The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-20

had been more patient and less fond of
 war.
 The inner history of civilization re-
 Veals the fact that liberty and justice
 have come in the world largely by an
 increase of intelligence, by a growing
 sense of justice, by a recognition of the
 rights of men, and by willingness on
 the part of nations to apply the same
 principles of justice in their dealings
 with each other which individual men
 recognize and obey. Witness the
 growth of democracy in the nations of
 Europe; the liberation of the slaves in
 the British colonies and the serfs in
 Russia; and the settlement of inter-
 national difficulties by arbitration
 The cause of war, therefore, is not to
 be sought in the character of God, but
 in the character of man; and the occa-
 sion of it is not to be found in heaven,
 but on earth. From whence' says St.
 James, come wars and fighting among
 you? Come they not hence, even of your
 lusts, that war in your members?' This
 may refer to the strife of individuals,
 but the cause of war is the same on the part of nations. Lust of territory,
 greed of riches, ambition for power, de-
 sire or revenge are all the cause of war
 and any one of these passions can find an occasion of war. Witness our war
 With MeXicO whose excuse was an in- Vaslon or territory, but whose cause
 was a deslre of territory-a chapter of our national history of which we are
 not proud. Witness the war of Turkey
 with Greece, and the desire of France to aVenge herself on Germany. The cost of war is one of the worlds great
 burdens
 Here is the size of the peace footing or some of the armies of Europe. Eng Lsh army exclusive of India, 156,000, and Tn India, 219,O00, total 375, ,0OO France, 9o9,00O; Germany 585, ,000; Austria, 360,- O0O; Turkey, 100000; Russia, 78O,000. This makes total of more than 300O, GOO men. And the navies of these coun- tries would add quarter of a million more. The army and navy of Japan number about 100000. These men are drawn from the productive pursuits and the cost of maintaining them rests heavily on those who are engaged in productive toll. Add to this the de- struction of propery and the increase or pensioners and the cost of actual war becomes enormous. The United States government now pays $40, 600 .0OO to$15O,- 0O0,O00 annually in pensions; that is to say every man, woman and child in the United States pays two dollars year ly toward this fund; and if to this the interest of the public debt and payment on the principal are added, the total amount is a heavy burden on the peo- pIe However slllfully any system of taxation may conceal this burden, at the last, it rests down heavily on the | common people.
 The consequences of war are most 1 dreadful and destructive of what is | most desirable in human life War rosters many of the worst of human | passions. It destroys property It de- 1 stroys life, and that too, the life not Of the infirm and old, but of the strong and young. The most ancient of poets | has said: Tn peace children bury their | parents, in war parents bury their chill | dren." It adds suffering to the already | too great sufferings of the world It | causes widows weeds to grow and a heavy cloud of sorrow to darlIen homes | already without much cheerful light. It leaves children orphans and takes sun shine out of their life. It lays a heavy weight upon hearts already overbur- dened, It writes fresh lines of care on broWs already furrowed. It marks it's | progress by the light of destructive | fires; it leaves pathway stained with | blood; it leaves, as it's consequence, parents childless, women widows chil- | dren orphans and a national debt.
 "Tha 0l1ra nf war, i. not r., in war, but in peace War must be ended by the publication and practice of the principles of the prince of peace of that King who maketh wars to cease to the end of the earth It has come F to pass in civil life that individual diff culties are not settled by a fisticuff, but by an appeal to law; that individual cases of dispute are not settled by duel, but by the courts.
 Men appeal to reason and to justice not to arms Nations must do the same There are some things which a demo- cratic people can do. We can honor the men of peace; men like Edison, who advance the arts and add to the com fort of men, should rank above the sol dier in the eyes of the young. We can denounce the spirit of greed which has been fruitful source of war. We can respect the right of nations as of indi- viduals to their territory. We can speak the truth and so put vengeance out of the mind. For instance, if most of the English history which children are taught is concerned with the acts of King George IT., and they are led to believe that England has simply op- pressed the colonies they will have a spirit of resentment awakened toward England which is wholly uncalIed for. Let them have the truth and they and the nation will be the better for it. If they are told of Patrick Henry, who stood before the Virginia convention in l775 and said: T know not what course others may take, but as for me give me liberty or give me death; and of John Adams, who said: "To sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, with my country is my unalterable determin- ltion'; let them also be told of the elder Pitt, the Earl of Chatham, who said: If I were an American. as I am m Englishman, while a foreign troop vas landed in my country, I would never lay down my arms-never,