The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-30
Whitewater Monthly Meet
ing Points Out to Hoosier
Statesmen the Advantages
to This Nation.
PERSONAL PLEA BY
FRANCES ROBINSON
War, She Says in Her Letter,
Robs the Republic of Its
Best Men, Placing Infer
iors in Control.


Friends has adopted a resolution urg-
ing the United States senate to ratify
the United States arbitration treaties
with Great Britain and with France.
These resolutions. with a personal
letter written by Frances NJ. Robinson.
one of the most prominent women in
the Indiana Friends church, have
been sent to Senators b. F.. Shiveley
| and J. w. Kern. Miss Robinson's let
ter, and the Whitewater resolutions
follow:
Hon. Benz. F. Shiveley, South Bend,
Ind.
Hon. John w. Kern. Indianapolis. Ind.
Gentlemen: AS one of the unrepre-
sented one-half of the population Of
the United States. l wish to urge upon
you the sacred duty. as 1t seems to
me. of ratifying the treaties now pend
ing between the United States and
Great Britain and France. -
Doubtless you are familiar with the
host of arguments brought In support
II this action, any one of which IL Of
sufficient importance to demand their
ratification to any unprejudiced mind.
but wish to specially emphasize one
! which affects every man. woman and
child in the country.
War demands the enlistment OF the
best manhood Of the country, with the
| almost positive assurance that for the
greater number it means sacrifice un-
| to death. taking a larger and larger
| proportion as the deadly weapons
of war become more perfect and ef-
fective. After the sacrifice In made.
the questions at issue are always SET
tied by arbitration.
what ths Result 10. =''.=
engaged in the conflict? The number
of able-bodicd. able-minded, fine-spirit-
ed men is greatly decreased, and the
government of the country must de-
volve upon a body of men ever deter
iorating in efficiency. Where there re-
main good men to be elected to Office
and positions OF trust, they must be
chosen by a body of men very infer
ior, because their ranks have been rob-
bed of the best and most efficient.
From this standpoint alone, war II
too costly. The country cannot afford
4 to have such a waste Of manhood, ~
sulting in poorer fathers, poorer hus-
bands, poorer sons. business men. offi-
GERS of the law, and government OH
cials.
| And certainly when the alternative
only requires that nations shall agree
to bring their disputes as q last re-
sort to a court composed Of the wisesk,
safest, sanest men OF all countries, In
stead of the chances OF war, 1t should
! only need to be brought to ones at
tention, to insure the adoption OF the
better way.
Would Make Difference.
If nations pitted their lame and
halt and blind and criminals and idiots
against each other. there might seem
some justification for the continuance
of SO barbarous and uncivilized .
custom, (since all would be interested
in bringing this class up to its highest
efficiency, but as it now stands. there
is surely no excuse for 80 foolish q
procedure.
In the name OF women and children,
let me urge you to do your utmost 70
secure the ratification of the treaties
now pending which will have 30 pow
erful an influence in establishing
among men,"
Very sincerely.
Frances NJ. Robinson.
316 n. Eleventh street.
Copy Of Resolutions
Whitewater Monthly Meeting has
adopted the following resolutions:
The resolution sent out from the
Peace Commission OF the Federal
Council Of churches in the United
States, also communication Of simi-
lar import from Indiana Yearly Meet
ing, another from the Peace Superin-
tendent of Friends General Confer
ence, and also one from the Citizens
National Committee" (of which Jos
eph H. Choate is chairman. and VIII
liam J. Bryan, Charles w. Fairbanks.
Levi P. Morton, Alton B. Parker, and
Adlai E. Stevenson, vice-chairman,)-
in support of the ratification OF the
General Arbitration treaties with
Great Britain and France-have again
ance of giving urgent expression to
our sentiment that it would be not
only extremely poor statesmanshfp,
but a positive crime against God and
humanity for the government Of the
United States to fail to r1tify the
Treaties recently formulated between
the Bnited States and Great Britain
and the United States and France,
providing for unlimited arbitration
/ These treaties are the ciestf0n O1
some OF the ablest, most far-Deeanx
nnaffnned IN PA3e Sixl -