Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-08

country stands for 1t is the enemy
of the family. the state and the ma
ton, of liberty within the law of gov
eminent under the constitution. Of all
those things which have made us what
we are, of those things which we are
going to maintain.
Square Deal for ALI
1--WE are glcd to welcome the right
kind of man, the right kind of imml-
grant whenever he comes here with
his heart filled with the purpose of
living uD to our standards, adopting
our ideals and being a real American,
but we haven't an atom of room for
the man who comes here drunk with
the light of our liberty and animated
with the spirit of destruction. OF that
class we have had too many We
don't want in this country. and won't
have, either an autoCraCy of wealth
or autocracy of labor one is as bad
as the other (ApplauseD If you
want q true democracy Of both char
acteri2ed by a spirit Of helpfulness, a
spirit of real democracy, q spirit of
getting together around the table and
talking things over. the spirit of give
and lakeland that is the spirit which
we have got to have to meet the great
problems. The spirit Of discussion
with all the facts on the table. the
spirit of justice, is just as prevalent
in the masses as it is in the classes
If we have such things. and the spirit
of truth is stronger than the spirit of
thuth. Put the facts before the peO-
pie. Deal with things openly, Meet
these people and all those people who
seem to be in trouble with the spirit
of helpfulness. Have little more of
hn al n
men in the shop who are disconnected
men in the factory who are rebellious
or men in the army unhappy you
know one thing and one thing only is
causing the trouble and that IS there
| is a lack of human element. Men
will go to hell with you. go through
| anything, if they feel that they have
in their mana cement that touch Of
| the human element which makes all
men akin. You want it not only in
| the army and navy, but We want it in
! business. We want it in dealing with
| our subordinates. with our equals and
with our superors. That is the ques-
ton of the hour and one of the things
to be remembered. 1t is ours to spend
and be spent, to give and take.
Believes in Preparedness.
I'VE have won our part. of the war
| won it glOriOusly. Our men have won
admiration, though at enormous cost
in some instances for lack Of training
| and equipment When other wars
come-we hope they will not come
but We know they will--we want tC
be ready reasonably ready for them
We don't want a big army. We wan
to look upon a big army as something
to be dreaded and avoided-a big
huge, professional army 1t IS not
source of safety in war and sometimes
1t is an element of danger in peace
We want a good regular armv bis
enough for the peace of the United
States. We want a first class nav,
and you want something more thar
all those. You want a system b,
which your men, if we again have t.
go to war. will be given a sportn,
chance
Il have had to look into the eye
of 100000 of your men, your broth
ers, your husbands, your boys, an,
| have seen them training with wood
en- guns, seen them getting ready t
go over and meet the best traine
soldiers in the world with only n par
tial opportunity for equipment an
training. You don't want that. Tha
isn't humanity it is open, thought
lcSS biutdllly, NAppihuSe.
Few Months of Training.
You want to figure out some sys
tenn of rational preparedness, some
thing which will give our boys train
ing for short period. You don
want them to have more than a fe'
months don't listen to any longe
period. The officers, you want thei
trained for longer period. for as tn
AfFi i
be few or many.
Nobody wants peace more tina
these boys, because they have see
war. The people who talk flippant
of war are those who have never see
it. The soldiers are forces for peac
There isn't a man here who doesr
hope he will never see another wa
but there isn't a man here who doesr
know how necessary it is, as
means of avoiding war, to be reaC
for war.
1--WE want to amplify this rule al
apply it to every possible issue tn
comes before us, whether in a lab
war or national war. We believe
knowing the facts, talking them ov
before we fight. If you want to arl
trate you will arbitrate better VIII
you are ready and strong. If you ha
strength behind you your antagon
will reason with you: if you havel
he may disreard your just claims a
impose himself upon you, because
your weakness, We want strengt
we want fair dealing. and we can ha
all these things without any fear
this country, Cor you know and
know that the armies of America q
never going to war in any case viii
has not the approval of the Americ
conscience and they are never goi
to accept any dicates to the Americ
- conscience or any mandate of a
= foreign nation or group of natio
IN ApplauseD
III I'VE want to avoid information
ism as we avoid death. (Applaus
iii don't mean by that we are to lie
I'LL a selfish and narrow and isola1
Hi life, but we want to build up a stro
intense spirit of nationalism bach
by the right kind of of national CO
science, a conscience which will ma
I'LL America quickly responsive to
needs of humanity and to the call
iii the world perhaps, as in this W
We want her promptly responsive,
III we want her always acting under
own conscience and we want that c.
iii science one that will always make
Ill do the right thing at the right til
You want to follow the traditi'
which have made us what we a
I'LL you want to adhere as closely
humanlv possible to the governm
Ill under the constitution. (Applaus
Always every step from the consti
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