The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-04
it goes not, save Of necessity"

1t gives one some idea of the bless
fngs Of peace in their lowest forms TO
think what dire need war has bred. In
past years in previous Novem6srs. ME-.
Archer. of Virginia. stated In Congress
during the Seminole War thai even
salt was selling at $40 a bushel. Dur
ing the Revolutionary and the Clsil
Wars $500 for n single bolt OF cloth
and $1,000 for a bag of coHee and Slou
for pair of boots, meant bargains on
which people prided themselves as
combination of astuleness, capital ana
luck. Save in defense of home. honor,
BILE, and doomed by the common sense
and increasing good VIII and ties OF
the nations bound together as they
never We're by constant communication
and extraordinary commercial activity.
We do well to be thankful that our
nation Is at peace with all the world.
Perhaps n slim feast made IT evident
that, as Shakespeare says. Dainty DTS
make rich the ribs, but bankrupt quite
the wits during war times, and wit
and fun and an unburdened digestion
and music and speeches made up for
the rich sur1et of good things we al
enjoy now for two hours; but, nPres!
Well, some greedy people would pc
the drawing room, quake In the CAB
that takes them home, and send for
tho doctor to deal with Uncle GruHpus
and Aunt Collie about In the morn
lux. II - d lHyStGIS " q NOAiAut AAS W
any nation can be prodded into wal
OF mere territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
Think what the Napoleonic wars meant
in tho sacrifice of millions OF human
lives, the wars OF the whole world ern ana
variably followed! In the Seven Years
War OF Frederick the Great these are
the terrible figures:
Russia lost. .............,..d sU'vu uo llieIi
The French. ..l.s.5...........2oo zoo, 200 men
nv I,nriisn and Germans. 100, 900 men
The SaXonS. Observation-Disclosures. 9U,Uuo men
The Ti,e swedes and states-Gen- 5.
eral observation-disclosures. oo,ooof liieH
roto, .sso,UOU men
Isn't Isn't ii something frightful! Histo-
,'r;nns agree that the losses or the
Thirty Years War have never p ,s.,
and can never be CORRECTLY o Somp when
they Were 50 h en1rm ~ Potsd ann he sal
down In his library.wlth sign. ana ne.
said: Caesar and Virgil are greater
than all my victories" and picked UP
his Terence and Lucretius ana re sh
MARQUIS d'Argendac. his devoted friend,
came, he said to him sadly: Fame IS
hut cold, sorrowful food. In ORDER 70
prize 1t. one must attach great "ei +, 81
i to the opinion of others. nave ans
ana love. Those for whom have done one
most have deceived and BETRAYED, me-
+ Tn The hour 81 danger SC hafrsS olsen pc
waved me. Wirkotch tried 70 mu.uei
me. You remember the monkeS tf, '.t
fof my Immortal friend. Noltalre, MY y,
wrote one of his spies that ne Mlsheu
mo eternal damnatlon. and all because
!. 7 wouldn't reinstate him as chatnpet
lain at my court At 6'ooV tslaie .,.
month, having found out MS W tss..'.,
mess and worthlessness. Iia. is,.s !,
was brought to me. hut Wnehese,
Won victory he wrote me paeans ano
noems and vowed he lived TO see me
Victorious over all my enemies. Men
call me conqueror. / feel IKE Wsar
chlld.'' He had lost an adored 'no.ils -,
covered his face With his bands ano
Went utterly; perhaps for those also
who. In thousands of homes mournep
also their dead. slain IL oat,is, y ,. ne
tlon Impoverished enfeeplea, Anih
starved, swathed in crepe, manned anc
wretchel. that is what such victories
mean. what war means for Al con
cerned. May tho Worlds Peace sGoh-s
gress prosper, more ana Mult' ~. ~
appeal To arms would prove sonetnln y.
we have suffered enough from what
Thackerny calls "thc noble art OF muir
dering," The Intelligence, the con-
science, the interest OF the Worla, Wili
eventually learn that 1T IS Tar, pettes
10 begin than to end wars, with ar6i,
tration. There arc plenty of other
foos for us all TO fight, OF victories
to win, without doing any butcherins
whatever,
Noltalre might have neen a con.
queror, the day he wrote&to the trcnch
minister that he desired tho utter
humiliation and defeat al Frederick
in the morning, and that afternoon
wrote Frederick fulsome poem on
the victory OF Leuthen. had he simply
been true and good. He wrote
Rlchelieu that "the day the French
entered Berlin. would be the happiest
OF his life.'' That was all right for o