The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30

1t is. These men might live to be a hum
| dred and never see real, free man. and
/ never hear the truth.
/ We are sometimes appalled, by the words
and deeds OF these men, but II we only
| consider their state we cannot but see
/ that any man would act In the same way
| in such a position A reasonable man can
| do but one thing in such a position--that
| Is, leave II. Every one who remains In
| such position will act in the same man
| ner.
| What must indeed be going on In the
| head Of some William OF Germany. a man
OF limited understanding. little education,
| and with great deal of ambition, whose
! ideals are like those of a German yum
| kerr when any silly or horrid thing he
may say Is always met with an enthusi-
astio '.fiochl" and commented on as IL IL
| were sc:=.sthing very important by the
press Of the whole world? He says that
the soldiers should be prepared TO kill
their own fathers In obedience to his COM
| mand. The answer Is. "Hurrahl" He
says the Gospels must be introduced with
| fist CT iron. aHurrahi'' He says that
the army must not take any prisoners In
China. but kill ALL and he is not placed
| IN lunatic asylum, but they cry "Hur-
! rahi'' and set sail for China TO execute his
/ orders
| Or Nicholas. who, though naturally
modest, begins his reign by declaring to
venerable old men, In answer to, the de-
sire they express OF being allowed to dis
euss their own affairs, that their hope for
| self-government IS a senseiess dream. And
| the organs of the press that reach him.
! and the people whom ne meets, praise
| him for 1t. He proposes a childish, silly
and untruthful project Of universal peace
| at the same time that he is ordering an
increase of the army, and even then there
Sre no limits to the laudationS Of his wis
dom and his virtue Without any reason.
he senselessly and pitilessly offends the
whole OF the Finnish nation. and again
hears nothing but praise. At last he
starts the Chinese slaughter. terrible br
its injustice, cruelty and its contrast win
his project for peace; and he gets stimuli
taneously applauded from all sides. bota
for his own conqaests and for his adhes-
ence to his fathers policy Of peace. What
must indeed be going on in the hsads and
hearts of such men?
So that Ii is not Alexanders and Hum
berts, Williams, NiehoIases. q, Chamber
lains who are the cause of oppression and
war, even though they do organize them,
but those who have placed them and sup
port them in a position in winch they
have power over the life and death Of
men.
exanders and Nicholases, Williams and
Humberts, but only to leave of supporting
the social condition of which they are the
product. II is the selfshness and stupe-
fed state OF the people who sell their
freedom and their honor for Insignificant
material advantages which supports the
present state of society.
Those who stand on the Iowe2t rung Of
the ladder partly as consequence OF be-
irr ctr al nv lot 10 md al oil
religious education partly for the sake Of
personal advantages. giyosqp their free
dom andtheir feeling of Slfnan dignity to
those who stand higher, ID who offer
them material advantages. In a like po-
sition are those standing a little higher.
They, too, through being stupefied, and es-
pecially for material advantages, give up
their freedom and sense of human dignity.
The same is true of those standing still
higher and SO it continues up to
the highest rungs. up to the person
or persons who, standing on the very
summit OF the social cone, have no
one to submit to, nor anywhere to rise to,
and have no motive for action, except
ambition and love of power. These are
generally SO depraved and stupefed by
their insane power over life and death.
and by the fattery and serviiity from
those around them which is connected
they feel convinced they are the bene-
factors Of the human race 1t is the pso-
pie themselves who. by sacrificing thsir
human dignity for material profits, pro-
duee these men. and are afterward an
CRY with them for their stupid and cruel
acts; numbering such people is like
spelling children and then whipping
them.
Very little seems needed to stop OPP
preston and useless war. ard TO secure
that mel shall be indignant with those
who seem to be the cause Of such op-
preston and war
Only that things should be called by
their right names and seen as they are:
that it should be understood that an
army is an instrument OF murder; that
the recruiting and drilling of armies
which Kings, Emperors. and Presidents
carry on with so much self-assurancs
are preparations for murder.
II only every King. Emperor, and
President would understand that his
work of organizing armies is not an h-n-
cradle ard important duty, as his fiat
terers persuade him 1t Is. but q mast
abominabIe business-that is. the pre-
pairing for and the managing OF murder;
If only every private Individual under
stood that the payment Of taxes which
helps to equip soldiers. and above all.
military service. are not immaterial.
Dut niSHty immoral detiouss Uy NHicu
he not only permits murder, but takes
part in it himself-then this power Of The
Kings and Eniperors which arouses an
Indignation. and for which they now get
killed. would of itself come to an end.
And so the Alexanders. Carnots. Hum
berts and others must not be killed, but
il ought to be proved to them that they
are murderers; and above ell, they
should not be allowed TO kill men; their
orders to murder should not be obeyed.
II men do not yet act in this manner.
it is only because OF the hypnotic infu-
ence Governments for selt-prtservat on
so diligently exercise on them There
fore we can contribute toward stopping
people killing Kings and each otner- Mt
By murder-murders only strengthen
this hypnotic state--but by awakening
from it.
And it is this that l have tried to do
IN these remarks.
MOth-Eatep Measures.
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