Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-16
Former Secretary of State AS
setS German Policy Is Con-
tray to International Law
and Civilization,
PRAISES PRESIDENT
FOR PROTEST FILED
Letters Are Read From Colo
mel Roosevelt, Archbishop
Ireland, Bishop O'Gonman.
and Others,

New York, Dec. 15.-V Vigorous cx-
prcssons Of indignation were voiced
at a mass meeting held here tonight to
protest against the "enslavement OF
Belgians,' by the German govern
ment The deportation Of the Belgian
populacc was condemned in letters
read from Theodore Roosevelt. Arch
bishop Ireland Joseph ". Choato and
Bishop Thomas O'Gorman of Sioux
Falls. Equally forceful were addresses
delivered by Elihu Root, James NJ.
Beck, former assistant attorney gen
eral Of the United states, Alton u.
Parker ana the Rev William ~ Man
ming rector of Trinity church, who
presided
Resolutions were adopted urging the
government Of the United states to
protest with all It's force ana detesta-
ton with which the American people
regard these abuses, and to request
the German government in the name
Of all noutrals, 10 cease its policy of
expatration and slavery" and pledg
ing "our utmost support 20 the admin
istration in whatcyory way it may con
clude to act"
THE meeting in New York in pro
test Of deportation Of BClplaus," Arch
bishop ireland wrote, receives a cor
dial and sympathetic re-echo from
elsewhere on the continent.
The meeting speaks In the name Of pri-
mary duties of justice and humanity.
Those 10 whom your protest is adj
dressed will not, ! believe, turn a deaf
ear to your entreaties and will, on
culmcr thought. dcsist from the dread
"a YIf 4Rt Ia fhE
war passion has led them. The peace
abiding civilian population Of coun-
try has the iualicnable right to live |
on their own soil. Forced labor on
that of their foe finds nowhere justi- .
fiCation'
strong Language by Root.
81 should not respect myself II | re- I
manned silent Mr. Root declared, /
and hope, / trust, pray that my {.
country viii not remain silent.
Explain IL as you may excuse II /
aa You may disguise it ms you may, /
tho people Of Belgium, ~ the tens |
and hundreds of thousands are being |
carried away into slavery a thing /
that has pot been done by nations /
that claimed to be civilized IN modern |
history
Poor belgium, peaceful, industri-
Gus God-fearing law-abiding Bel
GUM She had no quarrel with any /
one. She sought no nations territory.
She coveted no neighbours goods She
threatened no ono's security, but she
stood IN the way Of a mighty nation
purpose,
"Her stern and noble resolve to
Keep the faith was her only crime,
and she has been punished as it her
people were the yilest ON earth, Her
towns have been burned, her women /,
and children and old men have been
her country has been
brought under the sway OF foreign
Invader She has been BLEED white by
vast oNactions of money ANA of prod
uCc. Every effort for her to revive
her Industries has been denied. And
now, because she has suffered thus.
her mon are to be carried away to
forced labor as slaves.
Morse Than Roman SaNHgcTy,
"lf the civilized world Of the TWEEN
10th century is willing TO stand silent
md see these things done In cumula-
i've progression, in violation Of the
avs of humanity and of nations, then
he civilization of the twentieth CEN
ury Is worse than the saNaEery Of the
Romans
what we have to do is not merely
o crafty our own feelings by express
ng them regarding this treatment of n
he Belgi1us What We have to do is [
not merely to protest in the name OF /
humanity II is TO assert q right it {
S TO call upon the world to assert a "
light. a right under the law of nations
or the protection of humanity and OF (
iviuwuon Ia
This lis our concern. This deporta- &
ION of the Belgiaus TO involuntary m
oryitude Is "a violation OF our law, of IA
he law We helped to make, of the law
which I'm common with all civilized
atons we have built up generation &
ftor generation. n
Law Must BE Respected a
For centuries the nations have o
cen building up "a code Of law in x
irrational law-and the enforcement
that law respect for that obedience Il
( that law are the protection of b
cocoahlr people of all weak ana f,
man nations. Of an those that do not
ish to be armed To the teeth every a
lomcnt for their own protection b
'Wc have "a right to have it OBJ Of
'Wcd and 10 is our duty TO our child ~
'u and to- our country that we shall 81
'' i'ifAtlN FANh"ilN liA NhAN AlN' Nl NItIf =
agr0nt contemptuous disregard and IN
CLINTON of g. IL
How can It be prcsorvcd2 Not ~
orely by armies and naNies No. di
hero rs but o1e power on earth that u
m preserve the law for the proteg- III
ON of the poor the weak and the "
lmble. There is but one power on B
nth that can preserve the law for
e maintenance of civilization and 81
lmanity and that rs the power. the IN
ighy power OF the public opiuion pc
mankind
we thank heaven our president
is assumed the leadership of the free
union Of American democracy and Sl
"a has spoken of 1t 20 Germany. An ~
NOR TO him COR it aud it is for us to II
y that We viii stand by and sup HI
rt him. approve him i'm m0lntannc u
q application OF The free principles Ten
America in insisting upon respect. IN
d obedience to the laV which pro- Tie
'ts all weak and pcaceahle nations. ed
q iu protesting with an the power fa
the hundred millions Of America. pa
alnst the outrage upon humanity Sc,