The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-02-18
TODAY
IN THE NEWS
"Mortal's Chiefest Enemy
Where Ignorance Is Not Bliss
The Rule Of the Mob
nOECUIlTY." " says one Of the
witches IN Macbeth "is

LINZ WuNl ni NhdhtNnchff WIZ
dom, the warning is ~ applicable
today ~ II was three hundred
years ago. when he wrote H.
There is growing fashion in
some circles to attack France aud
Great Britain as selfish. now that
the war is over. For those who
suffer from this surplus Of secur-
ity. we recommend an article ap-
pearing in The Bachc Rcyicw,
which we reprint elsewhere Ia this
issue.
let US stop nagging our allies. at
least until the Hun is settled with.
With all their faults. We must say
thar We still like France aud Great
britain much better than we do
the Huns.
History is full Of examples
where lack of union among allies
has resulted disastrou,l,. The
twelve tribes of Israel tried tu di-
vide the kingdom of solomon m;,
two part, and both part, later had
10 bow their uccks 90 foreign
yoke, Greece learned iha lesson
tuo latc. iu her war with Marcdun.
Let u, profit 10y these examples
II is true that on certain economic
questions. W. may not aprr, with
Great Britain. pr Fraurr. ~ Italy.
But lrt the disagreement br a.
amuug gentlemen. without puys
tiouiug motives. lets remember
these nations fought side hy side
with as when times were gloomy.
Let ~ remember that there is al.
Ways in the background the hid.
cGus enemy. who is ready in make
capital ont of every note Of dis,nrl
that - heard from the assuriat,d
powers
W. do not want America tn give
up au iutn of her right, ut th"
peace conference. But We do dI.
plurr the mpuintion of sinister
motives tu our ALLIES. without ah.
,ulutc proof Of such motives.
bet us found our Judgment of
the motive, Of uur brrihrru.iu.
arm, ou official act, and state.
mrut. not o. the ,prrulaiious of
correspondent, abroad who are
hard up for copy. 10 ihi, iorhcar
anrr, al least, our allies are eu.
titled.
our ClylliHn-hussed war department
b. again under nr, thl- 'uus from
two flanks Governor Allen b. pre-.
HeutiuF evidence Co congress tending
10 show that the luHsus among Kansas
and Missouri troops we're uuneyrHsIra
ily hraVA in the srEuuuu fighting be-
cause ~ iurfficicucN ami lack ~ ar
tIipry. Senator owen 90 oklahoma,
Just back from abroad. reports that
irrst. the American cmharkation
camp In France. b. mot ~ for chtil"
o. live in
Mr. Baker. of course doesn't know
ANYTHING about either ct these two al-
legged conditions. Just ns De didu
know that Archibald stevenson was
u member uf nis intelligence hurvuu.
Ns usual however hr tries tu avoid
th. issu,
As Ca the cruwdiuE IL Uro-t.
have not the means ut knowing what
the answer 20 that b. I have been
told and do not Ike to say that
I have been told because II sounds
80 uuauthoritstivc but have been
told that the French railroad con
rrsiiun b. such that u is necessary
Tor us 90 Use the French railroads
when We yau get them. They are us
luT them iu their own rehabilitation,
and Tot the british aud. as u con-c-
pLrnrr. W. have 10 use them when We
can set them
The American people are payinr
MT Hlkpr CO. fluid uut and correct the
very things that hr says be doesn't
know anything about instead of lot
ting others do the tudiug out Isn't
h about time for Mr Baker 90 get u
tpcakinE acquaintance with his Job
Every day the poopl" of the United
States are becoming mur" ana more
convinced that the war was won hN
the sheer grit and nrhtiug qualities
of its soldiers and not hy the leader
ship uf ~ war department
The rule ct the Rufsuu mob is
vorss thuu m, rgir uf Russian c2urs,
lpruriiuH tu Herman Bernstein, whose
urruuut ut conditions in tho vast
1lNN NlNIIh NI NNt lHNlANiNIhl ~ M'll
worth pond,rip"
n H thin radical reaction from
monarchy that mukoH revolutions
dangerous The reign ot terror of tho
French revolution iH another example
of the same tendency ot oppressed
humanity tn Eu tu ,NfrtWuH
Yet. even ut this price, one would
not huyc Hussu back under the rulu
uf monk ridden czAr lf CNcona'a
must ACCOMPANY rrN ulutnu, humanity
ls willing 90 pay the cost For uut nt
uu this ,houH. order Will eventually
come again, when the people oi kuH.
HJ mlh realize that their Eous are
false.
A. Mncauluy has said in his essay
on Milton, the cure tur the tcmpor.
ury blindness that liberated prison.
En- suffers when he comes out of his
durkoned cell is not To- romuud him
to hiH dungeon, but to let him got
used 10 the light, Russia, too, VIII
come out an right when she gets used
10 the light vi freedom.