Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-11
PEACE AND WAR


Ing 90 n close the disappointment az
the results or rather absence NJ re-
suits. is becoming general among the
friends OF the cause Secretary Root
in his able address before The American
peace congress no Carnegie Hall Sew
York iast April warned his hearers
not 90 expect too much from the Hague
gathering lie knew something about
the almost insurmountnble dincuIJies
20 be- encountered. but even Mr. Root
we fancy Sc surprised that so ht'io
progress has been made. re thought
that the Hague court could he mndc
permanent institution. and that would
have beer material Advancement but
even that proposition has boon turned
down. A great deal OF talk has been
wasted ON how Go make war more
humane. but the real ISSUE now Co
make war unnecessary. has been lost
sight o.
sim. there is mo- real cause FOR dis
appointment. pronrcss is always on
ward. even 30 at times the advance
seems to be very slow. we can com
hdenuy look forward to the time when
peace Justice and truth shah reign SUI
preme upon the earth. for % Will surely
come. But as % preliminary the wrongs
under which nations and races are
suffering as result OF wars and ~
ranny established By swords and bayo-
nets. must. we believe. be- righted IN
some way since permanent peace pre-
supposes perfect justice 10 all In 9th
er words. the cause 81 war must be
removed CO. the Interest Of peace. How
this is TO De done ls the great ques-
ton Probably not by diplomatic ac-
ton. Alliances DO not settle the dis
putes for which wars have been waged.
They only POSTPONE the settlement TO
n future time Wars we are afraid.
viii rage upon this earth. until the
masses ~ the people are On FAR ad-
vanced in civilization that they de-
mand OF their governments that what
ever wrong the respective nations may
be guilty Of towards other nations. he
riehtcd when nations like the pub
llcan in the gospel narrative. are WILL
ing 20 restore fourfold whatever they
have taken from others wrongfully.
there win be peace. But that means o.
radical reimbursement 90 the political
relations between nations ana races.
We must admit that the outlook for
the speedy consum nation OF this IL not
bright. m we mistake not. the In
dications NJ race struggles are multi
plylng. The question OF Asiatic mum
dalton Of the American shores Il but
one feature of the signs Of the times
Tho editor ~ Japanese paper pub
lshed In this country. takes tho view
that this tide cannot be stemmed. He
argues: "Tho mighty ocean current
that washes tho shore Of japan. and,
therefore ie called tho Japan current
also washes the Pacific coast ~ Amer
tea" which proves. he says. that ut
r. ~ keeping with the physical geogroph-
ical arrangement for the japanese to
migrate 60 that coast, This f. really
defiance. II Is virtually saying. ma
ture has given us a right 90 invade
America. with or without American
consent and what are you going 20
DO about So n o. evident that 81 the
Asiatcs of Japan, ludia. and China
take that view, there Vill he trouble.
Il cannot bee avoided
Then There is ou African problem. The
outbreak in Morocco is. perhaps. but~t
prelude Ca n larger drama about t1 Doe
enacted on tho worlds stage. That
H. tho opinion ~ "a writer in tho Kline
teenth Century Uondom. tie says
there Is e. Mohammodau sect the Som
ussia. whose members are determined
10 rescue Africa from European domi.
nation. and he is hrmly convinced
he says. that during thc next twenty
years Europe win be in Tho thrHof o
a war with the hordes of AirIra ruu
may sound as unreasonable eKuEgara
tiun. hut is u2
The writer Boa the Nineteenth century
who is quoted in the Literary Digest
says be- has reliable information Cha
members of the feuussil are ycau
coming t0 Europe Goo be educated alon
European lines. This is pare oi
well directed movement tor nnal ud'
pcndeuce. ie continue.
I'm Rarbary. tne sahura, uuJ 81 .a
am Nouhom Africa Senuaai-m t
trates thu Who'll. OF la'aW. l- I'.
established u Egypt iho Sui 1900. b
maitland. Arabia, AhyHsIula Mceup
tumla Asia MINOR Turkey lgand
Zanzibar ana tIr UNhI uuI west r1hh
ia Africa Tho following towns ui
districts grr hotheds. Do AghoWa
Oran. Algipfs. INaL lurtla. Tmhu.to
Senegal Mufzuk. Nnnem. northwest
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