Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-05

cause a. A. absurd In the eyes OF sem
TO renui natrIotic men. There can be
siple ~,a foe OF mankind In general,and
ne ovn country in particular, than
az s,r,agogue OF war, the man VINO IN
Wv foily or 20 serve ms own seiilshh
~ continually rails az ana apuses
80 nations who seeks 10 eNclte ms
V,rtrvmen against foreigners on m
"firient pretexts, VINO sNcltes anu III
gimes perverse ana asressne na-
lo.i vanity, and VINO may on occd-
tons' vantonly 6rlng on conflict be-
sl o"S hls nation and some other nation,
wv, there are demagogues or peace just
bu' 20 are demagogues or war and
a. -, such movement as this for the
~ y, conference II Is essential not TO
ii"S1,isled by one set of extremists any
pe tbsn by the other Whenever II
,ossible for a nation or an indiYldual
y p,.ork for real peace, assuredly II Is
,,t,,ro NJ duty not so to strive; but IL
,.ar ia necessary and righteous then
NWbar the man or the nation shrinking
Srnn, If forfeits all title to aeH-respeet'
W. have scant sympathy with tue sem
,,mentalist who breads oppression ess
M uhvsieal suffering. who would pre-
tna'i shameful peace to the pain and
.st, so,netimes lamentably necessary
y, order to secure righteous peace
a. vet there Is only partial ANA I'M
srfact analogy between International
IN, ,nd internal or municipal law, be-
so there Is no sanction OF force for
s0cntIug the former while there Is In
~, use OF the latter. The private CIT
s Wv ia protected In his rights by the
,,t because the law rests In the last
resnrt upon force exercised through the
soa,ns Of law. A man does not have to
tefend his rights with his own hand'
heca,tse he can call upon the police,
mon the sheriff's posse, upon the mih-
tia or in certain extreme cases upon
Inc army to defend him. But there IL
,n such sanction Of force for interna-
,lonal law At present there could DC
w. Greater calamity than for the free
oo5leq The enlightened. independent,
and beace-loving peoples, to disarm
While yet leaving it open to any BAR
ho rism or despotism TO remain armed.
So lang ms the world is as unorganized
as now the armies and naVies or those
,aonles who on the whole stand for
Justice offer not only the best, but the
orlv possible, security for Just peace,
a. instance If the United States
alone. or In company only with the
cher nations that on the whole tend
n act Justly, dlsarmed, we might
sometimes avoid bloodshed, but we
uould cease to be of weight in securing
tho peace Of iustice--the real peace for
which the most law-abiding and high
minded men must at times be willing
N fight. As the world Is now, only
that nation is equipped for peace that
knows how to fight and that VIII not
shrink from fighting II ever the condi-
tions become such that war Is demand
ed in the name of the highest morality.
So much II s emphatically necessary
10 say in order both that the position
Of the United States may not be mis-
understood, and that a genuine effort
10 bring nearer the day of the peace of
Justice among the nations may not be
hampered by a folly which, In striving
to achieve the impossible, would rem
der 1t hopeless TO attempt the achieve
ment Of the practical. But while re-
cognlzing most clearly all above set
forth, II remains our clear duty TO
strive In every practicable way TO
Bring nearer the time when the sword
shall not be the arbiter among ma
lions. At present the practic-
nj thing to do Is to try to mini
nize the number of cases In which 1t
must be the arbiter, and to offer, at
least to all civilized powers, some sub
In at lo1st a considerable number of
Instances. Very much can be done
through another Hague conference in
this direction, and / most earnestly
urge that this nation do all in its pow
er to try to further the movement and
TO make the result of the decisions OF
The Hague conference effective. |
earnestly hope that the conference may
be able to devise some way to make
arbitration between nations the GUS
tcmary way of settling international
disputes In all save a few classes of
cases, which should themselves be as
sharply defined and rigidly limited as
the present governmental and social
development of the world will permit.
II possible. there should be a general
arUltittlon treaty negotiated among
all the nations represented at the con-
ference, Neutral rights ana property
should be protected at sea as they are
protected on land. There should be an
International agreement to this pur-
pose ana a similar agreement defining
contraband Of war.
during the last century there has
peeh u distinct diminution in the num-
per OF wars between the most civilized
'atohS. international relations have
Income closer, and the development of
Inc Hague tribunal Is not only n
symptom of this growing closeness of
relationship. but Is a means by which
tae growth can be furthered. our aim
should be from time to time to take
such steps as may be possible toward
creating something Ike an organiza-
tIoii OF the civilized nations. because
as we world becomes more highly or
sauiHed the need for nayies and armies
VIII diminish. 1t is not possible to Sc
cure anything like an immediate dis
armament, because it would first be
necessary to settle what peoples are
ul lhe whole menace to the rest OF
mankind, and to provide against the
disarmament of the rest being turned
mo movement which would really
CHIEFLY benefit these obnoxious peo-
PIES but 1t may be possible to exercise
some check upon the tendency to swell
Indefinitely the budgets for military eX-
pehdlture. or course such an effort
eouid succeed only If 1t did not attem pi
70 do TOO much; and If 1t We're under
taken In spirit of sanity as far re-
moved as possible from a merely hys-
ter!cal pseudo philanthropy. 1t is
worth while pointing out that since the
emu OF the insurrection In the Philip.
pines this nation has shown its praC-
tcal faith in the policy of disarmament
ny leuucing its little army one-tni
nut disarmament can never be OF prim,
Importance; there is more need to ge
lld or the causes of war than OF tn,
implements of war.
nave dwelt much on the dangers Il
De avoided by steering clear OF any
mere foolish sentimentality because M,
wish Tor peace is so genuine and ear.
nest because | have a real and grea