The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-17

The bright sunshine of a spring morn
ing, and the presence Of the Sunday News
containing the letter of sidney Herbert"
induces in me a spirit of repose and OF
thankfulness. AS usual. | read the letter
with interest and profit.
He makes out a good case In the mat
ter of Decoration and Memorial Day"
In regard to facts he is usually correct.
My issue ar any with him would be over
his deductions from these facts. Yes. IL
is true that many of our religious
schools have a military department and
train young men In the art OF war" SO
long as the Churh makes this concession
to the world, so long the Dove of Peace
will find no resting place. Advanced
thinkers like Tolstoi must be excommun-
icated, and the real mission will be de-
ferred for it is as true now, as i'm oden
times, mo man can serve two masters"
The Lion and the Lamb will, II the lat
ter be wise, defer the call to a peace
conference, and the hope Of those who de-
sire peace must remain a deferred hopel
So much for the Church! War will be
found no longer desirable. or possible,
when the majority Of thinkers realize the
disparity between the cost and IT'S bene-
fits for there are benefits. but they are
as dust in the balances compared TO the
outlay. The misery and wretchedness ex-
listing I'm our city slums would disappear.
If instead Of expendng millions In de-
structive effort, we turn our effort to the
building up Of the waste places, utilizing
natures bounties and bringing them with
in the reach of all.
1t is an exploded fallacy that "the ma
ton best prepared for war is least likely
to engage in it." Human experience
proves the contrary. The sending of the
Maine to Cuba precipltated a war which
has prepared the people TO engage In
more; never was the war spirit more ram
pant, with less cause The Italian peas
ant is forced into exile by the weight Of
taxation, which becomes a need to the
government, so that the navy may be en-
laraed: of what use Is a navy to these
peasants? II Great Britain. France, Ger
many and Russia each were TO reduce
their standing army one-half, the relative
strength would be the same. and the bur
den resting upon an over-taxed people
might be greatly lessened Gen. Miles
has a salary Of 81 900 yearly; Commodore
or Admiral Dewey 5000, the people pay
lis there adequate return? War will be
a necessity 20 long as the majority up
hold IT, II will cease TO be seeming
need when THE Church" Is true TO the
spirit Of her divine mission; when men
have learned it's utter folly and the ma
lions have Joined together to prevent, in
stead OF rs now engaging In Il on slight
provocation. In my letter Of last week 7
Instituted comparison between the. as I
then supposed. extinct "DOdo" and the
military man suggesting az one had full
filed its mission and had disappeared. 80
the other should follow suit But Madame
calls my attention TO page 30 OF her we'll
thumbed "AliceI and there find that II
presided ut "A race and ordered the dlstri-
button Of the prizes Il is probably a
survival" but there seems a mission FOR
a.. 80 ! must conclude that ! have over
looked some useful function FOR our mill
tary men, although ] am at loss -
know what II can be-. There iN salts
faction. as J realize. that those who think
a. ! % and those who hold the view ~
your valued correspondent in FlOrlda. al
desire peace ana agree that a. H. the
best condition. the difference being one
holds n 10 BE- 40 impossible ideal the
other that "a lies within our ErasD. enc
fruit ~ this "trfa of knoNlfdFn' lH real.
we have bot ~ reach forth our hand
and pluch and eaf ona fhpf eaHng thNfe
need ~ ~ more hunger "a tnlrsi
AAilam fuiey Boyd.