The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-10-25

n y who II thinking carefully and clearly
m these days doubts that definite perils con
front the United States in the period after
peace shall have been won from a defeated Ger
many. These have been enumerated IN all their
formidable detail until all well informed citizens
are familiar with their general character. Vhey
were outlined in the now we'll known Weeks reso-
luton. seeking the creation of n bipartisan com
mission of congress to undertake their investiga.
tion and the proposal 10 congress of solutions for
the more pressing problems. They were outlined
again in the Ovcrman bill which seeks 10 place the
creation of this commission with the president and
make il no more than a commission to make recon
mcudations 10 the president.
Jacob Gould Schurman. president of Cornell uni
vrrsity, recently returned from Europe. voices u
concern now beginning 10 be widely icit and as
generally discussed ia America because u. the
fact that this nation has rs yet done practically
nothing towards solving the problems of recon
S%truction. DR.. Schurmau has given an interview
To the New York Times which is reprinted in the
Herald today. II Is n statement worth very careful
and thoughtful reading by every one of us. 1t
states. as clearly as il has yet been stated, Il situa-
ton which concerns MS all and which is undcniably
grave. Every nation of Europe, our allies and our
enemies. has been for months and years engaged
through It's ablest experts IN studying the problems
of peace and dcvising ways and means for the
most practical solution of those problems. Only
the United States has done nothing.
Probably DIR. Schurman comes closer 10 the
real cause of our representation and nearer To- the
source of our trouble than any other when he points
out that 1T is duubly dilatory to hang up the qdeS-
ton If reconstruction while congress debates the
problem ot whether or not the extra constitutional
powers granted the president in time of war, shall
be extended and perhaps intensified in the post
war period.
The great educator then proceeds to point out
the possibilities and dangers of further prOcraSti-
nation; and the way TO the earliest end to delay,
when he shows that
First ''the Republicans will not consent, and
il is d doubtful if a majority of the Democrats will
consent to an indefinite continuation of this cen
tralzed authority. Certainly, y he adds, 1.-The ma
ton will not consent "a. take It's Legislative func-
tions from the hands of congress and place them in
the hands of the president. And this is the real
party issue in the present election the issue of a
government of laws as against a government o.
men, SO f~orccfully pointed out by Senator Fall in
his address to the recent convention which nOmi-
mated him for reelection.
Second the Ovcrman bill proposes n commits
sion chosen by the president with investigating
powers only, and 10 report recommendation 10 the
president net taking into account congress as an
essential part of the government, which must bee
considered and consulted and which must act be
fore we can even approach the solution of the
problems of peace. Passage of the Oycrmau bill,
DR.. SchGrman points out, would inevitably result