The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-02

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tho water believes with an intensity
OF conviction that canrot be
atcd tina 1t liz nphtins FOR It's rights
and In most instances that II IS fight
ing for its life, and we must not be
too critical OF the men who. lead those
nations.
M Americas liberty were involved.
IL we thought that America life was
involved. would We criticize our lead
crs and public men because they went
every length of even desperate en-
dcaVor t. see that the nation did not
suffer and that the nation did tri-
umph I have II not in my heart to.
criticize these men. But | want YOU
to know the dangers h u they are
running, and that the dangers they
are running are the dang".5 which
Involve ~ also.
For look what 1t i that America
il called ON To do. can tell YOU
what America liz called on To do.
| because there is hardly a day goes by
that some bit OF news does not bear to
my office some kind OF protest There
IL hardly a week goes by thai soinc
| delegation does not come to the ex-
ccutive office In Washington bearing
come kind of protest. some kind ot
request. some kim of urgent message.
looking towards II in the interest OF
peace. Why. ] have talked with
earnest men n women not of our
own citizenship but come OUT OF the
body Of those other great nations.
who pleaded with me to Tut the
moral force of the government of the
United states into n or The other
of the European scales, so AZ To see
that this struggle was the sooner
brought to a peaceful conclusion.
America Is looked upon 10 sit in n sort
Of moral Judgment upon the processes
OF war. n the processes Of What n
war The world, my fellow citizens.
never witnessed n struggle like this
before. Do you know that there II
not n single continent except the con-
tincnt of South America that has not
been touched by the flame Of this ter
riblc conflagration? DO YOU know
that there ls not a single country in
the world. not even ~ 'epting our
own. into which these influences OF
this tremendous struggle have not
been hrust b. way Of present influ-
cnce and effect? The whole world
If trcmulous with the influence of pas
sion aud Of desperate struggle. and
the only great ~discngaged nation Is
this nation. which we love and whose
interests We would conserve.
What IN America expected to do
h IL expected to do nothing less
than keep the law alive while the rest
of the world burns. q know that
there is no international tribunal. my
fellow citizens, | pray God That II
this contest have no other result. II
will NJ least have the result OF Great
Ing an International ribunc and pro-
ducing some sort of joint guaranteed
Of peace on the part of the gieat ma
tions of the world, Blu 1t has not
yet lone that. and the only thing,
therefore, that keeps America out oi
danger IN that to some degree the un-
derstandinss the ancient and honor
able understandings. Of nations with
regard TO onc another and To the citt-
zcns of one another. ATE To- some cx-
tent still observed and followed, and
whenever there Is a departure from
them the United States is called upon
to intervene, to speak It's voice "t pro-
test, to speak It's voice uf insistence.
ID" YOU want II to be only a N"ic'
OF insistence' bou you want the SIT
uhtlon To he shch that al mat th'
president can do In TO write messages
10 utter words OF protest " thes'
breaches OF international laN whIci
are IN uallS anger % occurring
should touch the very Nltal interests
ana hOhor OF the United slatrs d" y"t
wish 10 40 nothing about II DO you
wish to nave all the world say ina
the rag OF those wh" we love can III
stained WIN impuhIN Nh!' l" asf
the question. ~ To answer H. ! Know
! that ttsire Is no a man or "a woman
in the nearing OF my voice VINO "oult
WISH peace al the Npcnse OF TN
h"hor OF u lhltcd states
Il SAID JUST now mat an nhinIsthk
apie voice hah come I" my ears IRON
out the great pody OF inns nati"n say
ihs' we depend upon you 10 Keep VI
out OF war nut 'hnt same voice added
| always this sentence also. But we de
pend upon you 20 maintain unsullie'
and unpuestioned the honor and in
r tcgrity of the tinted states; AN,
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