The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-09
DR.. JORDAN'S TALK
Leland Stanford Man Addressed
5000 Teachers.
Organized Kansas Branch of
the Peace League.

Before an audience of nearly five
thousand teachers at the closing seS-
sion of the Ffftieth annual meeting Of
the Kansas State Teachers aSSocia-
ton, DR.. David Starr Jordon of Leland
Stanford university, stated that war is
nothing more nor less than world dis
ease. He declared that it is relic
of barbarism, and that the whole
movement of civilization has been
from strife towards order.
At the conclusion of the address on
THE Case Against War DIR. Jordon
organized a Kansas branch of the
American School Peace League. A
constitution was adopted and the fol-
lowing officers elected: President,
Chancellor Frank Strong, Lawrence;
secretary, w. D. Ross, Topeka; treas
presidents, George E. Meyer, Pitts
burg; E. Stanley, Wichita; w. S.
Heusner, Junction City; l. N. Allen,
Wichita; Miss Anna E. Arnold, Cotton
wood Falls; counsellors, Miss Edna
Day, Lawrence; H. ]. Waters, Manhat-
tan; J. H. Hill, Emporia; w. S. Pick
ems, Hays; Miss Eta J. Mccoy, Otta-
wa; Lee Harrison, Wellington; j. G.
Hall, Hutchinson; John Macdonald.
Topeka.
DR.. Jordan insisted that the aim of
the peace movement is to keep I'M
reasoning anger out of the councils of
the world. He contended that war is
destructive of the best resources of the
nation, and that as a result of the war
the best men of the race are slain and
the weakest survive to become the
fathers of the succeeding generations.
War, DIR. Jordan maintained is almost
as ravenous in time of peace, for to
maintain standing armies and navies
requires great outlay in money and
resources.
of the cost of Twin, is told in the story
of the rise of taxes for war debt and
war armament" said DIR. Jordan. 1.-The
whole receipts earned and unearned of
all the people of The United States, by
far the richest nation of the earth.
barely serve to pay the bill of war ex-
penses 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. And the interests of the small
men of the world, the men who suffer
and pay taxes are likewise bound UP in
peace.
1.-THE superiority of Germany lies in
science, it's industrial art, its commerce,
its eXaltation of all civilian activities.
Her weakness lies in the constant
preparation for war. Moreover. the fact
of universal compulsory education and
industrial training with compulsory in
surance against old age, has greatly re-
duced the visible number of unemployed
and unemp1oyable.
1.-The whole movement of civilization
has been from strife towards order.
In barbarism, every mans hand is
against the other. The life of every
man and woman is tragedy. AS hui
mainly has risen, cooperation has
taken the place of destruction. Men
have brought peace to their families
and their neighborhoods by working to
exclude war. They have learned more
and more to leave their differences to
the decisoin of others, either through
arbitral settlement or judicial decision
The one brings about a condition of
nv 70 &~1a
wards ideal justice. And in the world
of today, both methods find their CEN
ter in the councils and tribunals of The
Hague"
A pleasing feature of the closing ses-
sion was the singing by the nter-City
quartet of Kansas City, Kan. The
short pipe organ recital by Dean Horace
Whitehouse was also appreciated