The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-05
(By w. E. Lindsey, Governor of New
 MexicoD


 of conquest, ravishing that nation
 Of Schleswig-Holstein.
 That with Austria in 1866, a war of
 subjugation, effectively removing
 a rival
 That with France in 1870. a war of conquest, despoiling that nation of
 Alsace-Lorraine and a billion dol lars.
 Under the guidance of the people of the United States our nation has fought five wars:
 That with England in IT'S, estab-
 fishing a new government, deriy- ing its just powers from the con-
 sent of the governed.
 That with England in 1872, for the freedom of the seas.
 That with Mexico in 1846, extending
 the blessings of q free government
 to bleeding people.
 That with secession in 1861, presery-
 ing the Union and abolishing in
 voluntary seryitude.
 That with Spain in 1898, gratuitous- Iy extending the blessings of lib
 erty to enslaved peoples This present, fourth war for Ger many and the sixth for the United States, is in line with their previous Nwars. For Germany, conquest and the enthroning of the power of might. For the United States, freedom and the orification of the power of right. Writers and speakers are fond of laying that the present war is a con test between autocracy and democracy, neglecting to define either in terms of simple comprehension.
 Autocracy is that form of govern , ment in which the strong, the rich, and the wise ride upon the backs of the weak, the poor, and the simple. Democracy is that form of govern ment in which the strong, the rich, and the wise raise up and support the weak, the poor. and simple.
 In an autocracy, government pro- ceeds from above downward, in the form of thou shalt" or thou shalt not"
 In democracy, government pro- ceeds on level and is "of the people, by the people, and for the people" William Hohenzollern, the man whose ally is God-not Gods ally king of Prussia and emperor of Ger many, wills for all the people of his kingdom and empire, and can will no wrong, even though that will be "frightfulness"
 Abraham Lincoln, whose great con- cern was that he should be on Gods side, once President of the United States, lowly, yet exalted unto heaven, toiled, suffered, and died for the en- durance- of democracy conceived in liberty and dedicated to the ptoposi. tion that all men are created eaquai." Kultur is the new religion of the German people. The people of the United States are Christian.
 Kultur proclaims: "We (the Ger man people) are of the race of the thunderer; we will possess the earth" | Christianity proclaims: Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth"
 Kultur commands and asserts: Be as terrible as Atilla's Huns. Provi- dence has willed that we shall be his instruments"
 Christianity proclaims: Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy"
 Kultur misses: 70, Germany, hate! Slaughter thy foes by the millions and of their reeking corpses build a monu- ment that shall reach the clouds"
 70, Germany, hate now! Arm myself in steel and pierce with thy bayonet the heart of every foe; no prisoners! Beat in their skulls with rifle-butts and with axes. Strike and thrust, true '9nd hard; turn our neighbors' lands in- to deserts. Afterwards thou wilt stand erect on the ruins of the world"
 Christianity proclaims: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill and who, soeyer shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment;' but l say unto you, That whosoeyer is angry with his