The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-19

the Justice which is thus established
lis Of more value than peace.
4 To illustrator You own and possess.
a coin Of gold. II Is the price az
hard labor and II will get You foosi
and clothing You lock It up. you fast
en- syour doors. you unchain your
watchdog. you place your gun ready
at hand. and you retire to sleep.
Then. in the darkness the burglar
breaks and enters your house and
home. you awaken and see him. dagger
in one hand. and your gold In the
other: he win pass quietly out II you
lie still and KEEP silent. WIN you do
thiss Or win you reach for your gun
to shoot him. II the former. yoor gold
lis gone. but you are safe: II the latter.
You may not have time TO shoot before
he stabs. you may get hurt. The
lchances are you can kill or wound him
before he can stab yoa. and the ques-
ton is. shall YOU do thiss
/ say, yes: and II you are the man
you ought 70 be you win never have
any doubt or hesitation about il. II il
not alone your property which IS being
! taken. but IL IL your personal right
which is also being trespassed upon.
Your property and your life may be in
danger. but your honor is already chal-
ienged by injustice. 1t Is your duty to
your own manhood to defend your right
1t is your duty TO society. to the STATE.
for, in defending your own. you uphold
the law. You make crime unsafe. ana
BY swift vengeance take away tempta-
ton for the wicked to commit such
crime. Providence has placed YOU in
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burglary so dangerous that IL win not
be often attempted. Strike instantly
and thus do your part fer such an
establishment OF law on earth that men
may henceforth sleep in peace.
So with a nation: when its rights are
invaded. 1t must sometimes do the
same:-must sometimes shoot:-and
this is war,
And as with a person so with ma
ton. ability and courage to defend the
right tends to prevent aggression and
oppression
BLESSED ARE THE PEACE
MAKERS.
A powerful army and navy with
courage behind the guns and patriotic
firmness in the people and their rul-
ers are the greatest international
peacenakers: blessed are the peace
makers" And l say this reverently
and believing these words Of Claiming.
War will never yield but to the prin-
copies Of Universal Justice and Love
and these have no sure root but In
the religion of Jesus Christ"
The struggle for individual justice
against a burglar and the struggle for
national justice against aggressors are
struggles for these Principles ~
Universal Justice and Love-" which
Claiming speaks Of as being rooted in
the Christian Religion.
Meantime we lock our national d1ors
BY protecting our harbors against ros-
sible aggressors. We pacify the Pacific
by gift Of the national navy.
We remove temptation to desnol
Hawaii by showing the power and the
courage to defend our right here.
The nation with protected harhors.
watchful warships and big guns is not
apt to be forced into war
PEACE OFFSPRING OF POWER
Peace Is the offspring OF Power.
George Washington. I'm a speech to
Congress. January Sth. 1920. said "fo
Re prepared for war is one Of the
most effectual means Of preserving
peace"
when the bill came up in our pre-
sent Ccnercss rroviiing FOR the forii-
fcation OF Pearl Harbor Il was COM
sidored. discussed and passed in The
interests Of peace.
Those who spoke on the subject ex-
pressed sentiments Of preserving peace
and considered the act one Tor effect
ing lasting peace.
Every congress man but one voted
Yes. and that one (name unknown and
go mote li be) said he voted no be-
cause he was a Christian and SD op-
posed to war.
II IS iisciv he was a rseudo-Christan
ana hts excuse but a false nra tense.
Hc should RESIGN for he does rot rep
resent the American manhood OF he
district Hs should have n1 pi5re n
hat legislative body since his chance
TO bc there was won by che bIoodirst
indian war our fathers ever were
forced 90 defend and finish rn biz
ii-'-ict Mad Anthony Wayne foH~hf
.e ritfs ~ tle "a er Tifa Hch
made peace ihere. then ana SINCE rhf
ieace that h7s male O. possible f1r
be congressional district .o u alf
W. com c-u.f ~ava~es.
\ Christian loves peaea. a Christian
lates war. The first is a relative good
he iatte- the relative evil B1t urifh
r the God Of War nor the Angel g
'eaco should b. wurshipped
They are each 70 b. regarded only
or the sum Of happiness they uili-
lately bring % seutient humanity
The fanatic sees some relative good
aes Il alone and worships st. A.
rvlng SAID. he looks az 81 on 81 broad
scale that there Is 10 ROOM fn hts
mall head % turn % over and see the
Their side" The fanatic may uor-
lip some relative good. bat the ch-is-
an worships only the God o. Justice
ID u Love.
The Christian wills the good 81 BE-
y. is benevolent
PEACE IS PLEASURE.
Peace is pleasure. var e. pain. but
lmetisnes the greater good. the great
: happiness g. through present uafn.
The Christian can sacrifice himself
y the greater general good as.d can