Lower coast gazette., 1913-06-14

ternational peace, which we presume the Ia
tions of the earth would be glad to have II they
could maintain their existing boundaries. Ger
manv took Alsace and Lorraine from France
and at an earlier date SchlesWlg and Holsteln
from Denmark and of course wants to retain
these recent acquisitions. The Flnlanders have
had something of a government OF their own,
hut the Russians have now practically destroy
sed that. and all that is done in Finland must
come under the direct control Of the st. Peters
burg authorities.
The most recent problem that has presented
itself has been that of the little nations OF the
Balkan peninsula in their grand effort to drive
the Turk out of Europe in which they nave
been so nearly successful that the complete
banishment of the Turk would seem to be the
certain result of the next move.
The cry for universal peace is an absurd one.
It is only uttered by those who have got all
thew want and they endeayor by their cries to
obscure the cries of those who are the under
dogs in the great fight of civilization and OF
civilization and of those who want more than
thew now have. Peace is not q natural con-
dition among men or among beasts. Wherever
men exist or beasts exists, leadership quickly
asserts itself. The men of the mountains and
; the men of the Balkan states generally are
good fighters. Alexander came from Mace
donia when it was part of Greece and went on
his wav conuuering the whole of the then
civilized world, and sighed because he had no
more worlds to conquer. When Bismarck be-
came conscious of the latent powers OF Ger
manv and of the intrinsic weakness OF France,
he chose his time and won his expected victor
les and dictated the terms Of peace in Paris, In
volying the payment of the war expenses OF a
thousand millions of dollars. Men may preach
peace throughout the world, Carnegie may
give much money for the promotion OF peace,
but the survival of the fttest is the only hypo-
thesis that will completely cover the case and
that means an eternal conflict between oppos'
ing forces and the final survival of the lndlvld.
uals best adapted to their environment.
Fortunately for us here in America, witt
nearly a hundred millions of people, we IND
degree of observation-disclosures among men such a!
is -four d nowhere else. The founders OF gu
republic perhaps builded better than they knew
but any way, they built wonderfully wen
Their view Of the matter was to have as feS
differences between the s~tates(as they conven
iently could. In order to accomplish tins the
left under the control Of the states ali the gov
erning powers excepting those that were spec
ially delegated to the central or national gov
ernment. In this way our people could CIVIC
up into parties and cliques and local govern
ments might be adapted to these various OH
senting members without disintegratlng tf
great national mass. It is sail that a ten hi
road cannot be built in the north OF ScotlaE
without the direction Of he English parllamen
We can build roads in the Parish OF Plaqu
rsiEes under the control OF our local authorize
the police jury, simply because the state has
! Cf it's special rights reserved to 1t and stan
: ready to grant to the various parishes any Ii
! critics that can be granted to all Of them.
Positive peace is an impossibility. Our hig
est exponents Of peace at the present time S.
that it can best be procured and maintained
ADEQUATE ornaments. This is we'll said al
: probably true, but it is an enforced peace a.
: will terminate in a collision with other opposi
: forces some tine later on.
, After the French revolution the Germa
and English combined against Napoleon Be
: aparte ard Napoleon's power was overthrow
= Had it rot been so the map Of Europe wol
: prohably have had a different aspect from WI
L it now hes. Every student OF American hlstc
e We thiEk will and should admire the clear he's
/ eaness Of the fathers of cur republic mad t
% provisions that they made fer the retention
ell possible rights in the local communities a
: the exercises by the general government Of
a ly those rights that were and are essential
le Iational governmental organization. The cry
peace, peace, but we say there can be no pea