Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-16
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED
THURSDAY .....OCToBER 1G, 1918
WOULD CREATE HOSTILE CAMPS,

The Italian government is unable to
command the support of its navy and
army. The people are for keeping
Fmme despite the allies. The seizure
by the poet leader and the backing by
such popular idols as the Garibaldi
family, tie the hands of the Italian
government signed up in the league
division OF territory. Now the local
scrap seems certain 10 result in war
between Italy and Jugo-Slavia. The
allies are not going to war with Italy,
the league covenant not having been
approved by all the large powers
If the league were in working order,
without American covenant reserva-
tions, and the Italians had seized
Fiume, the people of which are most
" Italians. here is what the United
States would be MP against:
Article 16 of the league covenant
provides that any member resorting
to war against another shall be
deemed to have committed an act of
league Certain punishments that
each member binds itself to inflict
upon the unruly state are prescribed.
Among them is the prohibition of all
intercourse between their nationals
and the nationals OF the covenant
breaking state
In 1910 the United States lacked
but 500, according to the census, Of
having half u million alien Italians.
If this country were in a league with
the above provision in force, the half.
million aliens would be as taboo as
German aliens were during the war.
There would be no mail service be-
tween the countries, no'trade, no ship
ment of food supplies and the Italians
here would be alien enemies many of
them treated as spies. They are Am
erica's friends now--have been all the
while. But in case of conflict on the
Adriatic shore. even # America sent
no troops the Italians here would be
barred from equality of opportunity
They would not be allowed to leave
the country. We could legally have
no intercourse with them more than
we had with Germans during the war
Internment camps and forfeiture of
money and property would follow un-
der the rules of war. The aliens
could not engage in trade here. They
would lose all of their treaty rights.
But, ignoring the Italian case. there
are forty-five nations expected to join
the league because they have faith
or are afraid to stay out. In the
course of human events. If any league
member should do what has been
done at Fiume, the United States
would have to treat, aliens here of
that race just as outlined above con-
corning Italians. There are great
numbers of aliens from many friendly
lands here. They are usually of much
importance in the industrial develop
ment of this country. We are trying
to have them love America and are
gradually Americaniaing the friendly
elements.
But always there will be hundreds
of thousands still not naturalized.
There were 100000 alien Canadians
here in 1910. More than that from
the British Isles. From each southern
and northern European states were
from 10000 to 10000 still not citizens.
Let the nationals of any one of
those countries be put into the status
that alien Germans had here during
the war, and ten times as many of
alien countrymen who are citizens of
the United States and in sympathy
with this country, would be hurt by
the discrimination against their rela-
tives and race, which would be with
out the Justification that existed when
Germany compelled us to go to war.
Without having a real course for
going to war, the United States could
not avoid resentment of the natural
lied citizens here. Hatred instead of
friendship would result even upon the
part of residents. who. under normal
conditions, would Join American
forces as did many of them even be-
fore their own native lands began to
aid the allies.