The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-24

the war with as much safety as going to
pink tee, and without loss, Gwen to his APP
pitite, but things air differint now. A
bomb careessly roaming over the country
for its health just as soon cut loose and
scatter ten penny nails, scrap iron and Ill
health in the nayborhood of MAJOR Gen
eral as in the vicinity of the cook. tor
pedo out for little swim is just as habull
TO stick its nose against the Flagship with
the adhered on it, and send all on board on
an inspection tour OF the deep sad seq as
II is to do emmy thing else War is getting
to be a very dangerous proposlslon
II would seem that this fact would tend
miteilv to help out Andy and all the lEaer
lowers of Peece. But sumhow 1t seems TO
have no effect We air still having wars.
DIVER in Urope they air at tins time en-
gagged i'm making a large number OF wld-
dows in the Turl<ishzfmpire. EVERY time
YOU shoot a musselman you dessolate frum
ore to a hundred and fifty perfectly lovely
or otherwise Wimmln, and make fatherless
u hole district school, and the Bulgaryans
and the Montynegrans have been making
a regular Misunderstanding hollyday out OF
Door old Turkey The scrap has been so
entertaining that the luther Uropean Pow
ers air ieelus and they want to GIT into 1t,
and 1T looks like they may. Emmy how, just
think of how menny wars we have had
cents they began to say that we weer too
civilized to have emmy moor! just thlnk
of the amount OF mummy each naslon spends
every year getting reddy for war? There's
the Boor war, the Spannsh-Amerlcan war,
the Russo-Jappynnese war, the Italian
Turkey war, the Bulgaryan- Montynegran-
Turkish war and varius and sundry uthers,
TO say nuthng Of the little South American
and Cuban. and Mexican insurrectslons,
nor the Taft Roosevelt war; and the war on
Votes for Wimmin. The Mexican and South
American wars ought not to count, for they
air not much moor dangerus than a spell
of meezles, and take rank with oughtmo7
bile rases, flying macheen contests and
football games in the United States.
But the point we started out to make is
that all this talk Of universal Peace has
been all bnncomb so far, and the results
obtained have not been very encouraging
to the Teller who has to go out and make
himself sacrifice for his country. M not
kicking SO far as | am individually con-
serned. Long ago ! determined that |
would be peaceful. feel no deep annymos
ity toward Japan or emmy luther country
which is disposed to be beligerrent We
. gone good long time without emmy fame
won on the field of battle, and feel that |
can probably struggle along to good ripe
old age without it. Fame won on the field
Of battle in the moddern times of sivviiza-
sion sertainly appears to have its draw
backs, when gunners have BEGUN so expert
that they can shoot there initials on your
system three or fore miles away. Uthers
may have yeerning to put on brite new
uniform and go out and get it all mussed
up aud cum back home loaded down with
glory and soft nosed bullets, but as for
me, | am trying to suppress my marshal
SPIRIT. II evvry boldly looked at it like |
do, we sertainly would have long spell of
unanimus peece. 1t seems very sensibnll
idear TO me.
Yours troolv.
BILL VINES.
Wael,i,tofon II T.