The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-03-22

..ee i. however. in all this aa unrass-
a9ae symptom OF the end. The sar fe&e
sV"s MS and ho.sterous IN 3e last
49, ~ Is the melee before the cGiapse-
&c nrai pageant before the dawn i a new
"a, mere Is something profounGy hoi-
low specious and yp,crit:cal in ie pres
,.. aisplay OF force throughout The worid.
= - seen to be theatrical and spSctacu-
,A., II = the last great show given T. Shy
lock 10 his millions Of peasants 4 -nsi-
own expense. For centuries he 10 been
using ehe governments OF the wcrldAs the
IooAs ana knights OF the chessbcar1. and
me people as his pawns. He has pr1auced
the present situation with a view tokeen-
ins MS hoarded treasures He has coAneli-
60 tne rulers OF the world to organik ar
mics. to equip and support them i his
interest Al this very hour he isSdig-
g1ns pit in his garden to hide whe he
fears cannot be much logger defended. Eut
TINS horrid horsepiay, extending from Ro.c-
tiers to Yellow river. involving maaki1d
IN slavery and despair. has now com TO
its last act. and the Supreme Manages al
ready has his finger on the call beli for
thu curtain,
The highest men have always dresned
war and always tried 10 stop II Hitherto
they have tried in vain. Many have Zen
the pleas against the reign of violenre
have waited their appeals. The priats
have always opposed it--except whea II
was In the interest Of their kind. STATS
men have denounced it-excepf when he
military contingent was necessary 6r
their success Thinkers have reascneftt
out OF existence. Orators. Ike Sumnr.
have proved that the true grandeur OF N
tons lee in the pursuits Of peace. All 10
no avail.
Rut ha1
against human warfare. 1t Is the hand u
science What the humanities have MT
been able TO accomplish. in that they an
weak, science Is about to effect. in thaf
II Is strong. At the very time when al
nations have prepared for universal waf,
as II mutual destruction were the naturdl
end OF all races: at the very time whea
every state in Christendom stands brist.
ling Ike a porcupine toward every Other
in the world: at the very time when from
all horizons the slanting array of flashing
bayonets Is seen-the edIct OF science goes
forth proclaiming an armistice.
To prevent further slaughter Of men by
men. God has taken his usual method of
infirection. War has overdone his own
game ard can 60 no further. Chess Is
no longer entertaining when the first move
mates the enemy. AS MAG by knowledge
becomes emnipotent, warfare by ignorance
bull when each army destroys the other
before the fight begins. Ten thousand men
armed whit the magazine rife have Loco
900 cartridges in their belts, and every
missile will kill for two miles. The other
side so armed. II is only a question which
army shall get the first fire. Having Oh
tanned the advantage so as to get the first
fire. Ii Is not necessary 30 fire at all.
When firearms were introduced, the
descendants Of the heroic Crusaders were
scandalized out of the field with the
thought that famous knights could be
killed by hoors at the distance of thirty
yards. What was called manly warfare
was shamed out of existence with gun
powder. After six centuries the discovery
of the means of destroying an army ere
1t can show its valor demonstrates the
absurdity Of a conflict in which human
courage Is unequally matched with the
forces of nature. The perfection Of the
means OF destroying life removes the rea-
son for doing 1t. The triumph Of science
in organizing the agencies Of national
murder Is the certain token of the end OF
1t. God as physician cures diseases In
this way. JOHN CLARK RIDPATH.