The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-06-26

ied by Ierman.American alliances
and the similar bodies. which have. IN !
the REORGANIZATION campaign. played
not merely an un.AmeriCan. but "a
Thoroughly anti.AmerlCan part. Thcs"
men have nothing IN common with
the grca, body OF Americans who are
In whole or IN part of eirman blood
ana who are precisely as good Amer.
icans az thos. ~ any other ancestry
1nerc are not and never have been
in our land. better citiz"ns than the
great mass of the men ana women of
German birth or descent who hay"
been or are being completely merged
In our common American nationality
n nationality distinct from any IN
Europe. for Americans who are good
Americans. are no more German
Americans than they are English
Americans. or Itish.Amcrican-, or
ScandinaVian-Americans. They are
Americans and nothing else. No good
American. whatever his ancestry or
creed. can have. any feeling except
scorn and detes,ation of those pro-
f,ssioual German-AmcriCans h
seek to make the American presideni
In effect a vicoroy of the German en-
peror. Tn. present ierman-AWcri-
cans of this type are acting purely
in the sinister interest of Germany
They have shown their eager readi-
ness to sacrifice the interest OF the
nitpd states whenever its interest
cunhicted with that of Germany. They
represent that adherence To the pc
lirco-racial hyphcn which ii the
badge and sign of moral treason To
the republic. / have singled these
! men out for SPECIFIC dcnunCiaton. and
assurcdly Il | support = candidate" r
may be accepted as proof That am
! certain that the candidate u lnCap-
able Of being influenced hy IA. eva
: luttigucS uf these hNphouat"d Amer!-
cans.
MIR Hughes character and his
who'll, course of conduct ~ public at
fairs Justify ~ lu the assured c"uNie-
/ ton that the fact that ihos" men nave
for their uWi purposes supported
hml. VIII IN ne shape or way AFFECT
his public actions before or aiteN
election. HIS entir. pubic NE Is q
guarantee Of this.
Tn. events Of tn. last three an,. =
half years have shown that a. much
cannot .. said Tor Mr. Wilson. In
sir. WILSON, case we do not have To
consider his words. bat ms deeds
| HIS deeds absolutely contradict has
words aud tor the matter OF that his
words absolutely contradict u an
other. It is folly to pay heed To any
OF the promises IN the platform On
which ne now stands ia View u the
fact that almost every important
...E.. .aA,.tA.l a.. ,h. ,luttAipN an
which h. stood four years = has
s.ncc been broken We owe all of our
! present trouble with the professional
C~icrulau- American element IN the
United states to Mi. Wilson's tiuiid
and yaclllating course during the last
two years. The defenders of Nj.
! Wilson nave alleged in excuse for
him. hat he confronted a diificult ST.
uation. As regards Mexico, the sit.
ua,ion which Mr. wilson confronted
was nothing IKE as diiiicult as that
winch President Mckinley confronted
I'm connection with cuba and the
| Philippines at the time of the spanish
war Under the actua circumstances
W. could with only a minimum OF
RISK have protested ON behalf Of Bel
gium. e. small ~weli-h"haEed nation.
when She was exposed 10 the lat "N-
Iiromiiy Of outrage by IN. brutal vio-
| latiun of her natural rights this Nio-
latiou being Itself a violation of tn"
| Hague conventions to when We NJ" %
! signatury puwcr A. regards IN" Tor
| clgn situation generally during the
| great war. the act of n" existence
of the WAR made % far easier ana
safer for Mt Wilson 20 assert ont
rights than II he had a. deal with
some single strong power which Wa
at the time unhampercd 10y war. Dur
ing the past twenty years questions
have arisen with powers II the first
, rank. sGch ~ England, Japan anu
Germany. each of which has uccossi-
tatcd lar greater courage, resolution
aud Judgment on the part OF tn" pres
/, id.ut dealing with Il han President
Wilson need have shown IN order To
put - Vomplct. stop to the continual
~ repeated murder OF American men
! women. aud children on The high
seas by German submarines the l.HS-
.,ania bcing merely the worst ct many
such cases. Tho SAM" icrbl"n"sS
that wa shown hy President Wilson
IN dealing with GERMANY abroad WHs
also shown hy h4m IN dealing with
IN. organized German outras.s wtihii
our own land and. nuallN ~ dealing
with the organized German american
vote. The continued existence ut the
.Gcrmau-AmcriCHn menace al home u
directly du. to Mr.. Wilson cuuts"
OF action during the past ISL" years
Certain of my friend who feel that
IN. prugressiNes should run a mira
-. N.-. ,l,..Y F,.ItnN IN nhisttlnn