Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-03
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Editor Morning Lonrnnl.

Editor Morning Journal
FOR the last year or so | have been
4 regular reader OF your paper, which
Tor news service is a credit to a town
or this size. have read your cdi-
toflal columns regularly and readily
aunt that some Of the editorials
SHOW II surprising versatility and
leredltable fund Of information insofar
as local matters are concerned.
unfortunately the war discussions
are assigned apparently to II CORE
spondcnce school expert on military
and diplomatic affairs, who Is in no
sense bis enough for the position, and
evidently belongs to that (fOrtunately
becoming extinct class who appear
regularly on the Fourth Of July in a
flowing black bow tie aud frock
coat. ana scream and rant about Old
Glory the land Of the free and the
brave, etc, etc.
IN your issue of even date herewith
you have a Washington dispatch stat
ing that the war department, acting
Oh the advice of all It's recognized
military experts IS closely watching
the military situation In England; az
81 recognizes that the difficulties en-
eonntefcd In that democratic country
hfe The same that VIII have to be
faced IN this country, leaving aside al
together the recognized lack Of pat
rlotism that clearly exists here among
the large population Of "hyphcnates,
socialists and yellow backed paciflsts
This worthy writer evidently feels
that Insults TO this nation have been
adequately met by The dispatch of
vigorous" notes (Which are treated
by the recipients in tolerant but
eontemptuous manner, and in order
to prove what u great nation this is,
he takes "A lab at poor old Spain in
this mornings editorial columns
showing the higness and dclicacy of
Keeling that always is common to one
OF his fibre. lie omits to enlarge on
the pathetic showing made by this
country NJ that tinc, or on the pitt
tul bungling and incompetcncy that
became evident IN dealing with a war
winch was comic opera compared
10 even one decent sized engagement
IN the present war He probably is
not awaIc Of tho fact that but for a
British man-of-war Dewey might
have had some unpleasant compliCa-
tons with the German fleet even nt
that time.
This writer ovcrlooks the fact that
but for the British fleet, the Atlantic
coast would be completely at the
mercy of the strong German navy.
as shown by the war maneuvers OF
the United States navy.
lie cumplacently ignores the fact
mat England raised vastly larger
army IN twelve months by voluntary
enlistment than this country was able
at the time of the civil war to raise
IN four years with the assistance Of
compulsory service aud bonuses; and
crowns his series of hurlosquo odi-
torials with the statement that the
nlted states Il not going to fight
England's battles" This was no news
To Your readers az they have shown
a marked reluctance TO fight their
owl battles--eNcept In the case of
Haiti
However ] am sure that this an
hounccment will cause deep concern
in the British empire, as the British
have no doubt confidently expected
that the United states with an army
about une-third the size OF Canada's)
and her third class navy. would step
IN and clean up the central powers to
save her from complete disaster.
In conclusion allow me to suggest
that these uniformed. biased edi-
torials are an undoubtod dctriment to
Your paper cat least In the eyos OF
any well-informcd rcadcrsl. as the
Remember the Maine blatancy that
petmeates them Is SO inconsistent
with the attitude OF this country at
the present time. which attitude can
best be opitomizcd by the slogan.
Forget the Lusitania."
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