The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-15
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send this knirhthuoi letter homo
90 my wife NJ Paint Greek. wyoming
snys he. aud tel her mat shc ls nos
i-ady Gloom. iiAw hnw
Hui mo uov-madc knight knows in
bic heart thnt be- automatically bars
himsUlf out Of politics when Dee accepts
kniEhihoud buiN u professional SOL
dior con afford tho extravaganza Plain
Americans, whu hope Go Doe mHNors
% conEr'HsmUn Whom they get homo
from the war wouldn't touch "a knight
hood with another Wau's pole Tho
more thought of 10 makes them faint
They con call up before their inner
eyes n picture of the wallis iu tholf
haiiiWicks omhlnznuod Uy tho enemy
after this fashion;
Vote for Sir GASEOUS Gloom Cor
shorin God Save the KIM"
Anyhow. 60 Doc fuir 20 tho new
knights, u appears TINT kriEhtioud
does not permanently adhere 10 tho
victim unless no DEVELOPS % receptive
mood. Most Of them are parts OF the
now military pruhlcmi When De- O.
knight not q knight
knighthood MAY Not Take.
In the ease OF Sir John g. Porshnr.
for cNnmplo-or. not 10 o. inNidious iu
THIS matter. in mo ease uf uuY Of the
other American y o. H'H and KNIGHT
Commanders OF the order of 81 Nj.
Chncl and - George Z appears that
he b. only n sort of un entered nppren.
tee knight iie has been exposed to
k~nlghthood, but u has not vet nkcn.
" he wishes 90 assume the title now
or nt any future period Dc mry do 30
upon going through certain formali-
ties. II he does not want tu Join the
order now his right tu boz 70 regular
knight simply remains tu HhcNuncc.
" ~ nny time u passion for black silk
lights nud a small sword oNcrComcs
him he EaN sign % receipt ana swear
to something or other aud presumably
pny a feo-thc stamp TuN bon England
on honors such uH this b. highly lucru-
tive and become "a knight Command
er In good standing Meanwhile be
may or may not ho referred To 80 SIR
In the English press
Admiral Doesn't LIKE Title.
Admiral Sims has been k|nirhtod.
but he does not yea the honor n is
currently reported that ho found IL
necessary TO ask tho British press not
90 speak Of him as Admiral sir VIII
liam Sims, which N tho accepted fot-
mula, II rs also currently reported
that humor on this topic iH not on-
c%ouraEed in that portion of the Allan
nc fleet which is directly under Ad-
miral sims's eyc. It's sailors love him
and admire him, but sine this knight
hood incident they always speak of him
nj Hold nlimcy." this being u very
American Joke. ANYTHING British is "a
'blimoy' now on the Atlantic fleet.
There Is an American general In Ems
land. however. who Ia always referred
"a by tho British press us General ~.
Honorable Sir So-und.So" Evidently
he likes a.
This British passion for kniFhung
our generals and udmiruls is 70 matter
Of no particular consequence one way
or the other n has been said that
only professional soldiers can anord n
accept the honors. and professional
soldiers have had very little 10 do with
shaping the course of American
thought ln times past The Indications
arc that when the returns are aii In
from tho present Wur thcN may have
even less 90 do with directing the i'm
mediate current ct American action.
And not oven ln % nightmare could n
he sugrcAtcd that tho action Of mn
American professional Noldier could
he Rwaycd by the fact ma Great Brt-
tain had made use OF him M n me.
dunn through which n compliment
was made 10 tho American people.
Dincrcnt IN Canada,
In Canada the situation Nv some.
what different Some time 3 "a Vcry
determined protest was made 20 the
home government against knirhtinE
eminent Canadians ~ was felt that
u weak man might perhaps be inhu-