The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-13

reads like romance. And to me this
horror OF horrors which appears before US
Is garlanded with a wreath which is
brightened with flowers which mean
bread for the starving. War IL never SO
imminent as when it Is tied to a princi-
Pile.
We must fight, brethren. If the funda-.
mental doctrine which lies at the losing OF
the Republican principle and self-preser-
walton is at stake. Thinking men and
nigh statesmen on both sides say this, and
II the promises be true and England will
not yield. then it must come. fearful
though 1t be. But who will yield? And
how? And what has this to do with
bread for starving subjects of the Turk?
at the Golden Horn. looking on. we say
paralyzed, fearful, suspicious. Perhaps
that Is so-but they are there with their
armored ships and congress of war. The
question of the balance of power IL still
in the scale, question ostensibly for
self-preservation, but used for centuries
to make mutual conQuests and deluge the
earth In blood. For the last. quarter of
The Monroe doctrine Is for us what that
Is for Europe.
1t will remain so and now 1t must he
settled. Coupled with that doctrine We
Americans have linked another which is
absolute non-interference with the af-
fairs of European nations. II that is
possible and pleasing to Almighty God 1t
will prevail. If not 1t will not. There is
the rub. We did send our representative
to investigate and recognize. u right, the
republic Of Hungary. Austria said that
meant war and threatened to shoot our
agent as SPY. We answered yes, that
every citizen of the United States and
we applauded the Websterian letter to the
echo and 1t went around the world into
every language. every tongue. and war
did not come
Preparing Vessels Of War
Tn hor
full armored and equipped the United
States cruiser New York under sealed or
ders awaiting the signal of the president
Of the United States. 1t is understood
that the destination OF this best Of our
war vessels Is the BosphOrus. At the
same time that our government proposes to
back up her demands from the Sultan with
this magnificent vessel that can bring all
Constantinople to our feet, a meeting
similar to this Is held In Washington pre-
sided over by Justice Harlan. of the Unit
ed states Supreme court, the object OF
which is like this meeting to send bread
and supplies to the subjects OF the Sui
tan. Let me read the romance.
Tonight we are doing the same thing.
What does 1t all mean? Before | answer
this question let me bring In another fact.
few days ago our president In his
righteous Indignation and with pardOna-
BILE and glorious patriotism quietly said
to England that II she persisted In grasp
ing the territory around the OrinOco. and
the United States, not Venezuela, and he
also said that he was perfectly aware
what that meant. Emperor William has
also called a halt from Queen Victoria.
England Is excited. Her arsenals are
busy with excessive speed and labor In
preparing for war, her flying squadrons
are being prepared in hot haste. They
mean Transvaal. or Germany or the Unit
What is the United States doing? Is she
spelling for fight? No; she Is ready
for IT.; II necessary, always Is. Her
strength is in her people; She knows 1t.
we could in few months arm half a
million on each side, she can now, united,
arm two million. She can build her gun
boats from Maine to Georgia and from
Philadelphia to San Francisco. and arm |
and equip them for our defence.
bullets and Bread.
But conscious Of her strength she pro-
poses to defend her religious subjects in |
Turkey, obedient to the call of Almighty !
God and for this her gunboats will start |
one hand. bread In the other We pro-
pose to show Mother England how to
settle the eastern question with bread |
for the starving and bullets. II need be. |
ask Mother England to take a little walk
with us from the shores of the Black
Sea up into Armenia and scatter on the
way bread for the starving Christian or
also to have the $4,000 refunded to us to
rebuild the missionary church and the
missionary's home. erected and inhabited
by American citizens, and when re-
builded inscribe on the corner stone, not
in Hebrew, Greek or Latin. but In Eng
lish. Turkish and Russian, "Rebuilded
by the United States Of America with the
money Of Turkey received on amicable
adjustment. and with the help Of 6ie
powers to the glory Of the Christian God
and Protector" And when we are
through with this act of worship we will
invite our good irritated Mother England
to return with us and with her cOrvettes
and iron squadrons and gunboats TO the
harbor of Venezuela and there on the
decks of our great iron-masted steamers
we will settle our differences with an
open Bible, in which we will read together
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbors
landmarks.
He that taketh the sword must perish
by the sword. Put up they sword into its
signs of the times. The Monroe doctrine
must not stand In the way of our pro-
tecting American citizens and es-
pecially those living out and preaching
hear any one say I'VE cannot interfere
nor mn2le with the other nations to
protect there our subjects from slaughter.
Our principle of non-fntervention will
not allow this. DO We not say to them
you must not interfere with this conti-
nent ard we will not with yours. But
that Is not the question.
From Statesman's Standpoint.
The question Is. Have our citizens a
right to be there and engage in their em-
ployment? Certainly, so long as they
do not violate the laws of government.
There are certain rights inherent In men
rights-and one of them Is
the right of locomOtion. We have settled
that, that all men are equal before law and
with the right to life and liberty.
Go We into all the world and preach the
Gospel to every creature was not alone
a missionary commission, 1t was founded
in the inalienable rights of men, Our
citizens are in Turkey In peril of rob-
bers and peril of the sword We must
defend them and compel the restoration
Of their stolen property. No sane states-
man doubts this. 1t hurts not our mis-
sion of threatening war II at the same
time We send the engines of war we also
send the lOaves of bread. 1t makes 1t a
holy war, good for the Turk as for the
Christian. Brethren, We must believe in
bread and bullets-fOod and force. Let
us see II that has not the Bible for its
Eighteen hundred and sixty
years ago a young man OF Tarsus started
On an expedition to prosecute Christians.
He paled men and women and cast them
ntO prison. His own version was he was
exceedingly mad and prosecuted them 20
the DEATH That persecution was not far
from the present one. You know how it
was stopped suddenly. The sudden light
lbove the brightness Of the sun-the
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
he who art thou"'
Il am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.
1T Is hard for thee to kick against the
good" what wilt Thou have me to do?'
II Is true there was the bread of life, but
here was also the terrible inveterate !
good Let us look a little at our own
history. God is with us when we. in :
righteousness, back up our bullets with
bread and our bread with bullets. We
,ent supplies to General Anderson in
Charleston harbor in 1861, and the result
vas freedom to 3,000,00O slaves. We sent ,
Bibles and rifles to Kansas AID 1t be-
anne a free state
Brethren, we are living at a startling
,poch I'm the worlds history. We know O
he world over the blessing of peace and
he horrors Of war. Almighty God is in {