The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-09-30

HE EVENING HERALD. with
other New Mexico newspaper
has received advance proofs ut ,u
article by Colonel George HarveN, tU
uppcnr In the October number ot the
North American review, rendering
the apologies VI the North American
Leview 20 New Mexico fcr the iniatu
Gus and now famous Henry Wray
letter The proofs have been sent
with permission of advance puhlioa-
tluu aut the article follows
\ Proud and Loyal State
The August number 81 the \urth
American Review contained. ia IS de-
purtment entitled Letters to the Edl-
Iur % communication bearing the
signature Henry Mray.' H name as
sum,d by MI ~ r. Walmslcy ~ No.
.iiU Smart avenue. Kansas 'tit
uuking serious reflections upon th"
loyalty Of the citizens of New NeXico
aud upon the fidelity Of both the leg
stature and courts Of that .
wchlit.. marking 1t as essentially dis
loyal iu Fympathy ANA controlled lH
~ public policy by "a secret %orEHuizt-
ton called the peuitentes.
\ few days after such publication
We received the following telegram
from senator Albert 49, Eau
Three Rivers, y, NJ August g.
EHN Nv ~ NAHN E"A ~ y WV NV
view. pages 3l2-li Inclusive, has q
letter signed by one Henry WraA,
KunSas city. which in SO Tar as con
Germs the state of New MeNiCo, h. q
Heterogeneous, fantastic mixture Of iC
uurant, malicious and false statements
and ISLANDERS. | have read the Review
for ,hirty-five years ana am now %
subscriber. Also. knowing YOU, ] can
mot believe hat you ever read TINS
letter on would have permitted the
publication OF 80 vile "A Islander upon
my state and It's people.
You owe an apology Ia your readers
and 60 the people Of this state New
NcNico's population ~ spanish de.
scent are as loyal, patriotic Americans
as yourself or your forefathers. The
Nsw MeNlcans swore allegiance To the
United states, represented by General
kearny. In 1916. their governor and
his army. not being supported by the
people leaving the state wtthou fir
INK "A shot. only fifteen years after
ward they furnished more men In
proportion TO the population for the
defense OF the nion than did the
people OF any other state or territory
They furnished more han their quota
go fight people Of their blood in
1895. Ask Colonel Roosevelt about
George Armiiu. Abel Duran. Captain
Max Luna. and others.
Kit carson is dead, but the records
ot th" war department viii show the
u4mer pf soldiers 81 his regiment. ~
We'll t- those OF Colonel ]. Frank Cha
N.s and tho battletields Of Nulver6e.
GIurl,ta and others are records a.
uur loyalty After tn. massacre OF
Santa Isabel and the raid on 'ulum-
but. native citizens offered President
wilson ten thousand \,w McXicaus Of
Spanish-AmeriCan blood FOR the pro-
lection of American citizens iu McNl-
co. Between twelve and sixteen thou
sand New MeXi"ans ar" In the army.
marine corps ana navy now offering
their lives FOR their country N the
protection. among others. Of Colonel
Harvey and Mr.. Wray The state
mcnts as 10 districts without Eng
Ish-spcaking persons are false. As
To public school teachers not speak
ing English, that h. worse than false.
As a. the Legislature and courts being
conducted iu Spanish. that b. untrue
Examine the journals n acts of
legislatures. state ana territorial aut
court records in the offices ut the at.
toruov general and supreme court. aut
go the archives OF the tunErczsionu
Library. There are ten weekly papers
out OF more than one hundred, pub
u-hcd In Spanish
The STORY as 10 the PenitcntCs Is
wild dream there is no truth in tn
statements as 20 a law attempting q
protect UhcmD Scw Mexico. tn
rtatutes are founded on those OF Mis-