The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-04-12
TODAY
IN THE NEWS
snubbing Our Allies
Peace at Any Prices
II Isn't Bolshevism

Ot Geneva ~ against Brus
sells as the capital Of the league
~ nations. President Wilson
has ncpdlcssly incurred the
resentment of two of III,
staunchcst allies America had
IN the war. According to the
unqualified statement Of The
Assuciatcd Press. IL was Pres.
idcnt Wilson's speech IN br
half of Geneva that caused the
choice to h. made.
We say "ncrdlrssly." because
there was no American priuci.
pie involved NJ question of
American honor ar sovereign.
~ was Vt stake II simply WAS
the choice between two Euro
prau cities. Onr gave iis life.
blood tO curb the Hun, when Il
might have tamcly allowed IN,
lBochcs to pass through into
France. as luNcmburg did. Tn,
other raised uO hand iu drfcus.
ui human liberty President
Wilson. ~ ever idcalistic. fav
orcd the neutral as against the
ally.
To DE- made the capital uf the
world would have meant SOME.
thing 10 brussels. Not oul,
would IL h. u sentimental rr.
ward for the suffrrings uf Bel.
gium. but IL would bc n mate.
rial reward as we'll II would
mean that annually. ~ least.
IL would receive the bnefit of
u large influx of visitors. which
influx would aid the rayishc0
couutry IN It's gigantic task ol
rehabilitation.
President Wilson argued
that 10 choose brussels was tu
make "a reconciliation between
the peoples Of Europe m0r
distant 10y the very wrongs II
has suffered
We dcplorc the fact that our
president saw III thus Ia m
tender with the feelings of the
Huns. Rather might II not bc
argued that the selection oi
Brussels as the capital of the
world would h. regarded as an
enduring monument to the
proposition that right must
eventually triumph over
wrong?
Though the war Is over and the
American people have made s-icri
fccs 10 win i' rciief from high prices
IN not in sight. " one may believe
tho statement Of the American Meat
Packers as~ociutiou,
"it,u,y demands are causing tho
high meat prices, SAYS the statement
There are OUUun. UuU more mouths
to feed now than there were before
the urWHtir' was signed. etc, etc
o. th, consumer was willing dut.
INK the war tu suspend his ught of
personal liberty N observing wheat
Its. Monday. mrAtl,Ha TUESDAY
WhutIt.H M'du,sduN and porklcss
saturday, one mipht we'll expect uuI
government lo suspend during the
reconstruction period the rrouuuil,
ID
prices when the demand is great
Govt ,rrnm'ut be- designed tu protect
tho weak against the strong Th,
Food trust ls economically struur
tho consumer b. 'runomiCuilN Ncuk
The American people. therefore
naf, urht ~ look 90 their govern
m,ut Tor r,Ioi from htrh prircs th1I
ave mrh merely hvCuuso the Huns Ur,
,HmorUE for American food
IN tu effort tu cuuutorlyt M, ol
fr,t ut u report that several thuu-iu,
Koreans have been WussHyrrd lN thi
ltpuu,-r tho truth of Whirh rypur
ht durs mot drUi the Ntppuuvsi
consul general ~ san Francisco tu
tuy ISSUED % statement that contain
one gMrIug ttllir, which should mo-
puss uurhalluugri.
Tho CONSUL general holds up thD
pnlshr,ik buElhuo us justification
Tor the fpuurs" treatment uf th
Korean. 'lf the government allow
the riots 90 nkc their course, th
uutruHrH VIII not only Increase. hu
tho movement VIII eventually ans ~
sci. with iiulshcvism, which control
the greater part of siberia, tu whlcl
korea iH adjacent
Any one who has followed the 10
trau movement Tor independence vii
Instantly detect the weakness uf SucI
gu argument The Korean uprisin
b. the very usgntlun uf Bolshevisu
According to the testimony OF Amcrl
cans. who have r0nsecrntod their live
for tho bettermcnt of conditions b
the peninsula, the natives are con
Quoting their fight with rrmarkabl
felf-rpstrnint. u one considers IA
proyocation they have ben receiving