Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-05-24
war and PEACE
AS viewed BY men
DelbeFt Hubbard Tells Why Men
Hate War and Love
Peace.

Peace.
Copyright, 1910, by Star Company.
Il Is perfectly safe to say that nine
ty-nine men out OF hundred, In civ
ilized countries, are opposed to war.
savages like to go to war; we do not
We are farmers, mechanics, mer-
chants, manufacturers, teachers and
all we ask Is the privilege OF attend
ing to our own business. We own
our homes, love our friends, are de-
voted to our families and do not in
terfere with our neighbors any more
than Is necessary.
We have work to do. and wish to
work while 1t Is called the day. We
recognize that life Is short and the
night cometh Leave US alone.
or course, we would fight to pro-
tect our homes; but our homes are
not threatened, nor our liberties
either, save by the men who chew
the ubiquitous Glove and insist on
the strenuous life. Leave us alone.
We wish to pay of the mortgages
on our houses, to educate our chill
dren, to work, to read, to mediate,
to prepare for old age and quick
coming. cool. all-enfoldlng death. But
they viii not leave us alone--these
men who insist on governing us and
living on our labor.
They tax us, eat our substance,
conseript us when they wish, draft
our boys into their wars to fight far
mers. whose chief offenses are that
they wear trousers that bag at the
knee and cultivate an Objectionable
style OF whisker.
They call themselves the superior
class, They live on the labor of our
hands. They essay the task OF gov
erning US for consideration. They
deceive us--this superior class -
they hoodwink us; they betray us;
they bulldoze US by the plea of
patriotism.
They deceive us; and oh, the In
fanny and shame OF I'll They de-
ceiye us In the name of the bleeding
Christ; the gentle Christ, whose love
embraced world aud whose plying
eyes look down upon as from a cross
the Christ who distinctly taught that
war was wrong and that the only
rule OF life should be to do unto 9TH
ers as we would be done by.
The French government afRrights
the people by telling them that the
Germans are ready and anxious to.
fall upon them; the Russians fear
the British; the British fear every
body.
There Is fraud and untruth in this.
The plain people In France, Germany,
England and America are opposed
10 war. We only wish to be let alone. I
Men with wives. children. sweet
hearts, homes. aged parents. horses,
cattle. crops and flowers do not want
to SO OF and fight some one. We
are peaeeable and wish to be kind:
We fear war; we hate 1t. We would
like to obey the Golden Rule.
But the superior class win not
have Il SO; they pass CONSUMPTION
laws over In Europe and use the ar
my thus Consoripted to conscrlpt 9TH
er men.
War Is the sure result of the exist
ence OF armed men. That country.
which maintains large standing
army win sooner or later have a war
on hand. The man who prldes him
self on nstcufls Is going. some day.
TO meet man who considers him
self the better man. and they will
test the issue.
Germany aud England have no is
sue save desire to see which is the
better man. They have fought once
than that, several times -
aud they win flght again. Not that
he people want 10 fight. but the SUI
perior class fan fright into fury and
make men think they must night to
protect their homes,
So the people who wish to follow
ne teachings Of Christ are not allow