The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-11-12

methods of competition. There II no
important industry IN Germany upon
which the government has not laid
its' hands 70 direct II and. when ne
celsiy arDso. control IL.
You have only 10 ask any man
whom you meet vino Is familiar with
the conditions that prevailed before
the war 90 the matter of international
competition which the German man
ufacturers and exporters used under
the patronage aud support OF the gov
crument ui iernany. You will find
that they Mere the same sorts of COM
petition that We have tried to prevent
"l laW within our own borders. IL
they could not sell their goods cheap
cr than We could sell ours at "A profit
Tor Themselves they could get sub
sidy from the government which
made it possible to sell them cheap
cr, ans how and the conditions Of
competition were thus controlled in
large measure 10y the German gov
orumont itsolf isn't that ana not sat
isfy The German government
'All the while there was lying be-
hind its Thought. ta ils dreams OF the
future. political control which
would enable u n thc long run to
dominate thc labor and the induAiry
of the w0rld They were not content
With sucVcar by superior achievement;
they Wiutei succcas by authority
suppo. very lrw ot SOU have thought
mOuh about the Berlin to. naEdad
railway TAc Herlin-to- rasdad rail
way was con rructed iu urHer TO run
/ the threat of force down the flank
of the Industrial undertakings Of half
dozen other countries an thut when
German competition chmo In il would
not be resisted too far -bpcau.t. there
was aiwHyH thr possibility of g.tting
German armies into the heart OF that
country quicker than any other ARM
ICES could hc got there. Look az the
map ut Europe now Germany in
thrustiug upon us again and again
IN" discussion ~ peace talks about
what Tul.s about Eeigun. talks
about northern France. tilks about
Nlaacc- Lorraine We'll those are deep
ly Wtere ung subjects ~ as und to
them bat they are NOT talking about
the heart of the matter
''fukc thc map aul look al a. Ger
MANY hus absolute control of Auatria-
Hungary practical control of the Bal
kan states. conrol 1f Turkey. control
of Asia Minor saw map in which
tho whole thiuF was printed in ap-
prupra.tc blich the other DAY and the
black stretched an thc way from
Hamburg to Bngdad the bulk of
Gcrmln power inser,a into the heart
pf tAc world. 10 SHE can keep that,
She huH kep, al ihat hrr drcams con-
tempHfed when tho war began II
she cam keep that her power can
di-turD ths world as long as she keeps
. 30 alwaA- provided tur frcl bound
90 pat this prut.so ln HlNnys pro-
! vood thr present influences thni con
trui the German government continue
r to control it
- % believe that The spirit uf free
p dom rau got Into the hearts of GER
- uttu- .ud ti1l a fUu weiConls
! there Hs 30 can fud iu any utheg
p hearts. fui tho spirit nf freedom
r. docs nor suit the plans nf the Pan,
i Gcuuauf Power canuQt hc used viii
- cuurtutrItti force aEIlust tree peo
piles it it is used o., free people
s 'fuu know how muny inumatioh
r come tn us from one 90 the centru
e powers that 70 is more anxious fo
pe3,s ihan tho chiff central power
uu' yuu know what u means tha
q the people Boz tha, central puwcr know
v thif if the wnr ends us q stands. the,
viii m effect themselves he yasals @
q Germany. Notwithstanding that thei
q populations urc compounded with al
tho people uf thar part of the world