The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-04-15
Are Not Getting the News of the Peace Conference:
the First Parliament of Man is Not Being Reported

NtkiNo the war we did no, get the news Of
Troop movements and the details Of great
battles. We did not expect that news. Mill
'aff necessity provided . reason that covered every
snsoerntie oct Of censorship. But IN spite Of mill
tsrf necessity and the censorship we got more aud
more accurate and more detailed news Of the pro.
ersss of the war than we have had Of the proceed
inRs OF the peace conference.
The headlines ~ this article arr quoted from the
April 10 number Of Editor and Publisher. = a
weekly journal that has devoted a career Of half q
century 70 serving the interests Of oil the news.
papers Of the United States; a journal without
pariisnnship or political creed 10 make Il the
champion word. The newspaper editors Of The
United States. the men who handle the daily tcie.
graph reports understand the immense significsnre
Of the terse statements quoted. One wonders " the
people fully understand that the greatest event To-
the history ~ mankind snce newspapers first be-
gan 10 furnish news. = moi being reported and the
significance 81 hat facf
When our ~prrsidcnf vent to France. breaking
bis way through . eentnry II precedent and taking
The whole rcsponsihilits Of our share rs making
the peace into his own. unaided hands aud unto his
own unassisicd keeping. one of the reasons h. gave
ny for going was that AZ this peace conference
A."
In ia editorial. addres..-i 60 the newspapers Of
America, Editor and Publisher tells ts how far
We have missed that high principle aud how ON the
piher hand. this great parliament Of man Is hcing
held under the cloak u an un- dcmocraiic secrecy "
The editorial il worth the reading Of every thought.
ful American. a. II has received the thoughtful read.
ing Of thousands Of American newspaper editors.
IL rs too long for reproduction here IN full, but
more striking portions follow
we are not rctune inc news OF The Peace Conference.
And in that fact h. found n grave menace to the develop
ment Of free institutions IN the world.
THIS preliminary PARLIAMENT OF MAN is not being
encea aurmlHea. gossip. tNpressionH 0f opinions inirfufe-
Nations % tho facts that are disclosed. But ea are not
Eettng the sort uf news 20 which free peoples are emitted.
We arc not achieNinF an enlightened public opinion on
me ercat ISSUES on which thu worlds nrc Will depend for
When President Wilson uttered his dictum, omen
covenants. openly arrived a." the American people ana
the Tree peoples OF the earth-thniied 70 the slogan. They
pointed 90 tho remedy. No mors secret diplomacy That.
obviously. would mean the rule of democracy. The pros
poet fcd y ianfuisninE hope that out OF the Ter, furnace
o. ut a"tm DISASTER would emerge a puuncd and rcFrn-
Grated political syHtem-a basis on which might be reared
in nafst, an ondunnE Federation Of the World.
"fhs people who are always called upon ~ hght wars
were 60 az last h. consulted a. 20 whether or not there
should be am Wars 10 nght No more human paNus no
hidden nnnipuintois The processes Of secret dipiomaoy
were 20 ~ Known hencsforth no more. Excellent Have
Viva WILSON. prophet Of tho new order. c,angcl. woni
leader
"iiow prospers the dream How fares tho prophet
and crwsdsr3 rheanswer Ia. We are not arriving "a,
WIN our president went 10 the Conference pledged
70 mat prncpls-h ia own principle, stated in inspiration
nj form II mot with immediate nciscuon-fsfe was
proposed a complete. drastic censorship m. world vas
not 10 Do Informed Of what fate held M store for 90 unuI
Tie DEGREES had been duly formulated md approved hN
the smell group Of men sitting In counsel together