The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-08-02
THE DAWN Of PEACE
SUBJECT OF LECTURE
CONGRESSMAN RAINEY OF ILL
NOiS ADDRESSES LARGE
AUDIENCE AT PARK.
He Said the-rAwful Destructivcne,s
of Modern Wars Was Causing
Men to Talk Peace as New
er Before.


Chautauqua Tuesday night on the
subject of "The Dawn of the World
Peace" Congressman 9Rainey was
heard by a large audience and that
many were in sympathy with the
sentiment of his lecture was demon
strated by the liberal applause ac-
corded the speaker
After being introduced by Presi-
dent Mcconnell the speaker said he
was glad of the opportunity to visit
the great stae of Texas He had new
er been in the state before. He said
that when God made the world he
took hand fall of his best mud and
threw it down and called Il Ellis
county. He said this was the best
country he had ever seen, except IL
linois
He said he was here to discuss
one of the most serious problems
that is agitating men and nations Of
the present time-the question 81
war and peace He said nations oc-
cupied just two positions toward
each other, that of peace or war. The
periods of peace, he said were al
ways periods of preparations for
war, but men are talking peace now
as never before 1t is possible to get
them to talk peace now because of
the awful destructiyeness of modern
wars He referred to the battle OF
Mukden during the Russian-Japan
csc war as being one of the fiercest
battles in the history of the world
He said more men were killed in
that battle than participated in the
battle of Gettysburg on both sides
He said that with primitive weap-
ons in ancient times men got along
fairly well in the art of killing one
another, but the wars of today are
fought with great machines of des-
truction
He said that with the present war
machinery there were few opportun-
| tiles for men to rise from the ranks
| to high positions
| Since the battle Of Mukden, he
| said, nations have continued to pre-
pare for war and the next one viii
be fought with greater destruction
| of life and property than resulted il
this final clash between the Rus
| SLAMS and Japanese
In discussing the organization oil
nations and their relation toward
each other Congressman Raj
between this country and Canada
had been removed by the reciprocity
agreement as passed by congress.
This will cause the people of the
two countries. he said, TO have
friendlier feeling toward each other.
Natural boundaries, he said, are the
things which have kept nations
apart but these are fast disappear
ing and world peace is appearing on
the horizon War, he declared, con-
centrates the power of tovernment
in the hands of few, while in per-
iods of peace this power is distribut-
ed among the people
He said at the present time a col
league of his, Capt. Hobson, is going
ovei the country preaching the doc
trine of war and the doctrine Of ex-
pensive preparations for war He
said he could not agree with this
doctrine. He said Hobson was not
the only one who was preaching
this doctrine. There are other
agencies. declared the speaker, more
powerful than he They are the agen-
cies which profit by war, and the
most powerful of these is the steel
trust. He charged that the steel cor
poratious and ship building concerns
we're responsible for the stories sent
out over the country last winter
that japanese spies were parading
as laborers He said nothing Of
these stories would be heard during
this session of congress because 1t Is
a special session called to consider
tariff measures At each regular
session, he said, nine supply bills for
the army and navy are to be passed,
Then it is that the war scare stories
are industriously circulated He said
war with Japan was not coming
Japan has no idea of going TO war
with this county He said
when this country submitted to
japan a treaty similar to the one
that has been signed by England it
will be signed by that government.
Congressman Rainey then devoted
some time to discussion of the
causes for so many accidents on war
vessels and in forts by the bursting