Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-06-16
america LEADS
IN PEACE MOVE
DIR. kREHBII3L TELLS on WORLD
WIDE DISAGREEMENT
YOUNG men Die IN WARS
Nrillty of Race struck nt--Nations
Become Debt liiddcn-Ns nm
Evolution,

Evolution.
ny Associated Press.
Manhattan, Kans, June 1.-two
hundred and fourteen students were
graduated from the Kansas State Ag-
rcultural College here today. The
commencement address was deliverd
b. Or. Edward benjamin KrohheIl, as
slstant professor Of history at the
Leland Stanford University
"What is needed TO further world
people which shall boldly avow lts fun
and implicit belief I'm the ideal Of
universal peace, and act accordingly
Tho logical leader is America, This
in brief was the argument made 10y
Dr Edward Benjamin Krchhicl, of
Leland Stanford University, California
IN the commence day address delivered
by him here today at the Kansas
State Agricultural College,
Dr Krehblel said Americas first
opportunity camc-aud was accepted,
when government 10y the people was
undertaken. The correctness of this
iudgmnt had been accepted by the
world. The second opportunity was In
the universal demand for arbitration
to abolish war.
Through the sacrifice of life Or.
Krehhiel said, wars strike at the ylril-
lty Of the race. Now, war does not
Of choice destroy bad men, but good
men ever" 1t Is the strong young
men who go to the front and are
killed or MANNED. Can n race avoid
deterioration II II is deprived OF its
healthiest blood? biology replies in
the negative; and the history OF
France during and after the Napol-
comic wars, confirms the tenets Of
biology.
In the second place the costliness
Of wars and armaments has begun to
initiate against them The imple-
ments Of war are more expensive to-
day and over But as long as the pres
ent system prevails no nation can af-
ford to he without the fastest and
best equipment The greater the
strides of science and invention, the
greater the cost OF armrments. This
unhappy condition is aggravated by
the fact that the system OF compul-
sorry universal service is being more
and more generally adopted by the
countries OF the old world, and that
the peace footing OF the armies Of
ell nations IL steadily increasing
1T is, then not to be wondered at
fthat nations are debt-rldden and are
seeking new sources Of revenue; or
that IN seeking an improvement OF
their financial situation they should
demand a means Of reducing their
armamonts, and, therefore, some
peaceful means of settllng their diff
| ferences. The expense Of armaments
and war gives strength to the peace
movement"
| The peace movement, Dr. Krohhel
said, does not get its strength solely
or even primarily from the costlness
| or deadliniess Of war. It's chief
strength lies In that II Is the natural
product df the evolution of society OF
! history. Furthermore, the study Of
| history puts It beyond all doubt that
the peaceful pursuits Of men have,
! from the beginning, been playing an
ever more important role, and that
martial instincts have corresponding
| ly decreased. In primitive society
the natural condition was one OF war;
every mans hand was against his
neighbor
Now" he continued, ~ men have
larger units and have, in the process,
blotted out strife within the boun-
darles OF those units, what right have
we to suppose that this process will
not continue IN the future? Interna-
/ tional law has acted as an ever-wid-
ening bridge between nations. Ma
/ lions indeed are, theoretically. not
bound to accept this law; IN fact, they
are daily becoming more subject to II,
/ for public opinion is constantly be-
coming more powerful and the ma
tions more subject TO public opinion.
| Public opinion, however is the fruit Of
| Democracy Democracy Is no longer
national; It Is daily becoming more In
ternatlonal. Improvements In trans
portation md communication have
cast the world into asmaller mould
] The average American Is now more
in touch with China than the New
Englander was with the Vlrginlan in
1889, and he probably understands
him as well as our forefathers. did
each other
"On every hand there are evidences
that nations are getting into touch
with one another, Of international
Democracy There IL little doubt
that the peace movement has come
TO stay.
"What is needed is n leader, a
people which shall boldly avow its
full implicit belief in the ideal OF un-
ivcrsal peace and act accordingly,
The nations Of the old world bound
up in long standing rivalries and IN
the prevalent mlitarism, cannot as
sumo this leadership. The Aslatlc ma.
tons cannot do so, for the world re-
CARDS them MS inferior America is the
logical candidate.
America has, through its policy
OF keeping out OF tho current Of IN
ternatIonal politics. avoided the rival
RES and hatreds which sway the for
eigner Within rs boundaries II has
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