The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-05-21
TODAY
IN THE NEWS
Germany s Futile Plots
Our Treatment of Traitors
Governor Hunt $ Message

e ,
n ENMANN'S great plans pctsist-
cutN mscarrN Thcy have gone
- wrong from n, rrat. iicr great
military preparations have resulted lu
fearful slaughter OF men. loarui SUI
iertngE Tor women and Childrou.
vrccking of business in half dozen
nations aud It's serious injury I'm 9th
ors. and a property loss beyond all
hope OF estimate. But II has all ac-
compiishcd nothing Tor Germany but
io turn against her the Just hatred OF
Ia, world.
Gcrmauy's dtpit matic plans and spS
I lots have misCIrricd as pcrsistcutly
as her military plans Even u q
country as carolossly guarded us was
the United states prior to the war, "a
Las been possible 10 block practically
every serious German plot
The Japanese intrigue was exposed
. he McNiCun plot served as tIomcu-
Guus boomerang The latest plot to
hlow up - the great pi1a 60 unau,"
che Sim fcu uprising Boo ireland
This tudnys news shows. was carried
cut largely through sim Foiu sym
Iathizets 300 the United states. The
plot had boz 10 tremendous POSSIBLE
ucF of trouble ipr England Eut the
whole plan miscarriCd. Its success
depended, first ON disurgInizcd
England. m England driven INTO
panic bN German successes IN the
,rcat drive Ia tho channel ports. Th'
great drive lHucd, aud the plot icll
down
Germany is buckius inca table fail
urc Tier rulCrs vud ucr captains
must have seen this long ago. surely
the time must hc close at hand when
her people also wiil see g. aud under
standing the uuayoidabl, result. must
insist upon Jn end To further sa,:i-
ices of their blood and treasure
In the meantime n is cause FOR
grave uncasiucss to Americans That
plots such as this sim tclu scheme
cam bc iaid and fost,rod and mrthcrvd
within tie .nited States THAT such
mnp be- possible rs due wholly To-
our lenicup, n dealing with plottcrs.
spies and traitors. and 90 the relative
safety thcs feel 800 carrying ON thor
alsturdiy enterprises
I'm "a nation az war band of uttcrlN
criminal mon can plan wholc'nl' de-
structiou OF wheat ,lolds. poisoning ut
livestock sabotage 100 IT'S worst tDrms.
and st,ll bo granted the privilege Of
. digninod. orderly trial 900 slow
moving court OF ,i,il Justice. Whore
clover lawyers urc found to take pd-
vantage ot cNorN logul obstacle and
dclu, in hchUlf oi these worse than
murdurcrs THIS ia shown Boo tuua, 8
news OF tho l. " " trial
In ercut nation 1t death grips
with 30 desperate enemy u woman ~
great wealth and influence Js permit
ted tu sjuud upon % public platform
and make the statement That 'if con-
d.tions boz the United states can boz inn
proved bN 60 German victory, then !
want Germany tO win.
The testimony iu tho tuul of Mrs
Rose Pastor Stokes shows that she
ndc that statement aud othrrs oven
worse; others that brand her us q trai.
tor and that, because ui ncr wealth
aud position, make hcr a very dan
r,rous tr,uto,.
Many OF us feet that o. th, charges
Je,uust this woman uro true slic
should hc turned over 60 q military
court and DO convicted, SHE should he
nhot The average luyHl American
cannot understand VIII he mu.i br
exposed 10 the constant dungcr ot
ipics. traitors ". " aEltators.
vucu ho knows tn1t 90 firm policy of
dealing with these pcoplo, and
prompt. vigorous Justice dealt out tn
them would immediately end the Jr-
u,iucs Of the vast majority of them.
Tho president has said that the or
d,rI, course of civu Justice must pro-
coed 90 the United states, and that
otherwise We admit ourselves AS on
the samc moral lcyr Js GcrmauN No
doubt the president is right 40 lo'al
American car,H tu take issue with
him lust the same, IL ls hard Tor
come uf us tu see how n would harm
tn, United states. ur lower 'ts moral
standards ,n the slightest, should wo
adopt m dealing with Germany s
.uIps and agents and advocates somc-
thing of the German efficiency. We
could deal with tIDs, traitors eff
t,,utcly. without lowering our stand
urds or morality or Justice. ana hN
doing sp we could increase infinitely
our national safety
Developments u todb,'a news .udi.
q H''. ff''N Nf'N ~ lIAf| 'i'''I Hf " 'i'''''
uI Arizona. called On, Legislature ui
BOO, state pto special session for tho
purpose oI Discussing the cftortH to
stamp uui tho I " ". The COVER
uur's statement that the I. " " has
uoCn used us camoutlug, 90 ,oN'T up
n,ttor organized .ouNitios ts interest
ing and lluminatnE. when checked
ap wttn the tcstIrou, being gn'u 80
the triul of the T. " " leaders IN
MCagu
n would bo tpo much to charge that
Govcrnor HUNT is un T. " ". s'W-
pIthilcr. But hls effort to minimize
tucir uruvuoa ana the dangers oi
their efforts. not only iu ARIZONA bat
tlruULhout the country viii not
strengthen stunt with amy class pi
American rlti1rns. ~ win strengthen
linn least or ull with the decent up
stuUdIUu nruuuIyed lIhorIur man ti