The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-13

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down at a table, think il over calmly
and settle things. How much better 7
they had sat down first and settled II
and saved the bloodshed and heartaches
There is nothing to defend war; 1t Il
the one relic left of barbarism. Wan
means the deliberate death of many men
sorrow, the breaking up of homes and
the elevating of murder into virtue
And yet, the nations never were spend
| ing so much for defense as at the pres
ent time.
| Many of the wars of the past have
been deliberately planned for years by
groups of men who see for themselves
some personal gain, and the speaker al
| legged that he knew for fact that an
organization of Wall street men, men
in Boston and other cities of th-AInited
States had been planning Mexican war
for months, hoping to compel our inter-
vention in that country, which is prac-
tieally the only unexpected one, eoun-
| try rich in treasures, and one which is
little known. He paid tribute to Presi-
dent Wilson, who is standing uneompro-
misingly for peace with Mexico.
The socialistic body of men the world
over is against war, and the time is
coming when if wars do continue the
so-called masters of industry will have
to do the fighting themselves, instead
OF sending the common men" Tor these
same common men" are beginning to
realize that those who cry out for war
are not the ones who do the actual fight
ing when war comes. Another thing
that will tend to do away with war will
be woman suffrage, which is bound to
come sooner or later, and never, If we
live to be as old as Methuselah, will we
see woman ma jor-g general OF an army,
through she may in time become govern
or of a state, If not eventually presi-
dent of the United States. A realization
of the brotherhood of man and the ia
therhood of God. doctrine which is be-
ing more fully accepted as time goes
on, will make war practically impos-
sible.
In our preparation for VIZ lies our
greatest danger, just as man with
loaded gun begins TO finger il over. Soon
he touches the trigger and begins to
shoot. He has nothing to shoot at, but
he has the gun and so he shoots. Our
standing armies and our navy invite
the same danger.
DIR. Green referred briefly to the war
debts OF England, Germany, France and
Japan, which are increasing each year
until they are hardly able to bear up
under them, and then questioned, Where
will it all endg As TO the probability
or possibility OF war between this eoun-
try and Japan, Mr.. Green gave little
tirst-hand information gathered from
personal observation, for he has been to
that country at five different times and
knows whereof he speaks, alleging that
there is just as much danger of Japan
fighting the United States as of the
more. Japan is bankrupt and has been
ever since the Russian war. Only
few days ago, DIR. Green received let
ter from japanese official, friend,
who asserted that the condition in that
instead OF growing better, was
worse The only way Japan
viii ever 20 to war will be by some
European nation furnishing her the
funds. The Japanese diet has this week
nulliiied the whole naval program of the
because OF shortage of funds,
which means that $l5.000,000 will be
saved in that way alone.
Only the United States can stop this
awful expense. We now have a 81 600,
100000 war debt and more money is
being asked every year. With the mon
ey spent by us<fn the last ten years in
for war an automobile road !
DAP miles long could have been laid out, !
the national debt could have been paid
and two Panama canals built and paid /
for. And yet there is not war cloud |
on our horizon, not reason for all
this expense. When we realize that one
inch gun costs $4,000, and that each I
time a shot is fired from it, il costs ST. |
300, it is not hard to see where the mon
sy goes. Twentyeight per cent OF the |
income Of the United States is used for |
things and the other rs per
cent for war purposes, lamentable /
state OF affairs,
America must start the peace move |
nent, for when she says, 1--WE will not |
sight. II differences occur, we will take !
hem to The Hague for arbitration anu /
YOU must abide by the result What |
,ver comes we viii not fight, then the |
,ther nations viii back us and sigh of I
'elief viii go up from everyone OF them /
hat war, in its awfulness and in its |
,ostliness, is over forever. TO be the \
greatest nation in the world should not \
,e our sole effort nor is it desired that /
We should be the richest; but the best,
he most lasting epitaph that could be /
written concerning Tic is this. America,
he peacemaker OF the world"