The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-08

some tANNutf AhA thN IiNl''tN
foretell with accepted accuracy the
name OF tho victor is not yet born.
There ia another reason why war Is
no longer accepted without careful
forethought Two classes Of persons
Tor the first time ia history, Insist upon
being heard. viz. tho men who do the
} lighting and the women who 10 the
/. weeping. The former are beginning 70
find life worth living. Their labor
when they are allowed 90 pursue IT,
3 brings rewards such as tho mass never
J dreamt Of short century ago. Little
wonder that an army life had few ter
rors Tor them and civil life few charms.
To avoid starvation and TO rescue some
thing from the tax gatherer was the
highest reward that the laborer could
hope FOR and his best efforts often fell
short of thus modest ambition. lie
could look for no rest except in the
grave. he bad no voice in the selection
OF his oppressors; he toiled FOR an alien,
and starved that another might be
hned To leave the barren field which
gave 70 little. for co much that he Law
ished upon IL, and 20 don : uniform and
shoulder O musket was not 80 hard
lot after ALL lie was told 20 destroy
the Germans il be was a FTenchman, TO
slay the French IL he was a German, and
ho obeyed with reasonable alacrity-
Any life was at least change and IN
his condition q change was presumably
for the best
But he is no longer satisfied with the
negative advantage Of not starving. lie
has heard OF land across the seas
whore men Of good Will and honest
hearts, eat 70 their fiji OF bread and
, meat every day, where they vote aud
talk apd read and write and their chill
dren wear good clothes and become
great men. uniform and a penny a
day no longer tempt him, not even II he
is told that he is sure 10 destroy the
men on the other side Of a river Per
haps he asks himself if il is worth his
while, after ali. to kill his unoaending
, neighbor, even IL he is not able TO speak
q the same language with hImselt-a dis
q advantage aud a mark OF iuferiorlty, in
p truth. but not so severe as 20 deserve
d capital punishment.
: And the women have found a voice
! too and they prefer to keep the husband
a and boys l.. home They always did,
a bat no one cared in the old days whether
they liked it or not. Ii was a woman 3
a fate and il her heart broke there was
i. no help for it, Now she is discovering
J. her power, anu when she does that, she
j. uses it.
q Then comes in the schoolmsster. His
life is hard ane his pay is small but he
holds the sceptre in the new order OF
things. With his pen and pencil, his
4 ferule and spelling book, be is the
Is deadly, incorporating foe that Wal
" must perforce succumb TO. He teaches
,r men 10 think and therefore to avoid
brutality and destruction. He teaches
b. them wisdom when be teaches then
- how 10 spell, and drops the seed o.
10 charity IN their hearts when he tells
a them from history how the human race
b. has suffered. When they are taught
1t that the highos, Office Of civilization II
M A0 nEa 10 AAlAANA HAAAN1 ngk DHAA AlAHl hg
It peaceful devices, they begin TO wonder
2 why the practices that are so precious
is on a small scale should lose their virtu,
10 when they might by extension be mad,
10 Of inestimable value The learner ask
Is. himself why his life should pay forfeit
Sc 10 a monarch's caprice or to a sentimen
a. tai resentment for wrongs that hav,
10 years "a Their grave.
10 And above all he may turn his eyes .
er the example OF our people. He wil
rs then learn how "A great and gallant ma
he ton may submit international differ
ID ences 20 tAe came just and careful scru
rs tiny rs more private disputes lie vii
e. see q nation second TO none ~ powe
ls and wealth and manly spirit ever read.
30 70 lay aside passionate and daugerou
"a rescntments 90 DO and 20 accept what
n just and right The reader Of our his
Is tory knows how earnestly, with few eS
* ccptous. our leaders have sought {
M promote Teaee and good wlll anon
e. men. The bloodless triumphs whic
D. the United States has gained IN the dC
ld main az International arbitration az
Is more brilliant aud mofe honorable thai
Ir many victories in War They oxhib
BE- tic triumph of good sense the love &
~ Justice, tie manlness of sci -contro
se and tley challenge the admiration q
lt mankind Tho world DO not yet attune
be- To tee harmolies of peace. suide
e. complications, unexpected ahTont
1f working upoa tho bot blood OF M q,
)o ctsd people may get arouse the thirs
.o Tor blood aLd the Unborn tendency Z
.l destroy, but the donger Of thls grow
.o more remote with every day ~ peac
lo Meu ni.l learn 'haJ War settles uothiu
Pc bu. the comparative strength % ia
io contestant, and not always that Wa
,l norcr yet solved any real question.
e. tak.a .raa tle weak something au
le gives r. tl the strong. boundares 90
Do at,l a.tlout reicreuco 10 tho wishes
20 tau.. most Interested, rulers az
% chang uen are killed, towns d.
.n ari and debt piled ~. but /.
ea question that Brought about the stru.
rd g.a often forgotten and never settle
boo Our oHl people vent u War son
ss eighty years ago DO order that the que
ld zion u urre--melt might DE tried an
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