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Perhaps it is too carly to talk OF

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Perhaps It is too carly to talk OF
peace in Europe.
PERHAPS there are issues in this
great conflict OF the nations that
can not be settled. until the armies
on both sides are decimated by the
deadly. engines of modern warfare.
and those who remain are made
feeble with hunger, hardship and
disease. I
Perhaps peace can not be made be-
fore the armies of one side are 30
completely subdued that the weak
end armies opposing them may
force such terms as will be satisfac-.
tory to the nations they represent.
Perhaps the nations not at war
and the wives, the sisters and the
mothers Of the men who are bearing
the burden Of the conflict in the
field of-battla should not now plead
for peace, when the armies are still
struggling for mastery. t.E.t
But 1t is not TOO early for the arm
les of peace all over the world to be-
gin mobilizing for the conflict they
must wage when this war is ended
to overcome with the weapons of
reason and humanity the forces OF
ambition, avarice. lust and hate, the
forces that make war.
There are peace societies In every
large city in this country. There
are peace societies in every large city
in Europe. Other peace societies Will
be organized all over the world as II
result OF this war. The opposition
to the war has never been SO con-
crete or SO universal as 1t has been
since the beginning of the present
European conflict.
These peace societies of the world
have 1t in their power to defeat the
demon war when he has humbled
the nations of Europe. Thev repre-
sent the people Of the world. The
demon war is the creature of rulers,
Of ambitious statesmen. of consci-
enceless diplomats and Of the few
men who can reap a profit through
the destruction Of war.
II the friends OF peace should be-
come united and should work in har-
mony their policies would sway the
world. Disunited and working indi-
vidually or through detached organ
izations they have been able to ac.
complish little toward the elimina-
tion Of international warfare. Nu-
lmerically they are much stronger
today than they have ever been be-
fore. Yet today the most disastrous
war in the history of the world is in
progress.
Permanent international peace
can come only after the great ma
tions of the world have agreed upon
policy Of disarmament. The lead
ing peace advocates of the world
agree on that principle. The war in
Europe has exploded the fallacy of
an armed peace. David Starr Jor-
dan. in an able article on the Euro
pean war appearing yesterday on
the editorial page of The News. re-
ferred to the necessity for new sys-
tenn Of International relations in this
language: ,i-
The war system must go. No re-
form Is secure for moment while
this system lasts. 1t is not the sys-
TEN Of one state alone. We may
| crush the German machine. which
the arrogance OF rivals has done SO
much to build up. The war cry of
the British jingoes has helped the
saber-rattlers to get the stranglc-
hold on Germany. But the war ma
chine of Germany will soon rise
| again unless all the rival machines
are swept away as well. We must
find some system of national defense
less hideously dangerous to the in
terests 1t pretends to protect"
Tho congress of nations that as
sembles when this war is ended will
determine whether or not these vast
war machines shall still be main
tained. at almost unbearable cost to
the oeople who pay their expenses.
and as constant menace to the
peace of the world.
It may be that the voice of the
people will not sway the men who
make up this congress. We know
people of Europe had little effect up
on the actions of the Congress of
Vienna. but political conditions have
been vastly altered since 1915. ..
But the friends of peace can Or
ganiZe and make an effort. There
has never been and will never be n
better time to organize than now. II
international organization were be-
gun at once and pushed vigorously
the oeacc associations should be able
to speak for 300,OOO,OO0 people
when they pray for hearing from
the congress Of nations that shall
meet to settle the issues created in
this war.
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