Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28
WORLD PEACE IS
PLEA OF JORDAN
Trans Mississippi Congress Dels
egates Hear Address by
Stanford President.
MEANS MUTUAL RESPECT
Cites Undefended Border Of 100 Years
Between United States and
Canada.


Stanford, Jr., university, discussed
The Case Against War" before the
delegates to the ans-Mississippi con-
gress today.
He declared that the greatest loss
TO a nation from war was not the I'M
returning brave" but those who
might have been but never were"
Mr.. Jordan said in part:
The aim of the peace movement is
70 do its--part TO keep unreasoning
anger out of the councils of the
world. The absence of unreasoning
anger between nations is the begin
ming of peace. But our ideals OF
peace are not met by bankruptcy
armed TO the teeth the state of Eur
ope today.
international peace means mutual
respect and mutual trust, a condition
in which the boundary line between
states is not line of suspicion ana
hate, but, like the boundaries of pro-
vinces, convenience in judicial and
administrative adjustments.
Such boundary as this is found
in the four thousand mile line which
separates Canada from the United
States, an undefended border which
for nearly a hundred years has not
known fortress nor a warship nor
gun. There is nothing OF which
the two great North American nations
have a greater right to be proud
than this boundary of trust and conf
denCe."
HISTORY Is RENEWED.
DR.. Jordan reviewed the history of
wars and the money leaders who
made them possible. Continuing, he
said:
TO control it is not necessary to
own. We find the difference in our
American problems of railway man,
agement. AS one may control rail-
way without owning il, so NAV one
control likewise a nation. II is nee
essary only TO control its debts. or
rather its demand for more debt. The
debt OF Europe, mostly for war and
war implements and mostly contract
ed In the last so years. has been con-
trolled not owned by 'das consortium'
OF bankers, by the IS to IS families,
the Rothschilds at their head. who
constitute the unseen empire of f.
nance"
Coming down to the cost, the speak
er went 20 show that without war
taxes each man could have his house
free. were the money to be used in
such fashion. The annual expendi-
ture of the world on armies and nav
les in these times of peace. he said,
passes S4,00O,OOO,OOO every year.
Continuing his argument, DR.. Jor-
dan said:
II is by the condition Of the com.
mon folk that the prosperity of all
nations should be measured. II is
not the status of the banker, the
trader. the landowner. the profession
al men, the university, the theatre,
the art gallery. which determines the
place of the nation. Almost the
whole story of the rise of the cost or
living is told in the story of the rise
OF taxes for war debt and war arma-
ment. the whole receipts earned and
unearned of all the people of the
United States, by far the richest ma
ton on earth. barely serve to paw the
OIL 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 it"
TAKES BEST BLOOD.
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 r9-
NAMED, and from their blood came
forward new generations who hold
the history OF the nation in their
grasp.
To war the speaker blamed the
deterioration of the European races.
Where is the country squire of
English life and English history ,
Where are his rosy checked and
strong imbed daughters? Where in
deed is the typical John Bull of the
time-honored cartoon? Why is It thar
three or four-some say II-milIions
. OF Englishmen are unable to earn q
decent living. or any living at All IN
England today?
/ Why lie 1t that these same unAm.
plcyed are found unemployed in Can.
ada, in Australia, or wherever they
may go? Why is It that the tendency
I In all average physical standards IS
downward. while the standards of the
best are always growing higher? The
answer lies in the reversed selection
/ of war.
WHO CAN NEVER BE.
! Its effects are found in England
and everywhere else where strength
and courage have been rewarded nv
glory and extinction. England has
exchanged her country squires for
the memorial tablet.
More than for all who have farIa,
In battle. or were wasted in the
camps. England should mourn thu
fair women and brave men that
should have been descendants Of bar
strong and manly men. II We NAV
personify the spirit Of the nation
England should most grieve. no, over
her unreturning brave. but over those
who might have been but never were
those who so long as history lasts
can never be"
MILLIONS SPENT .uoo-