The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-15

cncod 10 regard Canadian annirs
through the ewes Of Downing street
rather than through the s~pectarics OF
Montreal That IL q matter NJ domes.
&c politics in which the United states
mas but o. neighhofly interest There
~ no suggestion that Great ~rltnIn
has sought 10 nncct the action Of any
American public man In this fashion
Great britntn. too. has shown a real
delCHcN IN the distribution Of docorn.
lions among Americans. Thosc who
have been gwen n. ~ Ofs aud what.
not have been held deserving hy their
rnmrhieH ~ much cannot be aaid 81
me d~lstnhuiion Of the ribbon ~ tho
i4rriun ~ Honor IN France. n I'M.
often puzzled thosr N touch with the
situation 90 know precisely why somo
Americans were Illus decorated. even
r~uucriinE that tho ribbon OF the Ia.
Elon in rather widely distributed now
ono French ciulc made mo this ox.
p%ltuHtou.
The French classification.
There urc three clnraea of Amofi.
rams upon whom the Layton OF Honor
iH conferred" afII he. HTho, nr,,
Those who ask Tor IL hard enough
Those who have done something
Tor rinuco.
"rhore who mas 10 something Tor
Frame"
~ Boz certain that tho roaslp Of Paris
pr i'li many Americans are unhlush.
ins uhhon hunters some Of Thorn
have been credited with Fostering This
prominent man or that FOR months un.
900 thrIr ambition was finally realized
Unfortunately Tor the ribbon wonrcrs
too many Of them have talked too
much about the pcrilH and pleasures
Of the chase. Bocnusc ribbon hunting
70 80 widely recognized az q form Of
sport ~ IN probable that many OF tho
second class are not given full credit
for thor ribbons hy their friends in
Europe. They have really served
France, but they are no more nbsuily
h~'-uhhoncd than others who have
merely hustled.
Tiattrrcd hy Decoration.
Perhaps the Cynic ~ too cynical in
suggesting That the third class Of ~.
bon wcarcrH-those who may do some
ihinE Tor France iaheithor large or
important. II lH only human. hnW-
ever 90 be BATTERED hy the prcaentn.
ton OF a decoration and ID is highly
probable that many OF these men nnd
Numcn have in an honesty and AN UNI
consciousness permitted their course
10 be influenced hy the compliment
SOME are too big 10 be- awnyed from
absolute strnirhtfurwardness hy such
means, however aud fov of the bin
H ~ . w. H#NNAN t. NNNNN MNNNN|
ul the lesser mon are optimistic.
some months x AN American
newspaper proprietor who had recent.
rs boon decorated, printed three Nery
Illuminating ARTICLES upon conditions
in France. ENcry word was true. hut
tho effect upon the French Official
public was almost catastrophe They
Hursrd and demonstrated on every
Hidr one heard tins comment
How could he do ~ Why. We had
just given him tho Legion of Honnr'"
Correspondent ENrrll~i..
No correspondent of lesser p1sounl
importance cotld have done ID. either
and gotten away with u. For q aingle
article. equally truthful. and OF much
less Importance in It's effect upon pub.
Ice opinion. tho correspondent OF the
Manchester Guardian was expelled
from France oycr night He had been
q resident Of France for years. aud
was on terms uf intimacy with many
public q Any American CORE.
spondent who Vouturcd TO print "a
rank and truthful q statement Of con
ditiona as this American nowspaprr
proprietor did might have hcen elected
ana would almost certainly have be,n
very seriously warned
This attitude toward the press IA no,
peculiar 10 thc French. II Ia shared
hy all European nations. Decorations
are regarded throughout Europe us
The legitimate reward Tor complaroury
toward the ruling power and nH in.
surtnce against O. too greatly critical
attitude on the part of tho citizen. ~
tho United states iH to he one OF the
items In the future alliance for pre-
serving the balance OF power In Eu.
ropc va might pn well recognize this
fact.
There are" said my cynical French
triond, but two things for you to dc.
You can either forbid the acceptance
by any American Of any European or.
dor or decoration or YOU can start a
number OF new orders with diamond
studded badreH 10 he given to Europe
ans. That would be decoration cut
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