The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13
ARMAMEN7S AND THEIR RESULTS
By Andrew Carnegie.

By Andrew Carnegie.
Armies increase solely under the plea that
these the best and indeed the only ensuring Peace
We deal with three of the urged Justification
Fs ITO be prepared for the way Peace
Answers If only nation prepared, this would be
sound but when others follow and the nced security
shes Rivalry between nsues preparation so far
promoting Peace suspicion jealousy developing
the prolific seed of future between nations hitherto peacefully
disposed
Nations only aggregaons men, and all human experience
that unarmed less likely quarrel men
Hence in civilized lands they debarred from armng.
Two neghbors have difference which friendly would
have solved but upon the principle Peace pre-
for War and buys pistol Hearing this the other promptly
prepares The decides he nucieny prepared and buys
sxhambered revolver action that Immediately followed by
his negbor With every additional weapon purchased the premium
their lives would be promptly raised by companies
These prepared have only by chance when word
gesture misnterpd results in boodhed perhaps Exactly
with nations The of both between
generally of trAng So much depends upon
ude each other friendly unfiend the former dispute
but be peacefully settled if unfriendy
the disposition all Hence the folly danger of nations
ing against each other which always suspicion,
fatal friendly relations
and friendship incompatible nations in
close alliance against other nations always feel the may
give place other and perhaps hostile alliances Thus suspicion
evaby follows shadows follow substance There is
no escape, and suspicion is fatal.
Second "Our intended only for potec-
ton and other nations they make for Peace
Answer So say all the armed nations and it that every
regards poCam
Peace only because these her existing
of other nations naturally regards
levy other nations clearly instruments and
Peace because these may attack her. Thus each nation suspects
all the others, and only spark needed fire the Of
inammable material 1t impossible that formidable
nation should alarm among other nations although all
nations may protest they do intend attack, yet they
Thus ornaments either personal national land
far from preserving Peace inevitably become time the Chief
the greatest of ALL of war; they the deadly
seeds of mutual suspicion.
The gigantic of day greatly this
danger which future additions inevitably
crease Clearly increasing ornaments remedy since they multi
Ipy the dangers of
Third: "Armanlents the cheap defence of nations"
Answer Let Last Britain spent upon navy
numbers Seventy Millions Pounds
many f8oooooo ($233oooooo) America, f97oooooo $780,
ooo f32oooOoQ $6ooooOoo Of this upon pensions. This
expenditure before the of Dreadnougs costing
each say f25oooo The naval expenditure of nations
and the dangers be greater the
and the end thereof under omnous conditions
forete point however, clear. Neither money will
be wanting with any fcass Power involved since for
unfortunately the popuae every land be easily and heavily
budened for that of foreign i'll which all
to believe their country in the right.
The Remedy Recently, delegates of the eight naval Powers Ger
many France Italy, Russia Alstriangar Japan Britain, Amer
sitting London unanimously agreed establish international
Supreme Court deliver final judgment upon all of marine
captures each nation appointing judge To such OF the smaller
nations apply for judges be accorded turn
that the great maritime nations combined have always majority
which is
These eight have again decree that
hereafter disputes between civilized nations shall be settled in like
Cor by Arbaon) War becomes thing of the past