South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 168, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 17 June 1915 — Page 3

THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TIMES

Tlirr.SDAY, JUNT. tT. 11)1.-..

Denounces Preparedness As Peace insurance Hx-Secretary Bryan Declares All Wars Are Waged fur Selfish Ends and Joints Out False Phil(jsophy.

Jmnsns iiry.m's htalln.' Tit of his " w u.s i-.-u-l t"d .y tho strife r.'uin'

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pnrin scnled

"Hate

if all

also iraiM s I'nVt Wilson's

;aee. The MateriK nt follows; "The ounllict now r.'U'ini; in Kurip: has been ksenU.l as the 'cau.vk'H war" hut Pi n-e no otic uowl.i he ooM cnoush to hiy the. M une lr si'li an unholy pituation upon an ow-r-rulintf Providence, it nm-i luni in origin in acta for whieh men an.l imu alone uro responsihle. "It is not a rar; w.ir; on tie contrary the nuts ar.- quite inexplie.ihly mixed. Latia joins wth St.vn; luo Frank is the ally f the Si.v; while in the opposing rank?. '1 niton ami Turk iitjht Fide ly i''-Nithi-r is it a r Huh. us war. n the Hobphoni.s the rro.-s ani the crescent make common cau-. protectant kaiser, ami catholic have linked their fortune toother and hurl their veteran legions :ifiaiiit an army In which are indiscnmin--At ....nntii-iT'.ts iif the 'ireeK

v,,,; nf tho Church of Home, and , j,owMhlc

of the Church of England. Iulin Otor IMated. "Nor yet is a. rivalry between tarnillfS The k-adinR actors in this unprecedented tragedy aro related by Mood, but kinship seems to be a ncslitfble factor. -Tho notes that passed from chancellory to chancellory were couched in most friendly lanuae. 1 hose notes could not have been intended to deceive. .Sovereigns visit each other ami vcro received with ce evidence of cordiality and ood H This hospitality could not have been insincere. , , j'acli ruler declarel that he did not want war; would they all say this if an adequate causo for war had actually existed? They have all denied responsibility for the war. Would they have done ho if they lud regarded tho var a cither necessary or desirable. j;ut there U even better proof. Indisputable proof, that no "w . a thf t:onClnslon 10

bo drawn. from inaction. "Would not these rules have busied themselves trying to save themselves by tho eradication of the cause had they known of tho existence of such cauo? Would they have spent their time In social festivities and in exhansinp: compliments, had U known that they were on the bunk V"iuult of laJM? Vlalosopliy. "It ir. inconceivable. It would be a Kross libel on them one and a lto charge Mich a wanton disregard of their sacred duty.

"What then was tno cause. n l,avo correctly analyzed tho situation,! the war is a natural result of a lalse philosophy. Theories of life are invisible but thev control for good or tor evil. They enter our very being and may be as deadly to the mora man as germs of disease, taken into the body arc deadly to tho physical mTne fundamental precept of this fal-e philosophy Is that 'might mnkes rb-ht ' It is not proclaimed now as often as it once was but it is otten acted upon in particular causes by thoe who would be unwilling to endorse consideration for human right. "The tendency is to condemn the violation of these commandments not in proportion to tho injury done, but also in inverso proportion No ne will dispute the validity of tDe injunction against covetoiisness as long as tho object coveted is of little value or not greatly desired; but the i ,t nnd all inclusive .speculation

viz. 'or anything that is thy neighbors', is sometimes interpreted by nations to except a neighbor's vineyard ,r a neighbor's territory. Covetousiies turns to might as tho principle to bo invoked and the greater the unlawful desire, tho ilrmcr the faith in tho false principle. Tonquet a. ir:ndlco Name. "Conquest is tho word used to decribo tho means employed for securing the thing desired, if the force is employed by a nation, and conquest violates " tho commandments 'thou shalt not steal and thou shalt not kill "lv- what sophistry can rules convince themselves, that while petit larcenv Is criminal, grand larceny :. patriotic; that while it is responsible lor one man to kill another for Ins money, it is glorious for one nation to put to tho sword the inhabitants of another nation in order to extend boundaries? Moekerr of Distinctions. "it is a mockery of moral distinctions to hang one man for taking the ... a ,-v,.-- r-lthnr for IlloIUV or

m revenge, and then make a hero of . another man who wades through slaughter to a throne, and shuts thv doors of mercy on mankind. "s In tho case of the individual, the violation of the commandments -- Thou shalt not covet thou shall hot Meal and thou shalt not kill a e usuallv traceable to the violation of tho ni-st and great commandment, thou shalt have no other pods before . .v.... t,r. vAixwz of self be-

mat- i. t"

"Hut niirl.t must h i e some sort of a fundi mental and what is the pn t t .' There was a time when men op' tily advocated war as a tiling t i.. e!,sird; commended it to each gera ration as a yri of tonic to tone up the moral sslem and prevent dcge?n raev, but we have passed that day. "Now, all j"in in the chorus for pe;,f . And how, according to the jingoes, ha!I p ace r insured? 'by pr' p.'i r dn ss' s.t these sons of Mars.

pare all. prepare and equip your-

with the most modern imple-

nts e. d- struetion; arm. drill, get

r;-a!y and thn stand with linger on a hair trigger musket and preserve prace yes. preserve it until someone, by accident or di sign, gives the signal. Then b.ll upon each other with cries for blood. Preparedness is the j;ind!ln. opportunity is the match. "W'e dare not trust the peace of

tlie world to thove who spend their time in getting ready for wars which should necr come. Half the energy j employed in preparing for war would effectually prevent war if used In propagating tho principles which make for peace. "Instead of preveming war. prepar

edness provokes war because it is im-

to coerce the people into

earing the burdens incident to in

creasing and continuous preparation.

cultivating hatred as if it national virtue. There must

be some one to fear: some other ore-

nation that must be rcpreas plotting for war

sets up a stand around hon

or and converts every wound into a festering sore; hate misunderstands; hate misinterprets; hate maligns its supposed adversary, while every contractor, every battleship builder and manufacturer of munitions of war applauds. IUvnlr.i in Preparations.

How can preparedness prevent war

prepare? Kach sten taken by

one nation toward more complete preparedness excites the other nations to additional purelueses and new levies until all have exhausted their productive industries and menaced their moral proun ss. "The doctrine that preparedness will prevent war v. ill not stand the test of logic and the eontlagration in Kurope shows that it fails when tested by experience. "If any nation is without excuse for ent ring into a mad rivalry with the belligerent nations in preparation for war it is the United States. We are protfctcd on either side by thousands of miles of ocean and this possession is worth more to us. than any number of battleships. We have an additional protection in the fact, known to every one. that we have the men with whom to form an army of defense if we are ever attacked and it is known

also that we have the money

more money that we ever w

had if all the surrdus earnings of the

people had, been invested in armament. We not only do not need additional preparation, but we are fortunate in not having it since It semes impossible for a nation to have what i called preparedness without having along with it a disposition to use its preparedness on the slight provocat ion. Leading Participant Prepared. "The leading participants in the present war are the nations that were best prepared and I fear it would have been .T'llicult for us to keep out of this war if we had been as well prepared as they.

"Happy for our nation that we have in the white house at this time a president who believes in setting the whole world a good example. Instead of following the bad example which it sets in this matter. What an unspeakable misfortune It would have been if. in such an hour as this, the nation had been under the leadership of a president intlamed by the false philosophy which lias plunged Kurope into the abyss of war.

Mil

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Sen. Hardwick Says Trip to Island Oahua is Surprise Compares It to the Famous Gibraltar.

ATI-AXTA.

terizing the

is hnown-if;lanuvt as the "Gibraltar ney too. j ci;UV. t-. s. ecn. Thomas ould have wk.k wno has jusr rttUn

(la.. June IT. Chiracisland Oahua. Hawaiian

of the Pa-

s W. I lard -

returned from a

trip to the Hawaiian Islands as a member of a delegation of senators and congressmen who have been guests of the Hawaiian government, said Wednesday: "The state of perfection attained in the Hawaiian f ortiiications astounded our party. On the island of Oahaa, the most Important naval point of the group, we found formications equally as strong as Gibraltar in fact, Oahua could he graciously likened to the Gibraltar of tho Pacific. "More than $50,000,000 has been Invested in the Hawaiian islands by the United states government. I doubt that there is a more Ideally fortified point of naval strategy in tho Pacific ocean. The islands have likewise been invested with the flower of the" American navy and the government not content with the precaution already taken, is still spending millions. "Warfare innovations and inventions unknown to the outside world

are installed within the Hawaiian island. Hawaii's preparedness for war is surprisingly competent. Tho monster guns seem efticient to repel an invasion of any proportion even invasions as devastating as some of the most historical that have distinguished the present war abroad. "Huge disappearing guns populate the district. .Many are hidden in the one's most effective points the craters of inactive volcanoes where they are immune to invading gunlirc. Tho fortifications appear sufticient strong

imperiling lives and damaging prop- to withstand the most withering siege orty. the Holy See will break olf and tho military efficiency maintained diplomatic relations. within them is exemplary

SHELLS DESTROY VILLAGE PA 1 1 IS. June 17. German incendiary shells destroyed tho village of Komtcringo between Ypres and Popringhe. The church was reduced to ruins and the inhabitants fled. The Vatican has warned Austria

that if war planes bombard Rome,

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fore service of the tremor. "The violation of the commandments bv nations is not always but usuallv due to selfishness the putting; of suppo.-.ed material advantages oetore obedience to the divine .aw. -The Individual finds that Jehovah iustico cannot be evaded; for wrong doing works its own punishment on the wrong doer in the form of perverted character even when he es-. eapts the penalties of human law. The nation Is as powerless to rep. al ; or to ignore with impunity the laws. ,,f God 'though hand Join in hand thev shall not be unpunished.' "If 1 have mad. it clear that the doctrine that ini-;ht makes nht is most common cause of war, we may pass to the consideration of a maxim Midto s-ure to be applied in w ar. namely, that 'hhe cures like" the theory upon which retaliation rests. Tlie two ale .- i i'lii.!y allied that it is almost inevitable that those who endorse the former will resort to the 1 itter one repre. nts the spirit of eil, the other its n-.ot familiar manInfestation. Retaliation Is rivalry in wrong doing t n- K and neck laee toward tho bottomless pit. And .yet there are many i. iuvers in the gospel of force v h h iv.- brought thctn-.M-Ivi s to thh'.U that cruelty could be our. d by greater cruelty that the ..nly way t win an antagonist awav ;-r.m !n!it:n'.an :o ts is to to v-.:rpas ( j-ii in i h :r. a o s. Absurdity of ab-urditv' AU hi lout lor Pcicv.

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