounds ana bides his 4ime The see
lond xampl ls our Ciyil war. north
land south. each believing they were
right. battied o. our race will until
Inv force 81 superior numbers. wealth
and equipment the Union won and
lthe C~onfederates were exhausted.