The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-29
THE SANITY OF A WORLD PEACE.

One must be very constant reader 10 keep pace with the many advances the world is making these days in the invention and manufacture of various implements of war. It was not many months ago that Hartford produced the Maxim noiseless gun, which promises to make war as grewsome as 1t has been terrible, lnasmuch as men will be shot dead without putf of smoke and without sound, almost as If brought to their end by some superhuman means But the Patten gun Is now an nouneed, which, besides being noiseless, like the Maxim gun, will shoot without the use of powder but by q utilization of centrifugal force, shooting bullets to great distances us fast as they can be fed Into the apparatus. The inventor maintains that he will be able to shoot fully 5O,000 bullets q minute, however inconceivable such an accomplishment may seem. Add 10 these inventions and others of their kind, the rapid ad- vances fin aeronautics this year and the promise of war balloons and air battle ships within a short time and a faint idea Is had of what may be expected in the next war, if war is ever resorted to again.
 But, if the advances in the arts of war are rapid, those of peace have been scarcely less so That ia the one redeeming feature of the situation. IL has been the theory of some wise men that if free scope Is given to the in- ventors of warllke instruments long | enough, war itself would become such terrible reality that 1t would be i'm possible defeating itself. The world now seems to be recognizing that fact. The recent meeting of the Czar of Rus sla and the King of England at Reval undoubtedly had as it's object the es- tablshment of more effectual friend ship between the two countries of these monhrchs. The present meeting of the Czar and President Falleres of France at the same place this week is recog- nized as meaning that the Anglo- Rus sian alliance will be further strength ened by the addition of Frances inter- ests The result Is a coalition that can positively guarantee the worlds peace, or is, at least, long step forward to- ward It's realization.
 The other big power of the old world Is Germany. Perhaps 1t is significant that the German government has just issued q bulletin written by high au- thority in the German army, General Blume who sets forth in no uncertain terms the situation Europe would find Itself called on to face in the event of another war. Because of existing all liances he points out, war between two countries would necessarily bring two others into any conflict and the re. suit would be verltable orgy of blood resulting in the killing or. woundlng ot 900,000 men, if 1t lasted as long as tht Japanese Russian war, and costing each nation concerned upwards of $1,. 800, ,000,000; to say nothing of the finan cial depression that would follow. Gen eral Blume points out that a. European war would benefit the United States which would be able to coral conner cial markets easily from the warinl nations.
 ' President Roosevelts acceptance O
 the honorary presidency of the, Peac, and Arbitration League In spite of hi
 recent talk in favor of bigger navy ] shows the position of this country ol l the question of world peace Th l friendly mention of the United State by the Prince of Wales at Quebec ant 7 the radical peace talk of King Edwart l before the peace conference of the So