The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-01

At the close of the magnificent lee
ture delivered last night by DR.. Thos.
E. Green, of Chicago, the first Chau-
tauqua came to a successful conclu-
sion.
Long before the hour announced for.
the nguished speaker to begin his
address the spacious hall was comfort
ably filled and when DIR. Green ap-
peared upon the stage there were few
If any vacant seats in the auditorium.
There had been many high class at
ira cttonS offered by the management
during the week, but It was the con-
sensus Of opinion that the best was re-
served for the closing night.
DR.. Green, as was stated in The Jour
nal yesterday morning, was to deliver
the Nations" This lecture is regarded
by critics to be one of the best, If not
premier of any delivered by a lyceum
lecturer. 1t is one of the gifted speak
er's latest productions and wherever
he has been heard on this subject he
of unstinted praise from the leading
papers of the United States.
"The Burden of the Nations"
The large audience expected a rare
treat last night and there were none
who left the auditorium il the slightest
degree disappointed. DR.. Green in be-
ginning his address said that if money
is the measure of economic value, civil
iZation is today face to face with its
most stupendous problem. At least 65
per cent of the income of the great
nations is devoted to a common pur-
pose BY common consent that pur-
pose ranks low in the. scale of moral
appraisement.
But weird delusion has possessed
the Judgment of the nations. A YAM
pire philosophy is sucking the blood of
lofty purpose. Civilization today lauds
and decorates her scholars, but she
sends them to search in comparative
squalor; she chains investigation with
insuf1ciency; progress pines in poverty,
earth's largest longings languish in i'm
potent indulgence, while the nations
pour uncounted millions at the shrine
of ravening savagery, and waste the
substance of their people in the muir
derous enginery of war.
Loss of Life in War.
-"Since history began" said DR.. Green,
ats story tells that fifteen billion men
have persisted as a result of battle.
Fifteen billion means all the human
beings who have lived in the world for
the last 500 years, counting three gen
erations to a century. And Vet with
al, the pest to teach wisdom, the world
insists that war is a tenahle possibility
among civilized nations. Not war a
frank, outspoken purpose of destruc-
ton"
Continuing. DR. Green said: of
course, the kindest thing we can say
to excuse ourselves is tc admit that
rnilitaryism is a disease, an economic
pestilence, life sapping, reason destroy
ing, irrational. Its entire philosophy Is
delusion. There is no logic by
which 1t can be justified. Common
sense disapproves II between indt-
viduals"
Present Day Conditions.
DR.. Green then led up to the propo-
sition. Can civilizat alton save itself.
Has II an antiseptic for its caucerous
Gistemper? Is there any end possible
save chaos? The statesmen Of the
world stand aghast. They know that
the ma sses of the people are not afraid
Of foes abroad ha,f much as of
cost and struggle at home"
The speaker then referred q length
to the military powers Of the various
nations. comparing their military and
naval strength. Militarism. he declared, |
is the burden Of the nations. France, |
for instance, with her staggering bur
den of over six billion dollars debt. |
spends 40 per cent of her income in
prepa ration for war. Japan, poor,