Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-08

OF Cuba, and carried the loren OF
American ideallsm TO the heniEhted
Philippines. Fney iJse memory or
Garflelds prophecy that America.
under the blessings OF God given
opportunity, would by her moral
leadership and cooperation be-
come a Messiah among the nations
OF the earth.
These are fateful times. Organ
.ZNd govern ment has definite dnty
I'll over the world. The house or
civilization is 70 be put in order.
Tie supreme issna of the century
is before US and the nation that
hats al d oeiays IS playing with
fire. The finest impulses OF hn'
amy rising above national lines.
r'tcelN seek to maka d c-Hnr nor
rible war impossible. Under the
o order of int n9t' me- aNarchv
wnr 'ane owe 'Msht and the W ~,
was oil fire hefor" we knew II IL
slCkers our SO 1895 20 think CT an
other. We saw one conflict INTO
which modern science brought ne"
forms of destruction in great guns
submarines, airships. and poison
gases. 1t is no secret thar our
chemists had perfected, when the
contest came to precipitate close,
gases so deadly that whole cities
could be wiped out, armies de-
stroyed, and the crews of battle
ships smothered. The public prints
are filled with the opinions OF NIL
itary men that in future wars the
methods, more effective than gases
or bombs, will be the employment
of the germs of diseases. carrying
pestilence and destruction. Any
nation prepared under these condi-
tons. as Germany was equipped IN
1914, could conquer the world In
year.
1t is planned now to make this
impossible. A definite plan has
been agreed upon. The league OF
nations is in operation. A very
important work, under its control,
Just completed, was participated
in by the Hon. Flihu Root. secre-
tary of state under the Roosevelt
administration, At a meeting or
the council of the league of ma
tons. February II. an organizing
committee of twelve of the most
eminent jurists inthe world was
selected The duty of this group
was to devise plan for the e'-
adjustment OF permanent court
Of international justice, ms
branch of the league. This as
signment has been concluded by
unanimous action. This augurs
well for world progress. The
question Is whether we shall or
shall not Join in this practical and
humane movement. PreSlRaht
Wilson, as our representative at
the peace table. entered the
league In our name, in so far as
the executive authority permitted,
Senator Harding, as the republic
can candidate for the presidency.
proposes In plain words that we
remain out of II. As the demo-
cratic candidate, I favor going IN
Let us analyze Senator Hardfng's
plan of making a German-Amer-
lean peace, and then calling for
new relationship among ma
tons" assuming for the purpose
Of argument only, that the per-
fidious hand that dealt with Ger
many would possess the power or
Influence to draw 20 nations away
from a plan already at work, and
induce them to retrace every step
and make new beginning. This
would entail our appointing au-
other commission to assemble
with those selected by the other
powers. With the Versailles in
strument discarded, the whole
subject of partitions and divisions
of territory on new lines would
be reopened. The difficulties IN
this regard, as any Hair mind APP
preciates. would be greater than
they were at the peace session,
and we must not attempt to con-
vince ourselves that they did not
try the genius, patience and d.
plomacy of statesmen at that
time. History will say that great
as was the allied triumph in war,
no less a victory was achieved at
the peace table, The republican
proposal means dithonor, world
confusion and delay. 1t would
keep us in permanent company
with Germany, Russia, Turkey
and Mexico, 1t would entail. in
the ultimate more real injury
than the war itself. The demo-
cratic position on the question. as
expressed in the platform, Is:
Pact Ratification.