The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-05-21

glitter and tinsel, war is seen in its
hideous nakedness, and no longer are
men deceived. The effect is seen in the
United States, where it is now difficult
to obtain voluntary recruits, and in
European countries force must be
used to fill the ranks with disconnected
and unwilling soldiers.
Within the past few years, the move
ment for international Peace has De-
come world wide. In every civilized
land there is active organization, and
aggressive work is being done So
cieties of men and women composed Of
the most enlightened minds of every
civilized country are nobly working to-
ward the object Of educating and
training world opinion. They are prov
ing to the nations that war as a means
of determining international disputes
Is unnecessary and barbaric. Never
before in the worlds history. has there
been a concerted movement carried on
by the strongest and best men and wom-
en- throughout the civilized world. me
sentiment for peace is rapidly lncreas-
ing Says the President of the United
States in a recent address THE princi-
pal of justice to the weak as well as
to the strong is prevailing to an ex-
tent heretofore uIhllO" II ~ HlSiOi y
Rules of conduct which govern men in
their relations to one another are being
applied in an ever increasing degree TO
nations. The battlefield as a place Of
settlement of disputes is gradually
yielding to arbitral courts of justice.
The interests of the great masses are
not being sacrificed as in former times
to the selfishness, ambitions, and ag-
grandizement of sovereigns, or to the
intrigues of statesmen unwilling to
surrender their scepter of power. Re-
ligious wars happily are specters of a
MEDIEVAL or ancient past, and the
Christian Church Is laboring vailantly
10 fulfill its destiny of Peace on
Earth"
Let 1t not be supposed. however, that
the task of creating peace sentiment
among the nations is an easy one. Al
first thought it would seem that no
right thinking or intelligent person
would oppose international arbitra
ton, international peace or the general
disarmament of the chief powers Of the
earth. Nevertheless there is Opposi-
tion OF a very powerful and influential
sort. There are many rulers of nations
as well as many of the ueading or gov
erning classes who believe that military
and naval rivalry among civilized ma
tions creates and protects trade, de-
velops commerce and lends prestige
and power to commercial nations. This
is a wholly false theory which the
Peace societies are successfully meet
ing and exposing by arguments, facts
and statistics. Then there are those
controlling great wealth and vast pow
er who find it very profitable to man
and furnish "a
ornaments and equipment TO prepare
nations for war; the builders of grea
steel clad vessels, the makers of guns
ammunition and all sorts of military
and naval supplies. Naturally they
think wars are but natural manifesto
ton of healthy national existence
but these are wholly explained by self
ish commercial interests. Then, too. We
must not forget those who make wa
a profession. The military aristocrac!
so to speak, wields a wide influenc,
upon the public opinion. This clas
originates the greater part of the IVA
-scares'' which periodically appear il
the newspapers and magazines. Whel
we consider all these elements of OPP
position it is not surprising that pro
gross toward world peace has beer
slow The Peace societies and the ad
VOcdt6S Oh international dTDlIFdllOn al
over the world are now employed il
proving and demonstrating that mill
tarism does not pay and that Peace i
rot only right, but that il is profita
bic. The Carnegie Endowment Fun
for International Peace has provide
ample means for distributing broad
cast throughout the world facts an
figures which prove this. GRADUALLY
international public opinion will de
mand general disarming of the nation
of the earth.
When the public opinion of the worl
has thus been over by the advo
Gates of Peace, when mankind at las
shall substitute law, justice and low
for might and force and hatred, the
the vision of the old Prophet of Go
shall be reality and the words of tn
English poet which are also prophet
will be descriptive of a world devote
to the peace and the true progress
and development of the human fam
lily:
For 1 dipt into the future far a
human eye could see.
Saw the vision of the world. and a
the wonders that would be:
Saw the heavens fill with commerce
argosies of magic sails.
THUS VI tlS pun PIE L" Itl-i III, III Opp4I
down with costly bales;
Heard the heavens fill with shouting
and there came a CHASTITY dew
From the nations airy navies crap
ping in the central blue:
Far along the world wide whisper o
the south wind rushing warm,
With the standards Of the peopl
storm:
pIunging through the thunde
Till the war-drums throbb'd no longe
and the battle flags were furld
In the Parliament of Man. the Fedora
ton of the world
There the common sense OF most Sha
hold a fretful realm in awe.
And the kindly earth shall slumber lap
in universal law"
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