The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-09

80 HIS country IN lllnc or WAL,
mat In sight Of God the shedding OF a
tear is more than shedding seas of gore
as soon as the girl realizes that a life
fortune or official position, nor even upon
science and literature, but upon the per
sonal relations which human beings sus-
tam upon one another and 10 their Gre
alor as soon as she grasps the truth
that II is the domain OF personal real
lions lions where woman truly reigns as
queen, she grows proud OF her sex and
no longer wishes that she had been
born n boy.
In the next. place, patriotism should
meanest OF all the virtues II liz possible
to emphasize the maxim, My country.
| right or wrong" To such an extent that
the citizens Will resort TO anything base
and contemplate for the sake OF further
Ing the material interest OF his country.
! Rulers and governments hesitate TO begin
an unpopular war. our teachings OF his
| tory should create the feeling OF public
! sentimen, that will make it unpopular
| ernment 10 wage war except for main
! tennnce OF Justice, law and order among
! me nations. especially among the par
/ TALLY civilized tribes in distant portions
I OF the globe
When War Is Justified.
There are two kinds OF war for which
! more can he said. One of these is that
OF the wsr for, principle. OF which rhe
other is q war in behalf OF the oppressed,
the downtrodden, the defenseess. like
the Spanish American war, In dealing
| with these two kinds OF war II is well
TO point out both sides of the dispute
and TO show how war can be avoided
by the peaceful method OF arbitration.
war that our people have waged; how
little we knew OF the two hundred and
afty international disputes which have
been settled by the peaceful method OF
arbitration. How frequently discuss
the Monroe doctrine. which has brought
US again and again TO the brink Of war;
m lDl NO all .Nf tf1fi
OF ornaments along our Canadian boun-
dary-an arrangement that has secured
peace between the United States and
Great Britain in spite of all the acute
disputes which have arisen since the
war OF 1872 How few people know the
significance OF The Hague court. for
whose SittinSs Andrew Carnegie is build
ing palace TO cost million and half
in our currency.
The, teaching of history can be made
70 Culminate In the proper observance
of the eighteenth of MAY and OF Wash
ingtons birthday. The teachers Of France
have resolved to observe these days by
America will do well to follow the eN-
ample of the Third Republic The publi-
cations OF the American Peace society
furnish abundant material at small eX-
pense for the proper observance OF the
eighteenth OF May-the day on which the
delegates TO the first Hague court as
sembled-a day which certainly marked
an epoch in the worlds history; In the
not distant future this day will be as
universally observed Arbor day, and
the festival days of the church year.
Some of the colleges now observe Wash
ingtons birthday in such a way as to
strengthen the sentiment for peace and
Justice In dealing with other nations.
Several years ago at the Mohonk Lake
conference Chancellor McCracken point
ed out that the most popular text book
on International law devotes more space
TO the conduct OF nations In time OF
war than to the conduct OF international
affairs In time OF peace, whilst not one
page is devoted TO the ways In which ma
tions may avoid war. Since that meet
ing movement for the study Of inter |
national arbitration has been inausurated !
in most Of our colleges Just as the light |
which first illumines the mountain tops |
gradually reaches the valleys. so the light !
which the higher institutions disseminate |
will gradually illumine the teaching of |
history In the lower grades OF schools |
Need Of Great Change.
We hear much OF the emancipation OF |
nuence of the college. In the direction
OF fraternites, festivities, athletics and
courses there may be room for change.
but I hope that at no distant day the
kind OF history which our colleges now
teach and which emphasizes the move
ments for the uplifting OF the masses VIII
history which eventuates In history OF red
coats, dlstrust of other nations and
species OF patriotism that is the mean
est OF all the virtues.
Peace has become so great shibboleth
that the introduction OF rifle practice
into public schools is now advocated as
q peace measure. The experience Of our
recent wars, It is held. has pointed out
that. while there is no difficulty In case
of war In getting all the volunteers that
the country requires, and they can be
few weeks. it, takes them long time to
learn to shoot and unless they can shoot
they are of little value as
soldiers. II. however, the young men
who are graduating from our high schools
In the different States should be skilled /
riflemen. the country can rest content |
that in the case OF war 1t can put into
the field at short notice a force of vol
1nteers whose skill in rifle shooting will
make them to be fully the equal Of any
them. The system Is. therefore, great
factor for national peace. AS teacher
rom the State William Penn founded.
must put big Interrogation point al
.er that theory. Whenever anything goes
wrong in the life of nation the people
ook to the school for remedy, II the
here were 625S desertions from the army
asst year and out Of total of 2A,0SS
not more than SS4S were re-
The invention of smokeless
powder. machine guns and modern ex-
posives and service in tropical coun-
tries have robbed the occupation of sol
ler OF It's former attractveness and
glory. The fact that boys at the age
1f thirteen can learn to shoot with mary
slous accuracy should be correlated with
the fact that at tho same age. and even
earlier. boys can be taught all sorts Of
break neck acrobatics no one would, on
account Of the skill which may thus be
acquired. be justified In advocating the
Introduction of either acrobatcs or rifle
practice into the curriculum OF our pub
lc schools. There is a limitation 10 the
Kinds OF skill which a human being may
acquire. The development of skill in
shooting is desirable on the part OF those
who join the. army or the State con-
,tabulary but if during the strike ever
striker were skilled rfieman, the diff
icutles IN maintaining order would be
infinitely multiplied 1t was. therefore,
source of qualification TO learn from the
Secretary of War that no scheme for the
of a policy 10 establish a
system Of rifle practice throughout the
schools of the country Ia at present un-
Ter consideration by the War Depart
nent-
Three Great Gatherings.
At this time three great meetings arc
n progress Delegates from every civil
zed nation are in session at The Hague
or the purpose of lessenng the evils and
he frequency of war and Of promoting
/, NJ arbifra a a rf of-