El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-01-02

county. Upon the whole, we are ii
posed to suspect that, in his cage
ness to secure extSnslcn Of federI
control, for some reakon not clearl
defined, the director general advani
ed this proposal very much as tn
President himself demanded w0ma
suffrage as an absolute essential I
success in the war and as, only las
week, Mr.. Lloyd George tickled th
fancy Ok British electors by talkin
about collecting one hundred an
twenty billions in cash from German,
There remains finally course NO !
namely Government operation ia
one year and nine months following
proclamation Of peace, which wouI
mean, in my Judgment. government
operation for a period in no even
longer than two years and tire
months"
Strange to say, Mr.. McAdoo dis
cards this quite natural. procedure
prescribed by the administration
own act, as wholly impracticable
Why? Because, In the first place
less than three months Of the pres
emit congress remain,"-an INSULT
cient time for providing a permanent
solution" This. as a statement o
fact, Is u~ndeniable. Most assuredl,
the present incapable congress will
expire on March 3, greatly to the re
lief Of the whole country. But Mr.
McAdoo is lahoring under an hallu
cination II, as 1t would seem, he thinks
the world Is coming to an end or leg,
tslation H. going to cease simultan
eopsly. We fuli agree that a sane
solution OK ms or any other problem
coulu MOI re expected rom Enls con
sress IN lnree months or ~ three
years Or ever. mat y why PEG,
PIE TOOK ON ADVICE ana boosted II
OUT OF existence
But tnere Is announcer congress COM
ing IN on March wnen II should
ana proDaD!y must pc called INTO &C
tlon ana tnat Is the congress, Wnlcn,
MS, McAdoo seems 70 nave forgotten,
was CHOSEN Q~eiipeFately as a recon
strnction' congress and charged by the
country With the responsibility OF SOW
ing tnls n al otner proniems bear.
upon reaalustment II u snoula
Iali e s~traignten out tne ranroaas
wlEnin the ALLOTTED lime, neither Mr;
McAdoo nor a PRESIDENT nor \
Democratlc party q pc held IN
LaulG me Diame VIII rest squarely
upon one republican party why not
leave ~ tnereF Tnere IS no better
IN slght, nor Is tnere anything
more ceTtaln than tnat, II Lle lie
puDllcan party cannot re-estaDlsn tns
railroads upon q sound basis IN two
years, It cannot in five
/ The other reasons set forth for con-
'inuingo government operation for five
years hardly call for mention since,
is we have said, congress won't have
I. Nor do we consider it essential
speculate upon Mr.. MeAdoo's mo
ives in hurting a virtual ulIlmatum
Vt congress in the twilight of his
'eign. They may be. political or not.
Ne neither know nor care. But frank
y we do think It rather silly to sus-
,ect him OF trying, by this peculiar
method, TO divert attention from the
allure OF his own operation Of the
ailroads. In fact, we do not consider
hat 1t has BEEN a failiIrc. It has
'een most unsatisfactory, of course,
10Th financially and IN service, but
t had to be done and we doubS if
anybody could have done it better.
he morale Of the great army Of en-
as Mr.. McAdoo d~olefully ad
ats, has d~eteriorated shockingY,
ut that is not his fault; it is the de-
oct inherent in government operation
( anything. Sometimes we think
here might be slight p%alliation for
be hopelessness 7bf Baker or even
iurleson, but that, Of course, is going
ir, farther than the imagination can
carry.
What we chiefly objecs TO In Mr.. Nc
docs scheme Is the same old perni
Ious thing OF perpetuating a war
Ieasure to engtaft upon The country
policy which the people have never
assed upon. He wants five years
| observation-disclosures what? IN
government operation Z, = in govern
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