The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-07
TOO MUCH MONEY
 IS SPENT ON WAR
Dr. Green Lectures at the
 High School
GIVES SOME STATISTICS
Large Audience Enjoyed Arguments of Widely Travelled Lecturer in
 Proving That America Must Lead in Peace Making

The second number of the lyceum course was presented in the high school auditorium last evening before a large audience which showed great opprecia- ton of that prince of lecturers Dr. Thomas E. Green. of Chicago, who de- livered an enlightening address on America, the Peace Maker"
 The address of Dr. Green was at times interrupted by a ripple of faint applause, but though most of 1t deep, thoughtful silence prevailed; for the words of the lecturer forced the audience to think, and as the speaker explained, people think best in silence.
 Toured World
 Dr. Green spoke of just returning from an extended trip around the world of having seen and interviewed the leading men of the world, the ministers, cabinet officers, governors, ecclesiastics, Journalists, revolutionists, students and all people, of every sort and kind, in order to obtain facts and study condi- tions that he might bring a message back to his home country. Every country in Europe he visited his eastern tour com prlsing Turkey. Palestine, Egypt, India, the Philippines, China and Japan.
 There are according to the most re- liable statistics 1,4440oO,0o0 people in the entire world at present" he said. In Texas alone, each and everyone of ,hem could be provided with a regular city lot to live on. Illinois bears the reputa- ton of having the greatest cultivated area in the United States, less that 5. of l per cent not being under .ultya- tion. In Illinois during the current year s367, 100000 was the wealth created by It's agricultural activities. The people of the world are drawn to our country. They come and are assimilated into this great area which Israel Zangwill, so fittingly described as "The Melting Pot" The world acknowledges that America is the leader and the dominant leader.
 "The voice of the people is the voice of God" but it only to seldom speaks. The twentieth century, however. rsveals to us that the people are preparing to speak in parts of the world and lave spoken in other parts. Everywhere throughout Europe and Asia the people are thinking and are omnously silent. There is unrest everywhere. 1t remains for America to solve the problems. the economic problems of the world.
 Reason for Unrest
 ''The one great reason for the gen eral unrest is the world wide spread of democracy. man can stand in public in London and speak things which ten years ago would hace put him in jail. Germany. Norway Sweden. the British Isles, and all of Europe, Egypt, India, Japan and China look to us and copy after us, the one republic that is d suc- cess and lasting.
 we now come to the army and navy and that is where America should mak @ a decided stand and become the worlds peace maker. Since history began there have been 15I0O0, 900, 900 men killed in battle or more men killed in battle than have lived for the past 600 years. Armed peace is fallacy and a joke to any 5OO,0O0 men out of a population of 40,000,000 of which there are 1,2S0,000 paupers and 12,000,000 so poor that they must apply to state for help. Eng lands war debt amounts to $3,565, ,000,- GOO and this year they have appro- priated s427, 900, 900 for more warships and the uplSeep of the army.
 Germany's Army
 "Germary with population of 65,- O0O, 900 or 210 to the square mile has standing army of 76O,000 with a war debt of s5,2b0, 900, 900; the ratio in Eng land of the war debt per capita is s92 and that of Germany s121; the large standing army of Germany has caused half of the young men to put off mar rage and statistics shows that in 1911 there were 173,000 illegitimate children born in Germany, a truly appalling rec ord.
 "The war debt of France Is so large