The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-20
GIBBONS SOUNDS
CALL TO PEACE
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Iloh treaty principle, and indorss
the ioea OF the new treaties with Great
Britain and France because L believe
that questions which might otherwise
result In war should be first taken
away from the influence of party pol.
itics and considered seriously in the
calm neutral air Of some impartial
tribunal whose findings must at least
morally bind the contending nations
TO submit 10 international arbitration
all questions which may be found
soivabie according to principles OF
la" or equity The worlds greatest
neeo is breakwater against tenn.
porary passions. War Is too horrible
TO be entered upon in cold blood and
with deliberation when there is any
other possible way 10 settle the ques.
ton in dispute,
Il think that one Il the things tina,
VIII rebound most to the glory OF our
country III the future Will be its en-.
thusiastic devotion to the movement
Tor international peace. Devotcdnes.
10 this noble purpose alone viii STAMP
the United States as truly Christian
country Tor universal peace among
meh-the brotherhood OF mems es-
sentiai.~ Christian. Before the advent
OF Christianity. war was the rule;
peace the exception.
ia sSitc Oh tne lact that The III,
Nihtly appointed SPOKESMAN OF chrI.
t"httS eIoquuntiy pi.Iaed Tor unIyer-
80 peace Among ali mrii and ali ma
.!o"e' ana ihat, IN denauce Oh I'M,
coiiatan appeal, wars we're wseau
sun II must be aumitted that tItey
ur.eu less frequently than before
ana We're conducted with less cru.IIv
.'.'u less innumaIIty. Tue reasons tny
Shis, II time permitted. could De clear.
steu' nov ever. IL would he unJust
ihter from this tact that Cnrls.
-ehi'S mas ia'ieQ IN ner MISSION OF
pc1ct TO the nations. 1t snuuiu bs
oothe IN mlnd tnat the Christian re.
ns I'm IN en-, ehhiVrees hSr humane precepts.
~ a.; oS the sword. but By moral ana re.
hs4ous sanctions; ana that In CON
teHolhS Tor peace. she has TO struGl,e
against the most formidable OF earIh.
~ forces. and the most imuerious y,
human passions.
~ Is a>gratifying fact that. with
q population Oh about d hundred mil.
doa.s' me army or the United States
uoes not exceed 10000 men, who are
Scattered Tor the most part along the
frontiers OF the country. This torce
Whlie suihcienuy strong to preserve
10 excite the fear or provoke the
jealousy of our neighbors. our best
security lies IN the supremacy of the
law. In the loyalty OF our CITIZENS:
IN their strong attachment to our freq
institutions and in abstention from
entangling alliances.
nc 'Ie cause OF international
peace is gaining ground is eviuent
from the fact that war is no longer
precipitated among Christian nations
as as III former times. at the within of
people Is heard through their reore
sehtutives and the press. at least in
cons titutional governments. CONNER.
cial interests and fraternal and social
relations between the nations of the
eartn are now becoming so inter.
twlned that one country can hardly
inlet nine an injury on another without
having the blow recoil upon Itself
IN wen -ordered society the disputes
OF individuals are settled not nv re.
course TO duel, but 20 the law. Would
national controversies were composed
on the same principles, and that tho
Just cause OF nation should be win.
Dictated by court OF arbitration
Then to rulers. as we'll as to privat e
iitisants,, could be applied the words:
Thrice lie he armed that hath his
quarrel just And this amicable sys-
tenn while protecting the rights OF the
weak. would not humil!ate or wound
the national pride of the strong. since
sovereignty or autonomy of any
power
Effect of Christianity.
christianity has not only diminish
ed the number. but has mitigated the
horrors Of war. In pagan times the
conquered Vac vlctis. woe to the
vanqu!shed. was his usual motto. The
cities were laid waste. The wives and
daughters of the subdued nation be-
came the prey OF the victorious SOL
der. The defeated kings and generals
were obliged to grace the triumph OF
the conqueror. They were lod away In
chains and doomed TO- hopeless cap
tivity.
Contrast the treatment of tn. Jews
under Titus with the conduct Of Gem
eral Grant toward tho conquered Con-
federato States. Both generals were
engaged in civil war. Judea was as
much an Integral part of tho Roman
empire as the Southern States were OF
the Federal Union. Its Inhabitants ap-
forcibiy as the vanauished States ap a
pealed to the maEnanimity of the
Northern general. Yet Grant In allow.