The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-05-19


|, Of contract debts. relating 10 the eres-
tion ri an international prize court,
Some OF these conventions have been
: ,ratinsds eisht by our own government,
fr0m these examples, counting one
exception. We see that The Hague has
undertaken TO requisite and discipline
, war. without doing much for peace.
What the friends of humanity wanted il
10 do was TO formulate peace without
|, doing much for war; and now the ques-
tion is how such change in its pur-
poses may be brought TO pass Facing
this problem let us reeur TO the open
ing thought about the great promise of
the work OF the church; for where the
zeal Of the church is kindled. outside
the realm Of sect and dogma, tAe
schools and the press, the people, and
through them the State, sooner or later
find kindred inspiration.
COMPLETE CIVILIZATION.
The thing to do, before we can be
sure of The Hague. is to complete the
civilization Of our governments That
is the first objective; and il Is vital
objective because our governments,
elective Snd hereditary. are far less
i civilized than they require us TO be; and
some of them are almost as barbarian
rs we were IN the ages of private war
fare.
/ Is 1t not true that a government turns
20 war 70 settle grievances which its
I subject OF citizen is obliged to take
into court Of lawl The State feels
free. upon 4 point Of honor, 70 fight Il
I gigantic duel with another State; but
the man, beholden TO its laws, if he
/ has been insulted or foully wronged.
may sue for damages but he may not
I fight. If he even writes q challenge
there Is a sheriff at his elbow. The
[ State fights for its grudse; the man
must refer his TO jury of his peers-
I The State may rob and slay its foes and
I burn their property; but the citizen who
steals or kills or applies ne torch is
punished IS \ malefaetOr by the State.
I The nan must be orderly ond humane.
( but his government may set an example
OF privileged violence. And we held
that, unless governments ear be led to
accept for themselves the rules of cOn-
( duet which they have made for the peO-
PIE under them. they wiIl'keep society
from reaching that rational stste of
being. towards which eiv;tizs ton turns
a. the needle TO the Pole.
CHURCH. SCHOOL AND PRESS.
In admitting that there has been
progress among governments towards !
more humane rules OF war We but
strengthen the plea for further work bv !
the church and the moral agents that /
labor with il For it IS 10 these dy- !
manic forces in our better life that We |
owe what has already been achieved |
Without the free church. the free school 4
and the free press, the State would still !
he IS savage as IT was in the dark ages. /
BY their influence upon she people, set
ing through the people IRON the State, /
war has become less bOrrih &c; and we
have obtained that system IF pre- G.
dents. partly governing it, krcwn as
international law. By thiz code piFsey /
the raz0r-edging OF swords. TIE poison
ing Of wells and streams. the slaughter
Of wounded. the robbery CT rer-eoa'-
batants. have been stopped and with
the help OF The Hague We nav scor
get further rules Of this eFPra =,
eventually leading to the IefOrm VII en- /
expresses the final triumph o. eivi'izs-
ton over the primitive instincts Cd n an
Surely IN dealing win the greater
aspiration. the church the --hOcI and
the press viii feel the tCeieu G
heavy task The world Is III bU7d'lg
Dveadnaughts; armies are adding 10
their ranks and 70 the power OF their
batteries; military states still tci-1ve
with Won Moltke that uniyez al peace Is
MI E11 4 l-IE
one: and even now an enlightened na-
zion cannot sleep at night because II
fears that another enlightened nl.ion,
70 whom II has given &c oTenes- viii
land al army on its shores sra sack i
treasures
First eivilize the governments nat
are set over US They must be Taught to
accept the broader logic OF their r1r-
row laws and 70 prohibit pCBl'- war
through the same code bv v-irf 1ey
have 0utlawed private war. 1t nay
take a long time 10 win this re- OIm. but
good men can be in no better ousin =sz
Nor need they fear the result. The
common instinct OF justice. She behezts
Of religion the logic OF human develop
ue1t. the higher aims OF ms1-ali are
OF the side Of those who oppose. IN 1eI
affairs Of nations. decisions Ct mig p
distinguished from DEGREES OF wisdom.
Only our rulers are IN the way; and
them We may vel rebuke = the voice
Of him who was not for p age but for
al time-
Fie, lordsl that you, being supreme
magistrates,
Thus eoutumeIiOusly should treak the
peace
HISTORICAL INCONSISTENCIES. /
The history Of society in It's dual
growth i one OF curious Inconsistencies
When society began 70 form. It was
the butte habit 70 settle all differences /
between men By force. IRE angry or {
tas greedy man attacked his neighbOr
with club OF a stone Ak and the sur :
viv0r Of the fight got whatever they /
were battling for, the horrors Or the !
property II was then that might set I
tied titles: but might could never make
right and II tine man z natural sense 7
Of justice called for some other and .
wiser adjudication Then the head CT {
the tribe. the Patriarch, Was asked TO
decide the quarrel He did 50, as best