Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-19
STARTING TROUBLE HERE.

The 1cNOn OF IItSlh'H' ''i'''' "
seeking to personally determine the
noliticol boundaries Of the countries
fronting on the Adriatic has already
caused stirring up of races in the
United States.
The JuGo-Slavs have held mass
MEETING in Chicago, established a
press bureau and are flooding the
country with printed matter attack
ing the Italians for seeking to secure
the city of F!ume. The Italians in
the United States are equally active
in creating sentiment against the Will
son plan to give Fiume to races, some
Of which fought the allies.
Carried to its logical end the mixing
in foreign disputes will keep the
nationals of other countries in Amer
lean cities irritated and in conflict,
caring more for the triumph of the
country of their nativity than for ad-
vance of the land where they live.
Race antagonsms will absorb their
interest when they should forget
that there is any country but America,
as far as it IS in human nature to
forget.
But an even greater evil will result
With interest of foreign-born voters
here and their descendants stirred by
the partisans and propaganda of the
conflicting countries it will come to
pass that the Italian vote. the Jugo-
Slav vote mayhap the Irish vote. the
German vote, the Russian vote will
become more and more factors n the
choice of a president and of congress.
Races will be appealed to by political
parties, and men may vote for this or
that party that may promise to side
one way or another upon questions
that come before a league of nations,
concerning divisions and issues be-
tween European countries. If the
United States be n member of the
league delegate Will vote according
to the views of the party at home that
at the polls controls the channels
through which authority is given.
In the coming presidential race it
might be the entire Italian vote would
be cast against President Wilson or
his party, through sympathy with
Italy, because he is a stumbling block
TO the national aspirations of that
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Or all the Jugo- Slavs rally TO the
Wilson banner because he would
probably lend further support to the
cause which already is prompting or
ganization of such people in the Uni
tel States
We have been endeavoring to I'M
press upon the residents of the Uni
ted States that there should be no
hyphenated citizens; that there should
be no German-American vote; that
every man should vote for the inter
ests Of America without reference to
European politics,
President Wilson, before this coun-
try entered the war, appealed to the
people not to hold public meetings
and not to engage in heated discus
sions in favor of combatants abroad.
But the practice in which he is align
ing the nation upon one side or the
other unnecessarily, is setting the ma
tionals of various lands in America
to wrangling. creating division among
our own people and opening the lid OF
the pandora box to turn loose troubles
that cannot easily be overcome.
The United States should, first OF
all, mind its own business and MOI
be at the beck and call of the nation.
that will hasten to be first to try Il
secure help. 1t is enough for US t
be ready and willing to take a ham
If great emergency again comes.
To have it understood that we will
never be neutral: that we will cast
vote in every squabble, or fight on on
side or the other. is to invite, ever!
interest abroad to spend money her
for organization and participation
through naturalizcd foreigners ant
also aliens in controlling the govern
ment
What Germany sought to do would
become the general practice. Spies
propagandists. hired press agents
bought newspapers. appeals from for
eign sources through the languag,
press here would become common
eign politics than of domestic ant
would be led by whatever factor
such influences favored.
To great extent the recent wal
found the people of the United States
With open minds, not prejudiced Oh
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