Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-12-29
NORMAN ANGEL, APOSTLE PEACE, ]
THINKSWAR Will BE ABOLISHED.

Ron anist frankly admitted that IL wa!
"A depIorable event, but added tha
they had slit Protestant threats jus
to preserve their own. Had Protest
antism become dominant, the life o
no Romanist would have been safe
Put, objected the Protestant, is an,
sitting Of threats by either party ne
cessary? Mark the answer. said Mr.
Angel. Human nature, being whai
1t was, TIE one subject which mos
deeply touched man, and that was re
| ligion. would drive them 20 the ex
ltremity of action, and only when tbel
had eliminated that would men differ
ing in opinion live together ia nr1itI
That would not be for mi'I.||IUs
said the Romanist, finally The 81
years war which followed lent weight
/ To that contention Of the Roman Cath
ole, for IL was the bloodIc.| and most
cruel war in history I|[ point
said Mr.. Angel to the I1I| that moi
in uncounted millennium. but ii 4
century, we saw reliEioI. vars ban
ished in the lands which we're deYas
tated by them. and tol1I 10 people
would tolerate any attempt 10 propa,
gate q religion BY war. the InQuisition
or bitter and ruthless persecution
Why? Because the general Judgment
of humanity has repndiated the whole
scheme of things which made them
possible.
The most powerful thing in the
world Is an idea. Just as the growth
OF an idea has made religious wars
q thing OF the past, 50 in the realm
Of international politics the idea Of
its ineffectiyeness win make war. for
any purpose nations propose to them
selves, impossible, when men see and
recognize that war may secure, e. 81.
extension OF territory, or what Is cali
ed military glory. but does not me-
cessarily secure better conditions for
the people, they will refuse to wage
t.. And. mark you, neither Of these
things do secure moral or material
Well,being, or else the people Of Rus
STA would be richer and happier than
the people OF Switzerland which GER
tainly they are notl .
Remember how true idea will
alter the thought and action of one
laboring under an incorrect idea.
When / was boy an Italian played
the three-ca trick on the villagers
and robbed them Of their money.
Next market-day Frenchman visited
the town, and the villagers nearly
killed him. My father, on the bench.
expressed his surprise that the assail.
ants, who were arrested, had visited
the sin of an Italian on a Frenchman,
They bluntly said they did not know
Italian from Frenchman, but he was
one of these foreigners, and so they
had beaten him. Now true idea OF
nationality would have saved tho
Frenchman q terrible thrashing and
the villagers term OF Imprisonment.
$50 conclude said Mr. ANGEL.
that If you could but remove the
false idea which dominates the minds
Of the nations that the foreigner must
be an enemy and one nation the
enemy at q given time and convince
men that geographical boundaries do
not forbid friendship and amicable
cooperation, you have destroyed the
alleged grounds for huge ornaments,
the expense of which is crushing the
nations
Yes, / do look to the growth O!
true ideas for the abolition OF war
and &C preparations for war. Behind
kings and statesmen !. public opinion,
blind and ignorant, driving them on
Alter that, convince the peoples that
not conflict, but cooperation, Is the
true note for international life, and
you will have made war for any rea
son touching the people as much a
thing Of the past as religious wars.
That Is the very centre and pith
Of my contention on this question of
peace and war. However one argues
the question, and from whatever
points one starts, one inevitably ar
riyes at this end: III the common view
as to what war can accomplish is
right, war will go on; ii that view,
as have attempted to show, is wrong,
then, as soon that men realize that
1t is wrong, war will cease It's ces.
sation will depend upon the realiza-
ton of the fact. Moreover, action is
the result of belief; not the fact, but
mans opinion about the fact, is, what
determines conduct. Faith, right or
relationship. 1t is because men and
nations have the wrong political faith
that we are misdirecting our energies
and wasting our substance, as we
are. It is a real political reformation
which We have to achieve; and pro.
gress in this matter viii depend upon
whether 1t can be accomplished or
not -.. p. s...
Let this be my message. The flu.
ture will see the old antagonisms ban
ished and new spirit of cooperation
govern the nations. It twill come
about by the growth of the idea that
only by such cooperation can the real
material and moral interests of the
masses of mankind be secured. War
has failed, and wars have been posi-
sble-nay, .inevitable-only because Of
ignorance. misunderstanding, insane
rivalries, which interee Led parties
have exploited and played upon
GOOD SUGGESTION TO