Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1911-12-07
The Plan
OF Universal Peace
10 End the Horrors
OF War

Lawmakers, wholly for their own
selfish qualification, because
these rulers and their political ad-
visors desire to trample the hu-
man rights of other nations, then
because this other nation feels
and knows it right and honor has
been attacked is forced into an
awful murderous, indescribable,
slaughter Of humanity; these CO.
.untries are forced to engage in
war, the winner to be the one
who can murder the most good
fathers, husbands. sons, brothers,
citizens, think of it! numbering,
cutting, shooting, bayonetting,
our good men, all because ofsel.
ish ambitions of these dishonest,
grasping, rulers, or political law
makers. Why should the !nno-
cent citizens and usually it is the
poor laboring men bo forced into
war to slaughter each other, be-
cause rulers and political law
makers won't be honest and set
tie disputes fairly. The very ew-
fulness Of forcing these thousand
yes, millions Of good men like
you and |, men of hearts full of
hopes of a long peaceful life, of
a life tode spent with their wives
and children, with their friends
and countrymen, with hopes Of
living lives Of usefulness to their
kindred fellowman. and their
country. Oh, tNe awfulness Of
pvltng ruth hl,Fisli
these fond hopss Of life, iito an
awful phalanx Of battle to be
shot down, cut down. like insig-
nifcant wolves. tigers or the
worthless beasts Of prey.
1t is too barbaric = too aw-
full a crime-for intelligent civil
lied humanity to longer permit
war to be praeticed on earth. II
is time to look upon the Admiral,
the Captain, the Major General,
the Colonel, the thirteen-inch
cannon of civilization" the aw'
full Machine. Guns, as, only relics
of a barbaric age.
All disputes of anation SHOULD
be forced into trial before th'
Hague Arbitration Court, or be
fore an international Court, I,
be created for the sole purpos'
Of settling disputes between ma
lions. four or five nations, cal
by agreement force all other ma
tions to stop war and resort :
? arbitral judgement Nation
have no more right to enter int
, war and murder men in order t
3 settle their disputes than you An
/ have to 60 out in the common
\ with bayonets and swords an
cut each other down because you
y hen layed eggs in my cow mar
ger, and l used the eggs.
THE REMEDY
There is a very simple, san
practical method to stop war,
the stiff-necked world will pl
e aside some prehistoric idea
g mo precedence" of establish,
IS ethics and codes, etc. Lets g
'e sane, practical and positive al
3 at the cost of all this ''Tomm
le Rot" of established militia
e "rottenness" STOP WAR A
Is ONCE.
q Let there be organized, Il
IN International Peace League. wi
Is great men Of ability as its of
GERS and directors, to be select
from all nations. The act
this will, then be Internationl
no one nation responsible for
acts. This should be organic
ne with full power to take, own q
ey CONTROL countries. states and r
| tions, armies and navies.
r. should have the most liberal Ct
ol- stitution ever written on I
in globe, it should be organized
a military and navel footir
'ss with an enrolled membership
volunteers for seyiee in its ar
and.in its navy, from every
) tioh. on the Globe. These 10