The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-05-05

and your efforts so earnestly put forth.
Again, if your work is to have its
just reward, the ancient ideals and es-
Inmates of men must be changed; they
must not be martial; they must arise
out of the victories of peace. The
resources of men must be conserved
not for war, but for the moral and re-
ligious uplift of humanity and for the
security of prosperity and happiness
in all lands.
1.-The optimist finds no insurmount-
able hinderances in abolishing the ar
bitrament of international quarrels by
the sword the pessimist sees sword
in every hand, but between the two ex-
tremes are the two great forces which
make for common progress, like the
glacial rivers that have carved and
moulded the surface of the earth with
irresistible power.
Every nation and every useful in
terest in every nation trembles at the
rumblings of war, as the people be-
meath the smoke and ashes of Aetna
tremble at the rumblings of the forces
of nature which handle with such vio-
lence the foundations of the earth. Now
and then there breaks forth a great
confiagration which the agencies of
men seem powerless to arrest and
which only dies out after consuming
everything combustible in it's path
way; so it seems to have been with
the passions of men, that they at times
become. so inf1amed that they are
quenched only by exhaustion through
war AS long as man has passions, as
long as life has woes, will it ever be
otherwise? Will the hosannas of
peace be sung without battleships upon
the seas and men standing in arms
Will hatreds and prejudices of race,
the jealousy of fear of power ever give
way throughout the world to neighbor-
ly love and insoluble fraternity? Aye.
Will wars be no more while humanity
exists with it's selfishness and Its
wickedness, it's depths of passion and
of pride?
Recurring to the analogy. we know
that in CONGREGATIONS great progress
has been made in arresting the power
of this demon of destruction; so with
the cruel and wicked. passions of men,
we have our governments to regulate
the conduct of the citizen so that the
rights of life, of liberty and of prop
erty may be made reasonably secure.
Thus we have liberty regulated by law,
but with all this, no large community
is immune from riot and violence, from
murder and rapine, but the law gives
to life, liberty and property protec-
ton just in proportion to the extent of
good citizenship which each commu-
nity or country possesses for it's en-
forcement.
1--WE take courage then in the fact
that throughout the major portion of
the world the law rules, and wherever
enforced by intelligent citizenship
peace rules.
The peace of the world would there
fore seem to be dependent % upon
the citizenship of the nations being of
that character which would insure the
creation of just laws and their en-
forcement, CD upon a type of inter-
national citizenship which would in
sure the creation of just international
laws, and substantial tribunal for
their enforcement
1T seems to me that any formula
which neglects these elements must fall
short of preventing the evils aimed at.
"The problem may appear simple of
solution in theory, but its practical OPP
Grafton requires the patient endurance
of ages of training and civic discipline.
What measure of progress have we
made in the last century? Very great.
hnn in, 1aix i
lized Many are the restraints and
bulWarks against armed conflict which
the civilized powers have erected. A
strong factor for peace in The Hague
court, where the disputes of honest
differences will inevitably go when di-
plomacy fails. But the most potent
agency of modern times is the in
creased sense Of national justice, in
which our own country has been a
marked example. 1t is the interna-
tional citizenship we possess which
stamps our nation as a leader in the
perfection of international law and in
the effort to erect great peace tribu-
nal at The Hague.
Education lies at the root of the pro-
gress Of healthful sentiment for peace.
Honesty in trade and commerce is the
next element, and prosperity at home
is not only a source of domestic tran
guilty, but breeds the spirit of benevo-
lence towards our neighbOrS abroad.
What "a glorious spirit of humanity
has been shown by all the great ma
tons in times of disaster, like that at