Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-09
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A decidedly martial spirit seems to
be nbroad Mt prcsoa, In this country
and the possibility or even PROBABILITY
OF a gunpow or argument with EGG.
land, or with spalB, IL rather freely
discussed. IL 10 known that Lord
5allsbury's reply to Secretary Olneys
note has been received at the state
department, and although lie contents
have been withheld from the pub
lie, II IL claimed that Ia known 10 be
uniavorable to a speedy settlement Of
the questions involved. Great Britain,
II Ia said, refuses 10 Arbllrhto with
Ven, y iela and adhered 10 her former
position. In Washington, II CORES.
pouden,s arc " DO relied on, the
opinion Ia spreading that war can be
Avefted only by surrender on the
part OF England.
On the ether hand warnings arc
given In the conservative press ns
well "a by lecturers and others against
tho attempts made to stir up a spirit
OF strife. Senator sherman ia among
those who take up n position In tue
ranks Of the peaoe-makers. In the
second volume Of bis Rvuolleotlons he
has q widely quoted passage, Ia which
no inslsts that our people ought 10 be
content with internal growth anu not
seek complications with foreign pow.
ers. lie c0ntinueG
Our family Of states IL already largo
enough to create embarrassment In the
senac, and n republic should not hold
dependent provinces or possessions.
Every now acquisition viii create om-
barfassmonts. Canada aud Mexico a..
independent republics will DO moro
valuable 10 tho Uultol siat1s than 10
carved into additional states. The Union
already embraces discordant elements
enough without adding hers,
Concerning the probable causes Of
the present martial oommollon II IL
pointed cut that almost a generation
has passed away since the country blud
In n torrible war. TIE hgrfots are
mostly forgotten, while everything
conceivable has boon done 10 surround
the participants In that tragedy with
Qualification aud immortal honor. On
tho younger generation this has had the
effect Of producing 4 thirst for similar
glory. This revival Of the NapJleonic
literature has dsae its work. The To-
construction OF the navy and tho glow.
Ing descriptions ol its superiority are
creating a desire for an opportunity Of
giving the nov shlps trial, aud the
artificial patriotism that advocates the
Infusion OF militarlsm even into the
schoolhousss, all help to bring the
country near the plane Of tho OH
World that groans under The curse VI
ages,aud the result IL that We now hnd
the question OF our foreign policy one
OF the most prominent Of the day.
TO those who have fonily chohshed
tho idea that the Anglo. Saxon race
aud particularly tho American branch
OF it-hss n mission OF peace
TO perform, pioneer work Tor
the great millennium In which
finally the less advanced nations
should ilin In the work OF converting
their swords into agricultural nipple.
menls, II must DO disappointing T.
lind such a revival OF a desire for con
quest by arms. Hut the situation only
proves that the thoughts Of Hin who
rules supreme are not the thoughts Of
men, and that the hnAi object will
be- accomplished in some other way
than that mapped out by human wis
dom. At present II looks as II every.
thing was being made ready for the
RagnarmE Of the oldeu myth. BUTT 10,
that Is the very catastrophe that signal.
ICES the final Victory over the enemy
Of gods aud men, and the restoration
Of all things.