The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-06-14


would send to their death any of our
people who ventured TO approach the
coasts OF Europe And many OF our
own people were corrupted. sden Foe
gnn To look upon their own neighf iois
with Suspicion and 10 wonder In . heir
hot resentment and surprise VIII ,ther
there WAS any community in 'ghich
hostile intrigue did not iurk. What
great nation In such circunv stances
would not have taken up arms Much
"a we had desired peace IL was de-
nieds US and not 81 our chos,e. This
flag under which We serve would
have been dishonored had we with
held our hand.
Only Part of the story.
But that il only part o : the story.
We know now az clearly as we knew
| before We were ourseiy e. engaged.
that we are not the en- smles OF the
German people ana that thy are not
our enemies. They did not originate
OF desire this hideous war or wish
that We should be drawn into IL; and
We are vaguely coRsc ious that we
are fighting their cause. as they will
some day sec II. az We u as our own
They are themselves In the grip q:
the same sinister power that has now
al last stretched It's ugly talons out
and drawn blood froul us. The whole
world ~ at war lie cause the whole
wcrld ~ In the grip of that power and
IL trying out the great battle which
shall determine whether II is To be
brought under its niastery or fling it.
self free.
The war was begun by the milf
tary masters of g srmany. who proved
10 he nlsn the tnas,crs 90 A,s,r,.
Hungary Thesc cen ho,,. &c., ,.,.
rarded rntions 40 naoules r,an v,o
men ana childrer ~ III. hinn1 and
frame ns themselves fo, ,,ho,, 80
ernments pxis.ed ana in ,h,,,, 80,
erntnents hod tbeir tif. rh.,' -,
regarded than, ,,cr,I, -, sa,,.t,a''t',
org, nizations v.bich ,h.,. e,,,,ts -.
fore, or intrigue hend n, ,,,rr,,,,, =,
their avn unrr,oso rha,. - 81
lsarded the sms.ii.r .,.,as ,s,t,,,
liar. ana the nec.nles WIZ co,,,s ho 49,.
erwhelm.d la, force a. ,hatr ,a,,,..t
tools ana instr-iments ~ da,,,in,,,o,
Their burmese has long been avo~od
The statesmen Of other ns,ion. 80
whom tha, nurnoso ,,ay ,,,cr.,lth,o
pntd little attentIon. reears.,a ,,ha,
| Germnn nrofcss,,rs e,n,,n,,,1 -, ,nat.
class rooms ana C;err,an ,,r,,ar.' go,
forth Ia Tho wor,a nd ~ r., ~,
4N he. HRanTt IN
OF minds detached ,ro,, ,r.,,.,,,,.,, s.,
fairs. as prepost,rous nr,va,o con.
ceptions of German destiny than a.
the actual plans of rezponsibIa r,,lers
but the rulers of t,ermanv ,he,,..t.,.s
knew an the while what concre,r
n pians. what ureil advanrea iu,riguos
Law hack of what IN. nrofe~,op. ara
the writers Usero saving an1 re,e
s1ad ia go forvya ra unr,oles,od ,;ii,r.,
the thrones Of Ralkan a,.,es v,,,h
lGeruan urinees n,,,,,r, ,,e,n,an osfi
GERS at the service of Turkev 10 drilt
her armies and maxi. interes, yvI,h
her government develonIng nisns nf
sedition and rcbeilion i'm Indi. and
, Egypt. setting their fires In Persia
The demands made h,, Ans,ri, mo,
, Servia were a mere single sten in a
plan which compnssea Eurone and
Asia from Berlin 10 Bagdad Thpy
, hoped those demands Nigh, not
arouse Europe bu, ,bs, ,na.n, 10
press Them whether thev ala ar moi
Tor they thought themselves ready for
. the final issue nf arms
The plan of Germany.
..'rhcir plan was 4, tbrov n broad
belt of German military power and
r political control across the very center
. of Europe and beyond tn. Mediter.
/, ranenn into the heart of Asia. and
f. Austrin Hungary wns Ia he AZ much
q their tnoi and paWu ns Servia ar Tur
KEY or the ponderous states of the
, east Austria Hungary indeed was
, lto become mart az the central German
! empire. absorbed ana dominn,ed bv
, thc same forces and influences that
had originally cemented the German
4 states Themselves The dream had
A ts heart at Berlin II couid hav.
4 lhad n henrt nowher. else' II rejected
/, the idea OF SOLIDARITY Of race en-
/, tircIy. IN, choice OF peoples playcd
/ uo part u IL AT all A. cnntempla ted
=. bringing together racial and nolittcni
4 units which could be kent together
p lonly by force-Czechs. Magyars.
q Croats. Serbs Roumnutans Turks.
, Arrnrpians-the proud states nf 30.
A lhemia and Hungary the stott little
commonwealth of the balkans. the
4. indomitsb Ole Turks Ia. s,,btie neople-
q OF the east These ueoples ala t,ot
a wish Ia be united Th.y ardentlv de-.