Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-19

Amy. Sl0o.oVo,Vuv, belllS an iiSitstst VI
SOL 100000 in twenty years. Navy. S2O3,-
0l5,0O0. being an increase Of $i2525oOoO
in twenty years. or a total increase for
the army and the navy of si76.i5O.GOO.
Germany in 1890 spent for her army
s1S0,275.0G0; for her navy. $lT930o00.
Tho budget for 1901 asks for the
army, 1901 ,7s5. GOO: for her navy, SlOS-
| 4G5.000. You will note here an Increase
of $2l,51o.0O0 for the army in twenty
| years The navy shows an increase
during the same period of 500. 555, coo: or
a total increase of $l12,0i5,0Oo in twenty
years.
France spent for the army in 1890
| s116045. coo. and for her navy dO,2I5,OOO.
| France spent in 1910 for her army STA
tao. 600. and for her navy s75.ll5.o0O. thus
showing an increase of s93,225,O00 in
| twenty years.
The United states spent for the army
in 1890. S4i,5S5.00O, and for the navy.
| $40 GOO. 900. our expenses for these lux
| uries during 1910 will be about 100000
600 for the army, and $142 600 for the
navy thus showing an increase of about
| S237 100000
| ~ large amounts Of money But they
are the amounts that the four lending
| nations are spending to maintain their
| fighting powers. Is 1t not time that
| the Christian church begin to cry for
peace on earth? All this for peace
! among Christian natloiiS.
| Take just another view of the sltua-
ton Great Britain is said to have
built or provided for i9S warships, The
| United States has l19. Germany has
233 France has 50S. Japan has l9l.
France has the largest number of ships
| but they are much smaller than those
| of other nations. Great Britain VIII
| soon have los battleships and hrmoured
cruisers the United States 30, Germany
| i6, Japan 80 France 46. All these for
| peace among Christian nations.
Have YOU ever considered the cost OF
| n modern warship? They cost, when
ready for action. sl2,00o,OO0. Quite an
expensive fighting chariot: 1t Is said
| that from S75O,000 to $l,o0o,o0O are re-
| uured to annually maintain them
| Rather an expensive household. don't
you think? Such prodigality is going to
| be .ruinously expensive" If not already
| so, to some of the nations. For the
support of such destructive machinery,
some nations are already suffering be-
cause OF burdcnsome taxes. For what
| purpose2 For the purpose of maintain
| Ing peace. We are all lovers of peace,
| yet We keep right on making greater
| preparations for war. though among
civilized peoples and nations. war Is
| never q necessity, and among CHRIS
| tian nations, war is an absurdity. An
international court of arbitration Is II
necessity and should be the demand OF
every Christian nation.
| Further: The nations of the earth VIII
spend this year sl,500,00o.000 for war
| purposes, but who can measure the
| meaning of so much money? Let us
| try to Illustrate what 1t means. Al
| lowing lG silver dollars to the pound.
there will be $4,000 in n ton. There
! fore, the amount of silver dollars spent
| this year for war purposes will make
4, vol fvh n y
| carries about 40 tons: thus 1t will be
seen that 1,l7l freight cars would be
| loaded These cars. If made up into
| trains of % cars per train. would make
| Al trains. | confess that such an
amount of money is quite beyond my
comprehension, but I suppose that 1t Is
| nevertheless true. All this Tor peace III
| a year of peacc!-
This preacher. though of course poor
nnancier, believes that at least one
| third of that amount could easily be
saved every year by employing both
capable and efficient police service,
whose duties should be to preserve the
various interests of all the nations. y
little billion dollars would surely meet
| every necessity. except those that could
and should be met by the court of in
! tcrnatinnal arbitration, which Is an
absolute necessity. AS a mere financial
propositions. war is an absolute and d
colossal failure, and unless the Prince
of Peace shall soon come, war VIII rum
every nation on the earth. so want &c
repeat a statement that | made iitti,
while ago that from the standpoint OF
finance, ethics. and philanthropy, The
court OF arbitration Is II necessity
Take another look Mt this iinanca
cxtrayagancc We are told that ;
modern ship. fully equipped, costs $l2,
100000 and that to maintain This vol
l a., ito ht.if s
more. Now, this preacher naturally
wonders how many churches tina
amount of money would build. ana n
soon figures out that 1t would built
600 churches costing 100000 each, Thn
money would provide $500 per year 10
four years to 5000 students IN some o
| our colleges and universities. Just on
bnttleship would do that. Just on
battleshipI Some one said that its cos
would build n macndam road of prope
; width and quality from New York I
Chicago No wonder the farmers hay
to plead for irrigation appropriations
: no wonder our inland waterways ar
inadequate to our needs; no wond'
that our swampy lands are not pror
crly drained; no wonder the nation ha
SO little TO spend for educational pun
= noses; no wonder that the admiral an
the general are the great men Of III
times. The nations arc war mad
| sDito of the fact tnHt they al say, w
nrc merely getting ready for peace.
The way to get ready for peace. to M
way Of thinking. Is to lay aside tn
weapons of warfare to- be Wiling I
submit whatever difficulties may arts
to arbitration. Then, and not unit
| then shall come To pass the long prayt
FOR ilay--penco Oh earth,
THE FRUITS or PEACE.
What a transformation will be usl
cred In With the establishment OF peaC
and the cessation Of wars eXtraNH
ganCcs Taxes will be leSsrncd for II
the people. The y per centum no'
spent for so-called peace can be di
vcrted to educational purposes, to eth
ical purposes and purposes TINT az
phlianthopic, The nations will the
have money to properly care for thoi
unfortunate poor, Worthy men an
women and children mny then be pro
vidcd With sanitary places OF abode an
shielded from the cmbarrassments tina
are incident to misfortune which some
| times bofall oven the elect of God.
Further, when we look at this sub
iect from the purely Christian view
point. there is no reason for wars con
tinuation, but every reason for is i'm
mediate cessation. The nations ar
Christian: at least thcy like to he s.
) regarded. Then why not act like Chris
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