The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-11-18
IS AIDED
THROUGH CONFLICTS
Fighting and Lovemaking Es-
sential to Race, Auth
or's Club Says.
FROGS FOR EXAMPLE
Universal Peace. Organiza-
ton Thinks Would Make
Men Degenerates.
FROGS FOR EXAMPLE

London. Nov. 1S.-In spite of the
widespread agitation in many quarters
by societies that argde for universal
peace" the Authors club has decided
that war is a good thing for nations
and for humanity In general AS the
clubs roster now bears the names OF
LOGS members. all of whom wrestle
with a pen in some way. it feels that
Its opinion carries some weight.
why. German scientific man re-
Gently numbered war among the nec-
essary physiological actions of life"
says H.. de We're Stacpcle, in arguing
this conclusion. Eating. sleeping,
lovemaking and warfare are the four
main physiological actions necessary
for the maintenance of the human race
on this extremely slippery globe. 1t
may be interesting to know of an ex-
pertinent PERFORMED lately by Profes-
sor Metchnikoff with a view to investi-
eating the action of warfare upon the
organism.
Experiments With Frogs.
Professor Metchnikoff took for his
purpose number of frogs in the en-
bryo stage. Some of these he brought
up in sterilized tank ON sterilized
food. giving them nothing but steriliz-
ed water to swim in. Never since
Providence constructed frogs have
frogs been brought up under. such pro-
tecticn as these sterilized frogs of
Professor Metchinikoff. No ills or
troubles could possibly affect them.
Each could, so to speak, sit under his
own fig tree and enjoy the fruit of his
own vineyard without fear of attack
from boy or microbe. The rest of tle
exposing them to all chances and enc
mics. microbes especially.
Now, what happened? OF the un-
protected frogs few died from the
diseases and seventies to which they
were exposed. but the remainder grew
up into fine, healthy frogs. credit to
their class. OF the protected frogs all
grew to froghood. but they had been
happier dead. for they were miserable
creatures, disgrace to their class.
and, in fact, what We would call in
England, no id good.
Sees Men Degenerate.
I Now. in the face OF all the piping of
the peace parties, swear that ii you
were to place England in vast ster-
ilized tank. protect her from all at
tack of foreign microbes and from Ger
man measles. you would lift the cover
at the end of hundred years to find
the Englishman in the state of Pro-
SCISSOR Metchnikoff's protected frogs
that is to say, no good.
Leaving aside the physiological and
strengthening influence of war, ina
CINE what our condition would have
been had perfect and idyllic peace fall
len upon the world in the stone age.
We would still be sitting in the stone
age, for it was war, red-handed war,
that took up by the scruffs OF our
necks and dragged us from the COM
pany of the caribou and the muskox
into our present state of civilization
IF country is prepared for war;
declares w. Emanuel. "the probability
is that that country can win it's bat.
ties without firing a shot"
War . National Benefit.
1.-THE real lesson of the history OF
war;" contributes George Shee. who
also approved of the benefit of con
fiict to humanity at large, lin that a
nation does not win because it has a
large army and large navy. or ever
because its soldiers and sailors are
particularly well trained, but because
1t has the power of the manhood OF
the nation behind 1t. Here in Eng
land there is great deal too much
heard of the vast army and navy of
Germany and too little Of, the fact that
in the building of her dreadnought.