New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-12

then roasted and ate another There was
something practical il that It was a way Of
getting your food. But they don't do that now.
They would be ashamed Of IT, Still they 60 on
killing one another Why there is no object in
It. To bring back the matter to the poiut-I
would make IT compulsory that In war men
should eat their slain enemies. Then We should
what they would do"
murmured something about the struggle Of
forces; but. once reused. the flow of words
this subject was not to be checked by a esm-
monplaces.
"Ah" he said you do not know how sSapid
II Is. A battlefield is the stupidest place in this
world. On the one side there is hospital whore
there are doctors and Sisters OF Charity putting
bandages giving drugs and trying 80 heal
the wounds OF those who brought in But.
fast a. they are dealt with others come pour
ing ina faster and faster tide And all the
time. away off there. the battle goes on-BoomI
Boom Boom.-and men are killing one another,
and wounding. Is II not foolish? on one part
OF the field they are healing. on another they
are woundng. And as they come in surgeons
cannot heal quick enough and they say, pushing
dead man aside All take him away and
make room for another Why should doctors
and Sisters Of Charity DO all this? II it is right
heal let them heal But this this is hypocrisy.
II is humhug 1t is neither one thing nor ths
other"
4 BELIEVER IN PEACE
Then you believe in the Peace Rcscripri
You think that it is something more than .
dream?
1T is easy to say that these things are
dreams. Everything is a dream until it is ac-
out and discuss it, and then. however small may
be our achievements. We may achieve some
thing Then when We have done it the whole
world will come round to and praise us. and
believe in IT. For it is so with the world They
will worship nothing except the fat accompli"
Then Russia is behind lhe Gar? Russia
really believes in this%'
yves. Of course; things cannot go on as they
are-we are being bled to death. An the misery
OF Russia There are the masses Of the people
without education. without food-and all tho
money is going for this for this stupidity-this
stupidity OF war 1t cannot go on; something
must be done, and We are all with the Czar in
this proposal"
But unkind critics say here that the Gar IS
increasing his ornaments while h. talks OF
peace, And they ask why he Furnishes those
among his own subjects who refuse 10 serve"
What can be do? He is the head Of tho
state and must govern. As long as the others
are armed Russia must be armed for she muSt
defend herself II she is attacked. And he can
not let individual Russians take the law into
their own hands He must enforce the law as II
} exists He cannot let one two men say. ! do
not want to serve and therefore will not as
long a. the law Of service exists he must en-
force IT, while at the same time he can say to
his subjects. 7 will help you II can
And then other people say how easy II is to
talk like this particularly after you have gained
your great success and you have taken Port Ar
thur"
but you told to take port and We took
Il You talk 10 Us about the open door and YET
you close all the doors in our face. Look at
Fashoda-the French. think have shown more
sense over that than you have. II was th"y mo
stopped that war-they who saw that Fashoda
was not worth a terrible war But it is because
OF all this that we want conference DO not
say that everything will be done by II. am not
now speaking Of America conhne mySen 10
Europe And ] say that in Europe something
can be done II they will agree to do It What
We want is faith People speak to me Sight-
ingly about Mr.. Steads efforts. ] say to them'
He IS helping us and hope that England VIII
help him
"Rut even II the Russians succeeded, and we
have international rules. do you think that IL
Will drive out the warlike spirit from mem lS
NOT man essentially a warlike animal? America
and Greece ar, not warlille, but they were oo'h
for,ed into war during the last two years
eft will not cure war at once hu' H VIII 40
,,,,o.tirc Man is not so warlle an animal az
ne was We are more civilized no" ina" we
were i century ago. our hands are smaller our
crb,.,d- IRE higher and our te"lh dr' "SS