El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21

II seems TO me that the question Of
the black list" Is one
A. Germany Sees TIT
What will be the effect Of insisting
upon the delivery OF the German Off
Gals asked for.
No matter what guilt f. as
eribed Justly 30 these men, the
German people viii see them
being punished because they
fought the enemy In the struggle,
which was Wnri because they
were the conspicuous soldier OF
Tie course OF the allies IN 1915. in
insisting upon the execution Of
marshal Ney. was one Of the his
torical circumstances OF the over
throw Of Napoleon, which has re-
NAMED unforgiVen by the Erencn
people. To be sure, Ney was shot
because ne turned back TO Napoleon
after accepting Louis XVIII but then.
now and forever. Ney Is the nero or
1000 battlefields, the -bravest Of the
brave ana even a betrayal OF MS
king was nothing but human Iauil
in a noble hero. / am not comparing
Ney to Kluck. which would be an
unforgivable offense- / am merely
trying 70 point out that the German
people think Of kluck.
Now 10 demand that these heroes
to the Germans-whatever their sins,
be sent TO a hostile court ana. as
must be done, II the action Is in ac-
cordance with tie evidence, thereafter
be sent TO an enemy firing squad, IS
thing forever intolerable 10 the
Germans.
What the RESULT
And what viii be the result- An
intensification OF the German hatred
OF France and Great Britain. who VIII
be held responsible, OF france
primarily and the inception Of new
bitterness. OF, If she please, an IN
tensificarion OF the old
No matter what the evidence
Germans will believe that Luden-
dorff was punished for his vic
tories in the great battles OF the
spring Of 1918 and HindenburE
because OF his patriotic services
The thing Is inevitable.
And the kaiser and the kiuglets.
what difference, save only that IN
their cases the allies are insisting
upon what amounts 70 violation OF
the neutrality OF Holland 70 punish
the kaiser for the crime against
civilization in invading Belgium To
be sure the iusisteuce viii hardly 20
to the point Of attacking Holland. or
Of blockadlng her ports but with tho
demand for the kaiser have gone
many threats
we are not going TO get the
Eniser and we not going 10 get
HiudenhurE and Ludend0rff and
hlucEr because no government IN
Germany, which agreed TO sur
render them and undertook 10 ar
rest them and deliver them to
marshal Foch, could live an hour.
Since no German government VIII
surrender them, neither the British
nor the French nor the American
publics viii tolerate another war,
however. certainly victorious. 10 gain
possession OF these distinguished
Culprits. Yet this is what VIII be
required, an invasion OF Germany, q
march 10 Berlin, with the moral GER
tainty that, however futile German
resistance, the consequences viii be
the collapse OF such order as sur
wives ia Germany and a rush either
70 bolshevism or 10 kaiserism-
Our Mistake.
We might we allies, quite properly
have asked Holland 70 take appro-
pirate steps 10 prevent the return Of
the kaiser TO Germany. a return
which. SO far as any evidence is
available, becomes more and more
unlikely every day But there. it
seems TO me, the thing should have
rested and must rest in the end. but