The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-23

Briefly, his holiness would have all
conquered territories restored, includ-
ing Gerinany's colonies, and the peace
full settlement of the questions of Al
sncc-L Lorraine and Italin Irridenta left
To the future: he thinks there must he
no rcuumtiun for losses sustained, and
no continuation uf the war by an eco
uuinic 3Irusrlr thereafter; and for
,hr avoidance OF future wars he In
dorSrs President Wilson's plan OF In
trrnhtirui agreement Ia reduce arma-
ments. rutnrrr peace and obtain rec
oguillon of The national aspirations Of
the smaller peoples.
Do Not Seem Reasonable.
Unless the utterunccs of their lead
'ers do not represent fairly the senti-
ment of the Americans. the British,
the French and the Italians, those peo-
pies firmly believe the defeat OF the
central powers Is certain and will not
be satisfied with the restoration of the
"status quo ante" leaving Germany
unparalleled for the tremendous losses
and suffering she has inflicted. One
other thing, which may sound more un.
important than 1t really is-the Brit
ish have sworn that justice shall be ad'
ministrrcd to those individuals who
were responsible for the murder of the
Lusltnnin victims, Nurse Cavell, Cap
tain Fryatt, the women and children
slaughtered In the air raids on Eng
land, and the others In the long list or
those noncOmbatnnts slain In cold
blood by the TcutOns. The English
are not IL rcvcngcful people, but their
cry Is "lcst we forget" and they are
not going To forget
The pope's peace proposals have
many good points, but they seem I'm
possible. Not so impossible. however,
as the plan presented by Senator La
Toilette In II resolution submitted IL
ment should declare that all the na'
tions at war should "chip In" and pay
for all the damage done by the con
nlct. This, of course, implies that all
the bellgcrents are equally guilty
which Is going rather far even for tht
pro-German LII Toilette.
Hoover Gets Busy.
Herbert G.. Hoover Is wasting M
time In taking up his duties as foot
administrator Most Of his plans were
made In advance and are now belnt
put into action as rapidly as possible
Some of them are proving very painfu
| to the spectators In foodstuffs, bu
| they are rcnssuring for the consumer
| Among III, .i.'st things Mr.. Hoover di,
was to form II corporation to take owe
| the control Uf the cOuntry's grain sup
| ply. The same dny committee wa
| appointed To negotiate the voluntar.
regulation of the milling Industry. Oh
| September the food administrator
| will undertake the purchase or whe,i
for the government at interior terinl
nails, and ut the request of Mr.. Hoove
the grain exchanges ordered the dis
continuance of all future trading Il
wheat after August %, In order not I
interfere with the governments effort
to stabilize prices.
ON Thursday Mr.. Hoover announce
that all processes In the production
distilled spirits for beverage purpose
must cease ut IL o'clock p. m., Septeu
Der T.
6uardsmen Going to France.
The next American expeditionar
force to be sent to France will be th
"RainbOw division"-ofiicially the Fo
ty-second-nnd will include Nationi
Guard troops from 20 states and II
District OF Columbia. The war d.
partment plans to assemble these me
very soon and ship them across for Il
tensive training.
Some of the troops already oversees
were marched through London II
other day, In response to the demant
OF the English and were greeted wit
wild enthusiasm. The cabinet a
journed to watch them pass by. and I
Buckingham palace they were reviews
by King George and Ambassador Pag