The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-11-02

N'N wv. NaINN WIN nor NHtfN|fNff
France with hcr two millions. ami nt.
tie Hclrium with hor hundreds ui
thousands Killed how pitifuliy gmu'
seems Our less than twenty Thousand
ard how wofuily lacking on iustiCioo
ton of our ~prcsuutrg. ,s we huv,
hcou ptcsUmluE Of lat, without c,n1
consultation to shape tho terms oi
peace FOR all 20 s1, what iudcunitios
They shall OF shall not hnNc. what
shall DE done with the colonies an.
turrd before We entered the war. what
with bulgaria and ovc Turkey. with
whom We are stlll at peace Is % to be
wondered ~ that at last. after having
cschcwed criticism of the president IN
uny Of his papers for the past -four
years, cVen Northcliffc's patience fih-
ally gave way aud hc permitted tho
London TIMES to say. rs II did say on
October is. even though the fact ~
capped tho attention of out own news
papers.
We an hayc the greatest conf
dence IN President Wilson. but We
hin II would have been better if i'll
stead oft attempting ans negotiations
hc -ud stated straight out that any
peace offer from the central powers
mus Doc presented TO the allies as a.
whole"
or that tho leading newspaper of
Amsterdam should have remarked
with quiet cvnicism upon this SUI
prcmc hour for she president. the man
who sits IN the white house and
decides what he considers Just and
richi without caring what the allies
think about H."
True, Mr.. Hearst confirms the
right" of President Wilson 20 dictate
the terms, since tho United Staten has
won the war iu an Incredibly quick
tlm'' but all OF ms are not Mr.
Hearts, and some of MS. recalling
millions OF dead as rontrastcd
with out few thousands. the dcNg stat
ed third OF France, aud an of Bel
gh b, the ravishod women and girls
and nuns. tho sruciued old men.
priests ana boys. aud not forgetting
either tho gracious kindness manifest
ct on all sides 10 our own brave lads.
Sum" of ~. We SAY. have difficulty
in i%cConciting ourselves without ,rlur
my 10 . presumption such ass surely
mover before slammed % solf respecting
people. We repent hat. iu pll hui
miliis. wo would take those. uur AS.
sociat's' Of France n Belgium and
England 20 our hearts. as Roosevelt
would or TAFT or God knows who
would not. in pride and rratctulncss
that they should drcm DH worthy 10
Doc called th,ir ally ana their friend.
We hDd hoped. tn common with
many, that the war u'-ht DO ,ouAuct
% rs thr Wvt ut % united rroplu. ps ~
has Icon iu ENGLAND. Franc, and
itblS. through coalition cabinets. and
as the CtNu war was age hN LIN
coin, with stanton as hls elmer aid. II
i5 tho peoples war really. They Btc
making sacrifices abroad and bearing
the burdens az home, but while FIRE
dUertlN horuldiUg thus fact ia his
speeches. Nj Wilson has not only
st,gdfastly ignored IL in practice but
has acqui'scod without protest iu th,
dthbtUttc uGruofc OF the southern
democrats in congress 10 make the
.rst and west foot thc bills.
To the great body ot republicans
who constitute fully ouo-hull col. tho
population ho hes accorded ma roour-
uiuuu whatever NcCpt IN "a few inc
stnntea when tho breakdown of hls
iuNoritos. notably the paCifst SCCrD-
turN of war, Nus so notorious that mo
substitution Of brains and experience
hecnmc = positive necessity. EoUs
welt. tine most furCcful ana popular
figure ~ American HE, has bcca de-
MED all participation, except through
the enlistment of his gallant sons
which could not be- prevented. Wood,
our most famous soldier. was Mickc'lly
sholvod bcrausc ne had hCcn right ON
preparedness; Root was dispatched
upon "a hopeless mission, onlN a. Zoe
NNNNNM ~ NNNNN wv ANN|A NAl ANNNHNN NN" |fH
turn. men OF the highest stHndins and
ripcst experience were put aside from
the direction of the nations industries
10 make way Tor a professional spcCu-
lator pt the very type mat once was
To hc hanged ms high as Hannah;
even Lodge and Brandcgco and
Weeks and Smoot aud BorUh. who
were technically entitled to C|ousulia-
ton, nave been utterly ignored. H.
deed. nothing could be more tranSpIr-
mi than that the %protcntious "'.d-
lourrmcnt of politics WAS a sham so
hollow az 20 appear, as indeed II was,
positively ludicruus.
Not only but often. " We MAJ as
sumo no copyright of the eccentric
tcrm, has the conduct of the war been
distin,tiNcly partisan; II has been al
most as exclusively personal Demo
Gratis like Chamberlain aud Hitchcock.
who nut patriotism above party, have
been roundlN DENOUNCED. serNilitN to
the administration has supplemented
fidelity 90 the country as the acid
test OF loyalty; and nov II transpircs
through a. chance remark ct the in
Mr. Baker that America has
no direct vote upon any question he
fore the .rcat council at Versailles be
cause Nj. Wilson has lculousiy re-
served that p~rcroputtNC 10 himself to
hc exercised or not, dS he MAY sec
ri, lbs cable, upon such ir~agmontutN
information a. Nc may hc able 10 oh
tain
Now w cannot believe that this ar
hitrarN absorption of all authority,
even TO the potuost. cundurcS 10 al
ministrutNc efficiency IN % business
Of thv magnitude OF that in which We
are engaged. u sHNors too strongly Of
that too feminine 20 I,ulousN OF amy
rival in authority cited h' Mr. Wilson
as the fundamental weakness OF Jcr-
fcrsou Davis.
"a anNhod, suspect tuI q momciit
that tho president would have COM
mittod his latest and worst hluudcr IN
merely matching his Wits win Ger
man intcllerts when the world la Oh
fire " be had consulted senator
Lodge, as clearly az hc should have
done. or f.hhu Root ur Nj TAR or
Mr. Hughes on prOttN neatly NhodA
posa' ssod OF common svnH', l~'Ht'"u or
Colonel House alone Tie thought ~
inConcoiNahlc.
Mr Wilson pridcs himself upon ms
iniuittNc understandings OF the pam
peoples t~nCltnuuons. but his 'ultal on
pcrivnce must have been som'M hnl OF
a SHOCK 20 his confidence surely lh"io
never before came 10 the burning ears
az q president quicker ar shtip'f hls
ciaimcr thun chat which WHde nlri
crave ttuH 90 scud for cover now
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