Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-07
Cardinal Gibbons Tells Of the
Danger to Peace
WARSOF THE19TH CENTURY
Have Becn Almost Coniin"o"'-'ou
Asked TO Guide American
legislators

balilWgre, Jan. 6.-CaTulhdl IMMUNE
today delivered a sermon at high mass
In which Doe r.y,wed briefly the events
Of the century lust closed with spee'a'
reference TO %. wars which have DeeH
waged during Tat period as preface
to an urgent Plea FOR universal peace.
lie incidentally touched upon the SUB
ject of the opposed increase OF inc
standing army In this country. pointing
out the eyl rssults arising from the
maintainanca Of large bodies OF armed
men in Europe. and expressed the nope
that similar coniitions may never oO-
tain in this country,
Cardinal Gibbons sermon was plea
for peace lie aid, In part:
Glory 10 God in the highest ana on
earth peace TO nen OF good VIII was
the song Of the angels on the night OF
Our sayi9r's birth In Bethieheh'
Although these words have been re
sounding throughout the World LOT
nearly 1000 years, and though Chris-
tianity Is the prgvaillng religion IN Eu-
rope It is a Melancholy reflection that
IL has not set succeeded In arresuhB
war and establishing the permanent
reign OF peace on that continent IN
fact, the nineteenth century, from us
dawn 10 rs sunset, has witnessed an
almost continuous scene OF sangulhary
struggles between the nations OF
Christian Europe"
After enumerating the wars OF the
century and DWELLING upon their nor
rors, he said
1T is a subject Of great concern. to
the friends Of the gospel OF peace that
Christian Europe presents today the
spectacle OF huge military camp. All
the nations OF the continent as Wen
as England are armed 10 the teeth and
are living In mutual dread and distrust
Of each other They are devoured by
an Unsuitable ambition OF conquest ana
dominion or by a fear or INVASION.
when you see heavy clouds surcharged
with the electricity OF war hanging
over these nations you may expect the
thunder-clap Of battle TO resound al
any moment Armed nations, IKE
armed individuals, are constant mem
ace to one another, and are easily pro-
voked 20 fight
"And these military forces, instead
OF diminishing are unhappily mcreas-
ing every year AS soon as one nation
augments It's armament its neighoof
feels impeled 10 do likewise In self
protection. According 60 a report com
piled and published in 1857, from Of
| fetal sources. the army list of Europe
on a war footing comprised nearly
| l4.OO0O00 OF mer. and the annual cost
Of maintaining The military establlsh
| ments even In times OF peace, exceed
| 5000 900 900. AZ the present time tne
| cost would probably come TO Sl'OJVOoV-
| GOO.
when we consider the immense
| number Of men that are torn from the
! bosoms OF their families In the prime oi
| life. that are withdrawn from active
Industrial pursuits. when we see these
| young men yegatatlng In idleness IN
! time of peace. and luxuriating In IL
cense and dissipation In time OF war
! we may form s7me idea Of the moral
! material and social evils resulting from
such system In contemplating these
! standing armies, the calm observer
might be forced to conclude that Euro
! pean governments were primarily es'
| tabllshed 10 Destroy, rather than e
| save life. % foster happiness and de-
| velop the resources Of country.
"May God Clie our legislators anc
| statesmen that they may never be be-
| trayed into Initiating European govern
! ment bv the Establishment Of fOrmid
| able standing armies. God forbid thai
we ourselves flushed with recent vic
tories. should ever become intoxicatel
! with the wine Il imperialism or mill
! tarism but may we always follow th'
| traditions OF ths fathers Of the repub
! lie,
"Hithert0 we exhibited TO the worll
| a beautiful speltacle. Europeans ac
customed az home to meet soldier OF
gendarme at every street corner, OF
! arriving IN this country, have beer
| filled with surprise and admiration tina
| a nation of so vast an extent and viii
| such an immense population contained
| an army OF only $4,000 men. They
have been f0rc.bly impressed with tn
| fact that they can travel from Maine q
! california without meeting a single sol
! dier They see that everv citizen o.
| the limited states Is a soldier wlthou
| uniform. engaged In the active pursuits
| Of life and ready at moments notic'
m defend his country They woul,
| feel that we are n strong nation be
! cause we cheefully bow 10 the ma
iesty of the law and are not confronte,
and intimilatei by military satraps
MAY this fair picture never be de
! faced.