Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-23

xntlon's affected passion for peace. At
the very time tho civilized nations OF
the world are organizing leagues and
spreading literature aud pretend to
preach the promotion OF peace two
hundred thousand men are rolling In
rhuaash. blood, A. the very time the
nations of the world are going through
the farcial formally OF choosing rep
resentntlves to the worlds peace con-
ference, they remain armed to the
teeth and keep on Increasing their mr.
mics and navies. Where was tho
pence conference when italy declared
war on Turkey? Where was the Hague
tribunal when the Balkan states threw
their savage hosts against the Otto
man dmpire2 Nay more. Not enough
that tho ungOdly work of butchery IL
carriSa on by peoples who say they
love peace, but they are not even hon
est enough to admit that they are
prompted by greed and the lowest
form OF selhshness. They are so
hypocriucal as to say that the war Ia
being waged In the interests OF re-
ligiOn.
III we can conceive Of an all-mercl-
full God as capable OF hating. he must
certainly hate hypocrisy, And what
IL II. pray. but hypocrisy that Kills and
mains and mutilates In the name OF
religion? What else It In but hypoo-
rlsy that considers the widowink of
women and the orphaHIng OF child
rem aH God-pleasing and meritorious ?
Can you conceive OF greater bias.
phe,ny OF God ana OF n more thor
ouGh dissertation OF the very mama. re-
4. Ilgl0n?' Yet the European notions
and even some short-slghted people
In this free and fair country. have
gone down on their kness to thank
! God for the war that has been waged
1 the victories that have been won. for
the triumph of the cross over the
crescent. Think OF the rank hypoc-
nisy, think OF the low depth to which
| true religious sentiment has sunk
Two hundred thousand men have been
slain or wounded, hundreds Of thoua.
ands and parents have by wilful and
wantOn human hands been oereaVeC
OF their chlldTen u million childreG
have been rendered fatherless. ana al
that In the name OF religion
"a cla ssioai anecdote tells OF a Dir.
ate who was one day captured and
brought before Alexander the Great
| When asked how he came 10 Taaks
tho sea unHafe, he replied; In the
same manner that thou makest thu
earth unaafe; but becAuBe do II n
my little ship am called robOer
and thou dost II In . great neet aFi
called ImneratOF. t,.f h... o..
at u certainly time We discarded
our hypocritlcal distinctions between
right aud WreaE, between baaenesl
and noblenesG. II Il ID ungodly foI
/ one man to Commit one muSdefFlt 4
inst az ungolly for ahundFOd khouH
and men 10 commit q hundred thous
and aurSsFI ltslg surely Hms W
were At least ffqpk and honest, 4
We tAnhok b just and righteous. \
ID time We stopped preaching peace
on earth. and sOoagwill ~ men, and
~ the pamS time carr. our DEADLY
aasSarg at horne and our cannonl
abroad, ready 70 destroy and annihi'
late our selloWimen wherever We hns
them. What IL moro appllcabls 4
our pfAsent-aay civilization than biFa
BroWnlns's words IN Aurora Leigh
"fTho wOrla-soOk round M
the world we're como to. LATE. \
swollen hard, t
yslth .pWlshea SoneratIoFe am
ma spade arInds iiprFi
ON dSsd mans bones, and cnnno