The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-11-22
TODAY
IN THE NEWS
Cringing Ours
Two Things
Not SO Bad

w man abaSement, of the Teu-
tonic readiness to quit nm
der punishment and to cringc in
the face of power, was the surrcn-
der of the war lord : navy off
the Firth of Forth yesterday
Read in another column the vivid
narrative of the surrender written
by an Associated Press correspond
cnt aud thank God that Americans
are not made oi the same stuff ds
those super men with yellow
hearts
The German Is an innate craven.
Arrogant brutal and overbcarlng
in success. he cringcs in defeat the
typical bully. And like all bullicS
he il an utterly shameful spectacle
when vanquishcd.
Whatever satisfaction may he
felt over the complete ahaNcmcnt of
the Germans. no one not of their
breed can fully grasp how men
with n nation and a flag to fight
for could yield 50 crdvcnly One
understands the conicmptuouS pul-
element of that officer aboard one
of the American drcadnanght~ who
said
Even the poor old Spaniards.
anowing they had not a chance.
ramc out of Santiago.
The German is not given 20 TAX
ing chances. The Germans didn't
think they were taking a chance
when they started the war. They
Thought they simply couldu I lose.
intoxicated with their own SELF
glorification aud the conceitcd flub-
dub of their half-crazN kaiser, they
never conceived a chance of de
feat. II they had, they wouldn I
have started fighting.
As YOU note with interest that prcsi-
dent Wilson has signed the measure
which o. designed To outlaw John Bar
IeNcoIn M the United states from july
next until the demohilizatlon ot the
army is completed. ANA rejoice oi
gricVc CaS the spirit moves you) az AN
additional sign that booze VIII ultl-
mately disappear utterly from ciNili2-
ed countries. bear in mind two things
one is that Uncle sam who has %
well deserved reputation fol getting
things done iH record time, may get
all the overseas forces back homo and
clean mp the rehabilitation plans a
good deal sooner after lulN ! than
many people expect. one thing YOU
tnny he sure OF. Uncle sam VIII not
aiow up the return home of his boys
to stretch the life OF the nation wide
dry law. He Will keep the home com
ing At the ltveliCst gait he can strike
and leave u 10 the awmakorS and law
cnforcers to keep John Barloycou
from Joining IN the celebration.
The other thing to bear IN mind ~
that the law may not get a chance to
work even n rehabilitation ~ no
completed for "A year or more aftel
Iuly l. The liquor interests, cnor
mOusly wealthy and still iull of hght
will almost certainly attack the law
IN tho courts. Pain intmation OF Their
plans In that direction have already
been given And though the Law
seems like % perfectly good law to IA,
average man. there * no telling Wha'
the courts Will do tu lt attcr a tc~
high priced lawN crs hpN" dlssc't"d n
and submitted hand picked SECTIONS
ana slivcrs Tor judicial inspection.
Considerable concern and good
deal OF chagrin was manliestes
throughout America not So long age
over our apparent failure 10 complete
an effective airplano program ana ho
come q conspicuous factor .n that vita
branch or warfare To those Mh'
have been unduly upset over the mat
ter--and a good many people did TAXI
u rather too seriously as fnI as ~
effect on the progress ut tho war wen
figures dibclosod today are soothing
When tho truce became effective
tho Germans mad lost 6Gi more plan,
and 30 more balloons than the Amcri
cans, . fairly good indication Of IN
aptitude OF Nnukc, YOUNG men Tor thu
brunch OF fighting The enemy hG
lost g2G planes and ~ balloons AM
md destroyed 2G5 planes and 3N bal
looms from the American uir,rat
forces.
The wisdom of the war department
in dCCidinE 10 contralizc great pdi
OF IT, effort on tho airplunc prograt
can be seen when the figures are CON
pprcd. Three aud a halt planes Z
in. eNpoticnCcd Germans one ls % rc,
ord OF which America has lust ro,so