El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-30

has been expended in war and
preparing its mighty engines
had been devoted to the development
of reason and the diffusion of Christian
principles nothing would have been
known for centuries past of its terror.
its sufTerings. its impoverishment and
its decentralization but what was
learned from history. Horace Mann.
Were half the power that fills the
world with te- or
Were half the wealth bestowed on
camps and courts
Given to redeem the human mind
from error,
There were no need of arsenals or
forts
-Longfellow.
Last December Mr. Edwin CHM. Of
Boston. opened up the international
School of Peace at No. 20 Beacon
street. There was house warming
and a goodly number of earnest men
and women were present
The room at No. % Beacon street is
not only a bureau for the office force.
but a reading room and library where
the safest information touching the
progress of the movement will always
be furnished to teachers. preachers and
ali who are interested. Regular con-
ferences upon the different aspects or
the movement will also be held there.
The International School of Peace.
which IS devoted to the education of
the people in behalf of international
justice and fraternity desires TO CO.
operate earnestly with all Women's
clubs and other organizations which
will welcome its cooperation
Woman's Part in Peace.
woman's part in the peace move
ment'' of the world grows yearly more
pronounced.
In this country Julia Ward Howe
conceived the idea of arousing the
mothers of men TO work for peace in
the interest of the lives of their sons
She prepared a brief address TO the
women of the world praying them to
take an active interest in the cessa-
ton of war"
From reports of the peace organi-
zation we find that there seem to have
been. so far as the records show, no
women members of the first series of
international peace congresses from
1S43 to 1858.
Since 1899 when the modern series of
peace congresses began, women have
officially participated in them. ard
also in the work of he peace societies
in nearly all countries.
The Baroness Won Suttner is the fore
most woman peace worker in Europe
or in the world: indeed her varied ser
vices to the cause for 20 years. through
her great book. Lay Down Your
Arms" and her other writings and her
work at the peace congresses are so
well known as not TO need repeating.
OF all living American women Mrs
of ROSfOn another
director of the American Peace society,
chairman of the arbitration committee
of the National Council of Women, and
former president of the Massa chusetts
Woman's Suffrage association, is fore
most as a writer and lecturer, and in
incessant activities for the cause, both
in private and the national and inter-
national peace congresses and confer
ences.
The School of Peace is making some
excellent suggestions. 1t says wisely
that our bureau of education should
modify the course OF study in schools
and colleges and eliminate to such ex-
tent as IS possible such literature and
history as unduly inculcates the mill
tary spirit and exaggerates the
achievements of war.
Too much of our history is given TO
the accounts of battles and exploits OF
war. Too little attention and respect
are directed to the unselfsh devotion
of thousands of men and women in
the realms of peace.
This is sensible talk and unadul-
terated truth.
Instead of lauding the achievements
of warriors, our school books ought
to give some statistics of the cost of
war
According to report made to the
senate, the cost of the coal used on
the battleships during the year of 1908
was S3,163. 600, increased by transporta-
ton and storage charged to s5,544,O0O.
Evidently the voyage of the fleet
around the world was an expensive
luxury. He further reports that it costs
over 100000 a year to keep a first
class battleship in good condition. What