Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1915 — Peace at Any Price Makes a Cowardly Nation [ARTICLE]

Peace at Any Price Makes a Cowardly Nation

By Rev. SAMUEL SCHULMAN,

Rabbi of Temple Beth-El, New York

TIIL country’s military defenses should be efficient. There are greater evils than war. For instance, a nation’s readiness to save its skin by . surrendering avhat it holds to„ bq true and right. A PEACE AT ANY PRICE POLICY MAKES A CRAVEN AND COWARDLY NATION. Peace can be had for the asking. It will come when righteousness is established in the world. It will come as a crown to the harvest of civilization. But if peace is the exclusive motive it will tend to- degenerate. It is very hard to agr-ce with the peace at any price men, who seem to think that all that is necessary to bring about this Utopian idea is to preach peace nnd make no show of resisting evil. ON THE OTHER HAND, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO AGRIEE WITH THOSE EXTREMISTS WHO CONTEND THAT WE SHOULD EQUIP OURSELVES TO BE ABLE TO VIE WITH THE OTHER GREAT MILITARY POWERS.