El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-31

the uItra-pacificist group, who by their
feachines do some real, although nm
tied. mischief. Iney are Lee 5IIl I'm;
these ltra-pacificists, morally and
r1bvsicalIv: but in a country where
voice and vote are ankle rec lhey
NAV. if their teachings are not dlsre-
where the crop they have soWed IN
foIIv and weakness will be reapeu with
blood and bitter tears by the DraNe
mon and high hearted women OF the
nation.
The folly reached by some of these
fn5ivfd11als is somewhat startling, and
II if were translated from words into
deeds III would constitute a crime
AGAINST the nation one progressed
teacher of morality makes the plea IN
- T1s77,- words that we ought to follow
the example of China ana deprive our
selves of all power to repel IofeIsh AZ
tack Surely this writer must pyaSeSs
the exceedingly small amount OF 4uLoI-
nation r,ecessarv in order to know mat
nearly half Of China IS az present VI
der foreign dominion and that at Inls
moment the Germans and Japanese ~ 6
bathing on Chinese territory anu
5Cr5iDeerine- as conQuerOrs over the
Chinese in that territory. INNS q ne
abject soul of man c3paple u I 80
ine up TO the admiration OF 11ee porn
American citizens such conulllOA u
serfage under alien rule-
Not Confined to Men.
Nor IS the folly confined only &c the
male sex A numb Der OF " omen teaCAel :
in Chicago are credited Win hatlu5
proposed, in view Of the war nerest ..
10 prohibit in the teaching OF history
any reference TO war ana DatlIes- AIte--
lectually, Of course. sueh persons snow
selves unfit 10 be retained as teachers
single day, and indeed unit ,l, ~ pe ~,
pills in any school more adVanseo, tneH
a kindergarten. But II IS not lnetE II
teliectual. il is also their moral snort
comings which are striking. Inc sup
preston of the truth IS. OF course as
grave an offence against morals as IS
the suggestions of the false or even
the. lie direct and these teachers &C
tuauy propose to teach untruths 10
True teachers Of history must tell
the facts of history; and II they 90 NOT
tell the facts both about the wars tnat
are righteous and the vars InaL are
unrighteous. and about the causes lnat
led to these wars and to success or oe-
feat in them, they show themselves
morally unfit to train the nlnoS o.
boys and girls. If in addition 10 telIlns
the facts they draw the lessons that
should be drawn from the facts, tney
viii give their pupils horror OF an
wars that are entered into Wanlonly OF
with levity or in a spirit OF mere brutal
aggression or save under dire neces-
sity. But they viii also teach tnat
among the noblest deeds OF mankind
are those that have been done In great
wars for liberty, In wars OF seq oe-
pressed peoples, in wars for putting an
end to wronsdoing in the dark places
Of the globe
Any teachers, IN school OF college,
who occupied the position that these
foolish. foolish teachers have sought 20
take. would be forever estOpped from
mentioning the names Of washington
and Lincoln; because their names are
forever associated with great wars Tor
righteousness These teachers would be
forever estopped from so much as men
tfonine the shining names Of Marathon
AID Salamis- They would seek TO bllnd
their pupils eyes to the glory held IN
the deeds and deaths Of Joan Of Arc,
of Andreac Hofer. of Arnold Won Win
kelried. Of kOsciuskO. and RakoIsAll-
They would be obliged 70 warn their
pupils against ever reading Schlllers
Wilhelm TELL or the poetry OF koer-
ner. Such men are deaf TO the lament
running. "Oh- why, Patrick SarsIlelu-
did we let your ships sail across the
dark waters from green Innisfall-" 10
them Holmes ballad of Bunker nm
and WhittieI's "Laus Deo, MacMas-
ter's ode 10 the Old Conunentals. ana
O'Harafs ttBiVouac Of the Dead are
MEANINGLESS. On them lessons Of ca
rsers like those Of TimOleon and John
Hampdeu are lost IN their eyes the
Ioftv self abnegation Of Robert Lee
and StOneWaIl Jackson was 1Olly'
their dun senses do not thrill to the
deathless deaths of the men who oled
1T ThermopIyae and the Alamo-tne
fight Of those grim Texans OF which II
was truthfully said that ThermOpylae
had its messengers OF death but the
Alamo had none.
1t has actually been proposed by
some Of these shivering apostles Of the
gospel Of national abjectness that IN
view Of the destruction that has fallen
on certain peaceful powers OF Europe:
we should abandon all EFFORTS al sen
! defence. should stop building up battle
shfps and cease to take any measures
D 0rrr-en7rrae If attacked III is
difficult seriously TO consider such a
proposition 1t is precisely and eNacIly
as If the inhabitants OF village u
whose neighborhood highway robberies
had occurred should propose 10 meet
the crisis by depriving the local poucs-
man Of his revolver and club
There are, however, many nigh mind
ed people who do not agree with these
extremists. but who nevertheless need
/ to be enlightened as to the actual facts
These good people, who are busy peo-
ple and not able TO devote much time
to thoughts about international affairs,
are often confused by men whose bust
ness It is to know better For example,
a few weeks ago these good people
were stirred to a moments bener that
something had been accomplished Dy
the enactment at Washington OF a
score OF two Of all inclusive arbitra-
ton treaties; being not unnaturally
misIed by the fact that those response
bic for the passage OF the lrealles IN
bleating as to the good effects they
would produce As a matter OF 1acp,
thew probably will not produce the
smallest effect of any kind or sort Yet
il is possible they may have a mis-
chievous effect, inasmuch under certain
circumstances TO fulfil them would
cause frfghtful disaster to the United
stat ties. while TO break them. even al
though under compulsion and because
il was absolutely necessary, would be
fruitful OF keen humiliation to every
right thinking man who was Jealous Of
our international good name
The New Treaties
II, for example, whatever the out
come Of the present war, d great tri-
umphant military despOtism declared
that II would not recognize the Mon
roe doctrine or seized Magdalena bay,
ore one Of the Dutch West Indies. or
the Island Of St Thomas, and forti-
fled it. or if-as would be quite posi-
ble-it announced that we had no right
to fortify the Isthmus Of Panama, and
I itself. landed on adjacent territory TO
| erect similar Qualifications; then. un-
I der these absurd treaties, we would be
/ obliged, If We happened to have made
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