The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-25
MAKING WAR FOR PEACE.
Morcton Frewen's Appeal 10 America Not
to PrOrer Her Good Offices Now.


= TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. The
war storm has broken at last. and great
though the anguish IL I think there are
very few in these British islands who do
not welcome II, for we are quite certain
that IL Is such a storm as clears the air.
/ During thirty years past the new philOso-
ply which Treltschke has discovered the
! new evangcl revealed only to Prussia, has
consecratcd to war preparations all the
! peaceful energies and Increment of our
/ people \ whole generation has now
| passed under this yoke. and II was time
| that with blood and tears these great
/ issues were finally and forever settled
| ! should like to he permitted to write
to you - one who has So greatly ad-
! nir"d the peaceful mechanism Of your
! Federal Constitution that the splendid
work for peace accomplished by the ia
! theirs of your Constitution has seemed
! to me endangered because of the ex-
| cesses OF Prussian so-called federalism
/ Graded. as that IS, in inequality and the
wrongs " man. The federal teachings
| " Hamilton and Roger sherman prom
ised when their lesson had sunk deeply
enough into the minds Of mon to blaze
| the Trail to peace on earth. remember
! my friend the late senator Wolcott Of
| Colorado pointing this out 10 me In tho
/ very last conversation ! had with him,
which | happily published little later
| StudlNT Nbl'btl Sdl1 tnff 'the invention
| OF Federalism 10y Hamilton had saved
the American people from what was
| otherwise inevitable, namely tho cstab-
| lishm"ut of forty-sevpu sovereign states.
with forty-seveu standing armies and
| government on tho South American
| plan We OF the British Empire have
I been cropping our way to some such f-d-
erdl system. to tho estate right" equally
for ireland or FOR New Zealand. ana II
under heaven we reach that. then our
/ federal future alongside yours which we
/ have 50 closely studied. viii profoundly
| make for the worlds peace
/ But all the while the enemies Of the
| federal principle 800 England have ovey
/ pointed to the German Federation, where
| III" determination To- the grossest excuses
| OF militJsm wer- being inculcited with
an almost religious fcrvor II was not.
however, Saxony. nor Bavaria. nor Han
over, that dissipatcd the federal eireni-
con. but II was the Prussilnizlng OF the
German Federation. Prussia Is and has
| been throughout the enemy ~ European
| peace.
| II takes mankind u century to learn
any statecrafi. and your columns are no,
| the place, nor Is this the time TO ls,int
to the fact that Notwithstanding the dis
\ corddut note Of Prussia yet federation
| was everywhere emerging We have
! looked for the coming federation Of q
] united Poland and or Finland and 4,
hair hundred federal states under the
| crown of Russia. The late Archduke
| Franz Ferdinand. 50 foull- murdered
| by Servian In S,raJcvo. had given
| gre : "neucr IN Vienna by preaching 4,
| federal fu'ur" not much lAtcr for the
| allied Balkan states. and preferably
| under the crown OF Austria II T.,
enough now to write that on every
side that Federalism invented by Alr~-
| andcr Hamilton was cvervWhcr. urgent
| and rW'rrrut. IN tho case Of ireland.
indeed, 1t was IN full sight
| Iut now "" are In the very thrurs Of
sunl war AS should tho central mon
| dr'hS win II for their crazy dynas-
| ties. will leave our ark upon the foods
without visible landmarks II Is bcc, Is,.
| OF this conviction ! venture t. write 4
note Of appeal. while yet there IL time.
I" your great pacihr republic
| II IS possible now 20 write wult IL
might seem either cowardly cor uug,u,r-
| Gus TO write later. | was one who VS..
tied the United states las; year as a mem
Der of British peace mission. But !
should regard Il as the creates; disaster.
| nay. even treason 10 pustcr.ty, now tn f..
tho war * Joined. II through good M
| turcd proposals. either from within or
| without directed TO mediation. il resulted
| mat this war was not fought to a finish
Many OF my family ana my name ar, In
| the two lighting services II they die |
should be proudcr Of their place IN his
| tory thin of those who may have died a.
| 're'y. II Is for the sake ~ the new gen
| GRAFTON ana for the sax, OF It's uOst-rity
! mat W" here To- England are all utterly
| determined To- fight out the fight with
| al that may remain Germtu!c I'm Ger
many and IN Austria surviving the war
| as peaceful federal republic the world
a It'll" later viii have discovered the
Conditions OF permanent peace and W.
will then truly turn our swords INTO
| ploughshares
such Is the direction Of our hopes her,
| therefor" should there be on your side Of
the water loose tongues that talk a pre-
| mature peace, then FOR the sake ur g,n-
"rations yet unborn discourage Il hv all
| means IN your power. We English are
| determined al last to know whore We are
| w" bolieN" mat writer's such AZ Trcit-
schke and Rernhardl have poisoned IN.
wells OF thought. and that their whole
| scheme for the universe must however
| late In the day, be clean rooted out he
| cause II Is not merely nun-mural hut
| nhgrantly immoral. Just lot Us alone
then. spare us all the dlscords ~ poaco
| 'alk for some whole years Vet. hy which
time Providence can be rolled on ~ do
eide which scale the RICH, Is to wciy,
| Down. Might IN n fine thing only If il
makes FOR right. and as we see II the right
VIII not he made sufficiently clenr uu,ii
W" Br'tons have AT least n million mon
WIN the colors on the continent nf Eu-
'"pc' MoREroN FREwrN.
hEEpE PLACE. England september ~