The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-29

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10 change our form u government.
ruppose instead Of having . prrniaenl
W. should have a general manaE,f
with power to do whatever acamcu 10
him 10 b. FOR the best infsreaas OF
the nation. with heads Of dcpartmcnfa
undcr him, responsible only 10 him.
self. Nov. suppose that this grOup
OF men should conceive Of n prolecl
more ambitious. moro daring. han
had ovcr been conceived OF ~ an,
government, namely, 10 own tho
world. 10 control not .only she wheat
and the steel. hut also the entire bus.
mess 0f the world. With the wealth
Of the nation. with the military forces
Of tho nation a. their command. with
a free hand 10 las their plans fnF
into the future and TO make an con-
tribute 10 the currying out OF those
plans they set 10 work. Al the pyscho-
logical moment. they strike. Their
armies sweep all before them. The,
conquer the world. They set pos.
csAion Of "a. They own H.
Tse Dram That fniiuf.
Now N We transfer this picture
from America 10 Germany we shall
understand the slnnlncnnce Of the
awful afrurEie through which We
have come. There ~ this difference
The German dream wna not realized
The German project did not succeed
A. In the past. great hicrarchics
have arsen which have cnelavcd the
world r~eiigiously. a n In tho past.
have cnnlaved tho world politically.
10 this VA an attcmpt-an attempt
which came nearer being realized
han any OF NJ dreamed-of ennlav-
Ing the world economically. NJ Ger
many had succeeded. there would
have been ono great trust which
would have eventually controlled and
directed the entire business Of tho
world. n Germany had succeeds.
while our religious liberty and our po.
iucal liberty may not ave been In.
terfcrsd with. u economic liberty
would have been, perhaps forever.
surrendered. oornany would have
owned he world, or. at least. have
had things to such am extent under
its control, that this result wouiu
have been. sooner or later. lnevluabtu
not Germany hut ha herman ho-
uiilo. 1he Oiefman people wouia
haN been "a dependent economically
upon their masters aa thcs were be-.
lore he war.
an conditions of the terms Of peace
which seem to MAKE u impossible
TOT tuo government OF The
which ~ still. la spirit. autocratic. 70
realize its dream OF controlling tho
worid economically, OF some oay 10,
owning ue world, constitute The ETeat
b~airiois 10 ia acceptance.
Mar naikcd iiun l'ians.
A. thu civil war sucosnsfutiy stayed
the hand OF The wealthy c~apitnlnts
who, Ia our father'a day. nut diyt.
demos above human Ilfe. aa-sho Wal
htouEh which We have comc has
successfully stayed tho hand Of Inc
wealthy capitalists who owned Ger
many, and whose ambition ID was
to own tho world. and who nut tho
accomplishing Of their ends abovo oy.
orything la iife which We regard a.
sacred. IL is only when We Erasp
this. hat We can appreciate the value
o. h service which Our sons aud
,he son. % our brave allies have
render cd humanity In his awful cat
aclysm.
Why did We enter D war; Be
eause ~ a IN the last analysis. a
struggle for the survival OF what our
country stands for-Amerioanism. nb-
trty 10 the individual 10 come 20 his
own not only re~ligioualy and polite
ally, but also economically; the right
OF the Individual o only 90 equality
OF opportunity for self-eNprcEHion--
~ NWff NN''hhf VI
social oPportunity-poiitical liberty
but also TO equality OF opportunity IN
the struggle Ia make a hsing-econ-
omic liberty, The end. ! grant IN not
yet reached, but by this war the
working man viii occupy a place such
aA he has never occupied before.
We have won, To a great extent. In
the struggle for Religious liberty
irotcstaniism Ia the characterization
OF the church. We have won. to A
great extent, In The struggle Tor pol
iucal liberty, Popular government
" tho characterization OF the state.
We shall win In the struggle for econ
omic hborty-the democratization Of
Industry.
II il also a prdphecy-a Of
the freedom which ia vet 10 come TO
the world.
And so Aay. henceforth Memorial
nay wlll have a deeper s~isnincance
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.he,e ~ n ahnsef o. our tofgetilns
10, ny '.,S we eno',e spiri's VINO restsa
world. and who laid down their lives
20 neisha :, ru'nie.s hanan; hot
only = heroic = the un.iiihh
cint0 what our country stands for.