The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-14
that, with all it's faults, the industrial

| world IS at DOCCOm good one anC
| that it's fundamental tendencies are
| upward: but it does not blink it,
| faults, and it puts in the strongest
| light the necessity for removing them
Coming generations demand that we
hand over to them social system in
| which life will be joy rather than
a burden, and in which it shall be
| free from grave enmities and moral
blights.
A full enumeration of possible re-
forms would carry the conviction first
that they are pressing, and, secondly
that they require great resources. HUI
| manity cannot spare any Of those re-
sources that can, be made available
Very i'll can 1t spare what now goes
towards instrumentalities of destruc-
ton. We need this for doing what
contributes to internal harmony and
gives a moral tone to the population
We reach here the great paradox
of the situation. Revolutionists are
all for international peace. They a"o
| numerous, well organized and insis-
tent in their demands. They make no
secret of their underlying motive
They are affiliated the world over and
are carrying on a common struggle
against the capitalist classes of the
world. They want no break in their
own ranks and no diversions from
their main purposes-the radical trans
formation of society. Shall we join
them in their demands for outward
peace? Will not this play into their
hands in the internal struggle? Will
not this buy peace in one sphere at the
cost of war in another? If we do
nothing to ameliorate the industrial
order it certainly will have this eff
feet; but If we throw ourselves body
and soul into the effort to make that
order what it SHOULD be, just as GER
tainly it will not. To a government
which stands stiffly on the side of
cal classes offer is peace abroad and
contention3 at home. For a govern
ment hatoWorks for the people there
is no such hard alternative. To it
peace abroad means peace at home
also. The removal of genuine evils
takes away the root of strife, and even
the earnest effort to do this takes
away the deepest root Of enmity. A
state that saves resources that it
may use them for self improvement has
the capacity for every gain that a
revolutionist can intelligently prom
Use. 1t can point to delectable noun
tains In the future.
What we are offered, then, is not
the alternative between war abroad
and war at home, but the choice be-
tween reform at home and revolution
tive, must be thorough and to be that
they must have command Of great re-
sources. Both the growing evils that
incite to revolutionary attempts, and
the menace of the attempts them
selves, call imperiously for stopping
of the wastes which the statistics show
are SO conceivably vast. Some strife
will go on in spite of us; but we can
make it harmless Socialism will con-
tinue and grow, but it will carry no
menace for human freedom or hui
man comfort If the justifiable demands
Of the people are met. Very inspiring
is the outlook that is afforded by the
adoption of such a course. The deter
mined effort to relieve distress, and
establish justice, will restore the
friendliness that once subsisted be-
tween employers and employed. So
cialism abounds in brilliant promises,
and would try to make the world an
Eden in point of comfort and fra
ternfty; but it has to overthrow the
present order when it makes the ex-
pertinent. Meanwhile the capacity Of
the present order for Improvement has
not been demonstrated, and the dem
onstration cannot be satisfactorily
made without outstanding Of the
means 1T will require. Not for one
moment should we tolerate an extern
sive'wasting of them. The ship we are
sailing in is leaky and some tell us 1t
must soon sink and urge us to take
to raft. If the leaks are left alone
we shall have to do it. Our carpenters
report that the timbers of the ship
are sound, and our clear course is to
cork the leaks and to save every foot
pound of strength and every bit of
material that will be useful for that
purpose
Permanent internal peace demands
reformatory measures and these de-
mand the saving of resources now
wasted. That demands a reduction
of military OUTLAWS and that, finally,
is conditional on what? One thing
only; and it is the one thing for which
at every meeting of this conference
at which he was present, DR.. Edward
Everett Hale raised his eloquent voice,
"a permanent tribunal Of internation-
al justice" That is the one condition
of disarmament and the logic of the
whole situation calls for Selling the
strategic moment to work it. The
justice which such a court would deal
out between nation and nation would
carry with it the possibility Of peace
within several countries, because 1t
would make it possible to provide the
means for doing the works of peace.
It's effects would extend to the out
ward dealings Of class with class and
of man with man and even into the
heart of man himself, where enmities
are now growing. Broad and deep
beyond computation will be the effects
of the courts action. Aroused already
are our people to the need of internal
peace and fraternity, but they need
to realize the Connection between those
ends and the International tribunal.
The chain of influences from the high
court to the life and heart of man
is clear and complete. In the amelio-
rating work we must do at home, in
the 1iberating of resources for it, in
the securing Of the court that will eff
feet the liberation, there is need of
every ones influence, and here as truly
as on any battlefield America expects
every man to do his duty
JOHN BATES CLARK.
NATURALIZATION OF LAND.