Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-28
"The Case Against War" Strongly Presented
by DR.. David StGrr-JOrdan in Address
Staggering Cost of Armed
Conflicts Is 1mpressively
Pointed 0ut by Noted Edu-
Gator to Transmississippi
Commercial Congress.
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salt Lake city. Ctan Aug rs
David Starr Jordan. president Of
stanford. Jr. University. discussed
"Tnc case Against War" before the
delegates to the Trans Mississippi
Commercial congress.
Tie declared that the greatest loss
Co n nation from war was not the
unreurning brave" but chose who
might have but never mere"
Mr.. Jordan snid in part:
The aim Of the peace movement is|
60 DO .ts part 10 keep unroasoning
anger out % the councils OF the.
world TIE absence OF unreasoning
anger between nations 10 the beginning
Of peace. But our ideaIs Of peace are
not met by bankruptcy armed 10 the
teeth, the state of Europe today.
international peace means mutual
respect and mutual trust. n condition
IN which the boundary line between
states IN not line az suspicion and
hate. but. like the boundaries 81 pro-
Nincos, a convenience In judicial and
misunderstanding adjustments.
"such boundary ~ this Is fodnd
in the 900 mile line which separates
canada from the United Stater. an
undefended border which for nearly "a
hundred wears has not known q fort.
ress nor q wRrship nor o gun. There
b. nothing of which the two great
North American nations have a great
cr right 90 bee proud than this DO. D
AIRY of trust and confidence"
ur Jordan reviewed the history 81
wars and the money lenders who
made them possible. Continuing. he
said.
TO control Il Ia not necessary 20
own We find the difference IN our
American problems OF railway man
ngemvnt. AZ one may control a rail-
way without owning Il, 80 may one
control likewise q nation. II Is neces~
Fafy only to control It's debts, or rath-
or it's demand for more debt The
debt Of Europe. mostly for war and
war Implements and mostly contract
ed in the last sixty years, has been
controlled not owned by 'das con-
sortium' OF bankers, by the sixteen
TO eighteen families. che Rothschilds
at their head who constitute the I'M
seen empire OF finance"
Coming down 10 the cost the
sneaker went 10 show that without
war taxes, each man could have nus
house free. were the money 10 be
used In such fashion. The annual eX-
penditure Of the world ON armies and
navies In those times Of peace, he
said, passes $4,000. 100000 every year
Continuing his argument Dr. Jor-
dan said.
1T il BY the condition Of the com
mon folk that the prosperity OF AT
nations should be measured. u is NOT
the status of the banker, tho trader,
the landowner. the professional men,
the university. the theater, the arr
FaIlery which determines the place ol
the nation. Almost the whole story
Of the rise Of the cost OF living -
told in the story of the rise OF taxes
for war debt and war armament. the
whole receipts earned and unearned
Of an the people 81 the United states
by far the richest nation on earth
barely serve 10 pay the bill for war
EXPENSES of the world, for the year
The rich men OF the world can no
longer find gain In war. They want
no more OF H."
The biggest portion Of the address
was devoted 10 the support of the
assertion that war took the best blood
Of any country, her young and fear
less men. and that only towards re-
manned. ard from their blood came
forth new generations who hold the