Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-21

telIigent methods of cultivation l.
equivalent to adding TO our nation a.
area equal to that which We now OWL
and that it would be even more val
liable, because the addition would belong
to those now here, whereas conqueTcG
land would still belong to those whC
We're conquered with it The tremen
dous advance in agricultural method
suggests pGssibi tiles i'm other directions
for there is no limit 10 the avenues o
usefulness which. open out before those
who are willing to dedicate themselves
10 the Improvement Of conditions. Even
the supreme sacrifice for which the bat
tlefield has called in the past may nave
its parallel in those who give their liVes
in the Investigation Of remedies and III
the testing Of new inventions. Fame
patriotic hearts afame with love viii re-
spoRd to the bugle's thrilling call to in
teliectual and moral battIefields.
If war Were a thing 10 he desired, il
would be planned fo~. ana resort TO II
would be SyStematized-what folly L
leave il to accident or chance, good
way 10 prove the falsity of Il bad propo-
sition is to suppose il true and then FOL
low ii until its absurdity is exposed. APP
ply this test to wal: let those who be
lleve ii to be means of development
put their theory to the test. Let them
teach il in the schools; let them advise
men not merely to be prepared for 1t II
case it should come, but to concert to
that the world may not he denied ii
wholesome 81 influence, The fact tina.
war is apollo iZe1 for instead of praised
that it is deprecated instead Of eXtolleG
that We celebrate the anniversaries of
treaties not calls to arms-these are
proof positive thai war is a weed to be
exterminated. not a producing plant
to be propagated.
ture belongs to il. For nineteen cen
turtles there has been an expanding hop.
OF the fulfllment Of the prophecy spoke
by Isaiah. that swords shall he turne,
into plowsharcs and spears into prunin
hooks. And at no time has it move
forward more steadily and rapidly tina.
in our day. Every great force in so
ciety is contributing TO the certant.
of its hnal triumph. Is the percenias
OF illiteracy doe casing? The mind, freed
from the letters Of ignorance. insist.
upon the substitution of reason for force
1t scorns to sink to the level OF &
blow when IL can Usc argument more
effectuailE. The more compete informa
ton which comes with higher educatio
makes more Ger .ain a Clear understand
ing OF the forces that lie back of war
Certain interests prOilt by war and "a
soon as this fact becomes Sencral.y
known the support which these person
give to war Is at once converted int
an argument against il. Sef-lnterest
hideous. bloodstaned and revolving. has
too often hidden behind the mask q.
patriotism. Army contractors have con-
tributed a portion Of their profits to
manufacture Il spurious public opinion
The manufacturers of arInor plate have
not hesitated to capitalize love of coun-
try and to fan passion into consum-
ing flame They have INCREASINGLY slim
uiated in the hearts of their country
men hatred of the foreigner: they have
even stealthfully infused into the breast
of the foreigner luminosity toward their
own country men. And the newspaper, SO
to popular government, and
SO powerful for good when rightly en-
the newspaper has some
times sod it's birthright for mess of
pottage and weighed the profits derived
from sensational headlines against the
which comes from Il con-
seriousness OF service rendered
The intelligent man considers the costli
ness of war. Bankruptcy is the inevi-
table end when nations enter into
rivalry TO see which can be most COM
pietely prepared for war that should
never come. II might makes right. then
the old nations must continue indefi-
nitely the struggle to keep their war
footing stronger than that of the new