The colored American., 1902-05-31
Rr Prof. !. Dallas BOwser.

FIRE water. famine, peStilence, war,
tho calamitieS that destroy or dete-
rorstq mankind A cataclysm of water
L.l ,Ireadv DESTROYED our world, hOlO-
'.,,,st of fire is prophesied to destroy 1t
- as last davs. Famine and peStllence
h,re slain their millions in China and
Rr;,isb India. But grim-visaged war IS
n oi these. and more 1t IS famine and
6ra and flood. and pestilence, and muir
Jar and arson. and fraud. Ii IS tTeaCh-
erv and hypocrisy. 1t substitutes curses
i,r oitv. il mains hearts as well as
hands 1t arrays brother against broth
ar II leaves scars of the conscience and
rmbjrtcred memories of the soul. Bull
lets respect not beauty. They tear out
tbe eve and shatter the jaw and rend the
cheek. War IS the parent of armies
armies make debts and taxes; debts and
taxes make pauperS; pauperS make
thieves and highwaymen. The most sue
ceSsfrl war leaves nations poorer and
always more prOfligate. Great warriors,
like great earthquakes, are always re-
mcmbered for the mischief they have
done. All great warriors unite in de-
nouncing war as the trade of barbarianS,
which mendS but few and SpOilS the null
titude; involving violence, blood, rapine
fraud: everything that can defOrm the
character. alter the nature and debaSe the
name of man.
When, nearly $50 years ago, PizzarO,
the conQuerOr of Peru. in order to pos
scss himself of the wealth of that coun-
try invited the Inca 10 a feast, and while
his guest was at the table seized him and
loaded him with chains: and when the
Inca offered for his release to fill the
room IN which he was confined with yes
sells OF gold when Pizzaro, after accept
ing the treasures, cruelty put the Inca
to death, the civilized world stood
aghaSt at his treachery. Spanish cruel
ty became byword for all Christian ma
lions, and Tor generations our school
biographies have held up to scOrnful
gaze OF American youth the Judasaical
barbarites Of Pizzaro.
Yet how far has the world progress
ed IN the passing centuries?
10 capture Aguinaldo Gen. Frederick
Funston reSOrted to forged dispatches
ana pTetentionS of friendship worthy only
Vi IAzaro or Judas ISCariOt He dared
HoI approach his enemy in the open, but
must necessarily go skulking about in
lIie ulSguISe of friend. A pretty exam
PIC OF consistency for the youth of orr
-alu 10 initiate Apologize as our states
- ,,.on may for tunstOn's act, he will be
LS"Iuea III the minds of thousands of
s Joui'tTymen as a modern Pizzaro.
"eacherouS and cruel.
.,,; NO wonder that Fielding might ex-
snI ,'T d 'llal war IS the sink of all Injustice
Do'Te that war involves a greater
s,,a :, ls>S relapse into barbarism which NAV
l. ilo state but destroys the citizen -
M bo[.OOo [.OOo years ago that King Her
vo,,,C DC'C,ll1l,ing angry at the escape of the
oIJ TniId Jesus, slew all the two-vearl
Rs,bIlIIuTe bJI.llIuTen and under that were in
b;lIen and all the coasts tberaof
vopng MAJ l.idI among them might be the
t-rJp6.. -Edzarene. The verdict of Chi
hsri,n,' ma mas been that Herod was bar
'1an Val and a butcher. was " Dar-
I.rob III III thlS year of grace 1ooo a.,
,s 0o II. Smith. because he co. w. Zen Zen
ing '5@Tg p';Ig OF the Island of Samar how,
itants ,,l.,L'eSS oIl and to kill all male inhsb
Up IN tb, me age of ten years is held
Our land aDLiilI II ing gaze of the vouth Of
der. 'D aS hne type of American SOL
be trnc 1,e creed reed of our modern miIitar;sn
Tight hfus rb then the great Napoleon str'ipSle waa
man ,E E"en ne said: The worsa We tto
be no, ,ie Better the soldier: # soId;ere e
So" " corrupt, they ought 70 he nado md .
lpDiDeI we sent our armies TO the Phil
nation 10 save their souls from The dam
did !, "i the Catholic Church How - ,me
the secrttorl p,I'S ) lurther in the report of
irom d,s.1ly oi The Batangas Provinces
the poorIaa:5s aases incident to the late war