The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-11-15
W. D. B, AINEY TALKS TO WAYNE
COUNTY TEACHERS
Congressman From Fourteenth Dis
trict Gives Interesting Account of
His Trip to Switzerland-Pre-
sentS Diplomas.

ing was Congressman w. ID. B.
Ainey of Montrose, who spoke on
the interesting subject of Univer-
sal Peace" Mr. Ainey was greeted
with enthusiasm. A large number
of our prominent townspeople
thronEed the auditorium at this time
so eager were all to hear and greet
him. His speech was most interest
ing and was given in a charming
way. Following are some of the
many good thoughts he gave to his
attentive audience:
The subject OF world peace is ex-
citing the attention OF all the nations
al this time. 1t is easier to wave the
battle flag than the white flag of
peace. The proper conception OF
man is to realize all that he may be-
come and is his duty to live with that
goal in view. Men often think they
can attain only by breaking down
We conquer in the race not by trip
ping up a man but by outrunning
him. The real competition is not
with others but with ourselves
Mans greatest expression of life is
the living out of those principles
which make him what God intended
him to be. There is need for such
a man. An unselfsh life is needed.
War is against all that. The real
problem is the problem of mutual
helpfuluness-the desire to raise
humanity to the highest point We
travel along and find discord-
selfshness-in national life and in
ternational life and so the honor of
war comes. War is a dispoiler of
homes, a destroyer of nations. The
misunderstanding among the nations
can be done away with. We have
the Hague court. 1t is only a court
of arbitration. Back of the Hague
court an understanding among the
nations is necessary. Many things
are being done in the interest of un-
iversal peace. The Interparliamen-
tary Union is a great factor in this
movement. The countries have Sc
lected their lawmakers to gather
together, at stated times in the in
terest of world peace. The Red
Cross society was made possible un-
der this influence. Four men were
chosen to represent the United States
in that great meeting at Geneva,
Switzerland. Mr.. Ainey considered
it a rare privilege to be associated
with those great men in beautiful
Geneva. Twenty other nations were
represented in that assembly and
there were nearly 15U men in all.
Over the tomb of a man our
country loves to honor are the
words, Let us have peace" He was
our soldier President, u. S. Grant,
and that motto was the whole ex-
preston of his life. Yet we rarely
think Of these words and too often
think of him as a man OF war. We
as a rule, think more of the glory
of war than we do of peace. 1t is an
economic problem-to do away with
war. The present debt OF the world
powers is 35 billions of dollars and
nearly ali of this is for war or prep
aration for war. Seventy per cent.
of the expenses OF our own govern
ment are incurred in paying the
tribute of past wars or in preparation
for future ones. Two billion dollars
are spent by the nations for arma-
ments, and 16,500,000 able-bodied
men are taken from the realms of ac-
tivity to make up the standing arm
les of the world. Much more is
spent for warlike preparations than
for education. In England four dol
lars are spent for war preparations
to one dollar for education; in Italy
nine dollars to one, and in Russia
twelve dollars to one. The interest
on this money would furnish a col
lege education for 125,O00 students.
And all this expense Is merely in
preparation for war. 1t doesn't take
into consideration the great loss of
life and expense caused by war it.
self. This Is not an argument
against proper defense, but against
war. How are you going to stop
war? What causes war? 1t is
caused by selfishness and misunder-
standing among the nations. We
can get rid of the misunderstanding
these international meetings will
do away with those-but selfishness
will still exist. | am sorry the
United States Senate refused to ac-
cept the arbitrator measures which
should nave been accepted at their
last session. One OF the men at the
great gathering in Geneva was a
Turk. Mr.. Ainey became intimately
acquainted with him and, marveling
at the excellent English he spoke,
D told this Turk that he must have
spent a great deal of time in either
England or America to have acquired
the ability to speak the English Ian
guage so fluently. But his reply to
Mr.. Ainey was that he had acquired
his use OF English not in England
or America, but at the American Col
I lege at Beirut, Syria, and said that
he knew both Drs. Henry and Samuel
Jessup very intimately. And he said
that not until the unfolding OF the
Great Day would the wonderful in
fiuence OF that college and the Drs
Jessup be really known. Since re-
turning from Switzerland Mr.. Ainey
sought out the relatives of the
doctors that he might tell them oi
the words spoken by the Turk, and
the daughter OF one of these doctors
gave Mr.. Ainey considerable infor.
nation concerning this Turk in
whom he was so deeply interested
He learned that he is a very bright
and very good man. He has made
a number OF translations, is a mem
Der OF the Turkish Parliament, and
is not Mohammedan but a Christ
ian. 1t speaks well for peace wher