Putnam patriot., 1908-08-28
Peace or War,

| tI1dk NitFff tdtl AN ilt AAAAtt NfHiHf HF the differences among nations are to be settled by arbitration, and cite the many conferences held throughout the world fo promote universal peace and es pecially the international agreement 1 to refer all unsettled differences be- tween any tsao nations to the Hague l arbitration tribunal to make Il final de- 1 eision how they must be settled There are three classes of people to 1 be considered The moral and religious class, who are a small element in every | community; the statesmen and Politi- | clans upon whom deyolVes the care and defence of their special country, l with different ideas as to methods 1 England and the United States are In. | fiaeneed by the moral and religious I class of their respective peoples: while Tn France and Germany the fuling class afe governed less by moral sen- l timent than by seIf-aggfandizement- secured bY peaeeable means rather than 1 by costly wars. the smaller Europeans l Powers are mainly concerned in pre-
 sefeine what constitutes their nation l aiities than If seeking aggtandizement
 al the expense Of ofhens; then there k | Russia, and the semi.eisiiized nations
 . Asia, ibal are in state of dissolution
 through conflicts between the despotie
 rulers and their oppressed peoples. lust
 of all are such countries as China and
 India WitF4 lheif hafe populations de
 graded bY heaihen expectations and
 old social casi8mH. Japan i- rising
 0nt Of H. old sap fstitian, infe the
 light af modern civilization bui mol
 yet established on my principle except
 self elf-preseesation3 by war or peace, but
 prcferfiug the latlef, and getting ready
 for the former because of its distfust of
 nil lhe strong nations.
 The continent sf Africa k q nonenti-
 ty 50 far as exercising any influence on
 the world except around the borders of
 the Mediterranean. 1t k virtually di-
 vded by lines of demafcation of pos
 sessions by France, Englann, Germa. | 'y ttf' 'NHtf aiih A' e 'AANiff
 Belgium and other nations. Through
 the ciyilixing influences of all these
 controlling nations, Africa K rising
 amazingly rapid Into the possession of
 Christian eiyilzation-in the very cen
 ter of the blaek continent K q city car.
 rying on manufacturing and posses
 sing electric cars and electric lights
 and other modern Improvements.
 Besides the two ruling and control
 ling influences that decide the destiny
 el the world as le having peace or Wal
 are the greater part of the human race
 N ho are mainly controlled hy passion
 aroused byeXeitement of any kind that | appeals io their self-intefest or cNcites their enmity. Even In this nation of | ad anced civilization and Christian enlightenment, We see the outbreaks of
 this class with little or no justification. The labor tfoa )les in the mining re- gions. the lNnehing of eoloted people al | the South, and the bloody feud> in l kentucky. ils lawleSs nighi-fiders, and
 
 in spring field Itl. the hone-city of Abraham ldneeln-indieate how thin l k the crust that eneers a volcano ei disaster to peace thai may hrc ak out al any time, as II ,id m New York ciiY in ls'ia, when the opponents ot the drafting of soldiers tu put down the te
 bellieo was ordered Not only the Sah
 merged class eueneed in lynching in. noccnt coiored boys and burning pub. lie institutions, hat well.dressed men
 possessed of education and refined i training
 1 What surety has this enlightened country then that Il will escape war if an occasion offers that will arouse the class ot whom We have been speaking l -as il did when they rose in rebellion u, the south to destroy the t'niens | If such thing k possible tn this bless. , ed land of free institutions, what hope to escape war, if those nations of Eu- | rope, aot to speak of Central and South 1 America and other semi-ciN iliked and | semi. bar barous nations of the world, ! which at any day may bring on war | with one or more of the enlightened nations-as we see Nene1uele doing this very day. War, for centuries, has l been the condition of the world, and | human nature has not changed even when becoming more enlightened. Then consider the governments of the world-all protesting their desire for universal peace, and that disarma- ment would he blessing, and have set up an arbitration tribunal 10 set tie ali national disputes to avoid war. | Are they honest in these declara- tionss Not st all. Their actions belle their words. Instead of dissrming AS they profess should ee done to insure peace, they are increasing their nsvics.
 getting nufe powerful guns, more ter
 rihie explosives and inveniing naore
 deadly weapons. What fors Our Pres
 ident SAYS, to insure peace. England,
 France, Germany, and the other pow CTS. say the same. So they said of dis
 armament. There is not great states
 man ln The world but who believes
 That gfeat war may occur any day. | IAxk hat.s fsa.sn sax{p. f.Ar k. pa-t