Evening star., 1914-08-02
SENT|MENTFORW WAR
NOT MANUFACTURE
Spontaneous 0utburst of Ma
tionaI Spirit, Asserts Col.
w. c. Church.
HE CONTRADICTS OPINIONS
OF CARNEGIE AND JORDAN
Military Party Not Made Up Of
Makers Of Guns and
Munitions.

| ~sSAS -
Makers Of Guns and
Munitions.
In an analysis Of the present situa-
ton in Europe Col w. c. Church
editor Of the Army and Navy journal
during the course of an interview in
New York yesterday. declared that
those who believe the threatened
great war along the Danube is due tc
the machinations Of the war offices OF
the Austrian and German govern
ments are making a mistake.
Col. Church believes that notable
peace enthusiasts, such as Andrew
Carnegie and DIR. David Starr Jordan
are misguided. He considers that they
are out Of tune with the facts as they
are being presented in Europe during
the present crisis. It is the peoples
Of the countries involved who are be-
hind the war spirit and who are shout
ing for war, he believes.
Col. Church's Views.
Col. Church said, in part:
! What has become Of that army OF
boKies with which Mr.. Carnegie. DR..
Jordan and others had peopled the
imakinations of the neutrality-suspicious.
hobgoblins OF the war trust OF the
'armor plate makers of the cannon
manufacturers?
The roar of the guns in southeastern
Europe has awakened those peace
gentlemen from their foolish dream
and their phantom host OF spooks mas
Tr0 fnf
of their own fancy. they see facine
each other from the banks OF the
Danube two nations that have des-
tiny wrapped up in every bullet tney
fire and future hanging upon every
scream Of their shells.
After Fort Sumter was fired on IN
1861 by civilians there was great out
burst Of patriotic sentiment IN tne
north. Scenes We're enacted then IN tne
great cities similar to those common
the last few days in the cities OF Ger
many, Servia and Austria. There was
no talk then about military party
being behind those demonstrations, al
though they were no more an expression
I Of the feeling Of the masses, perhaps,
than has been the support which the
people of both European countries nave
fervidly. even pass. .onately' pro"iseo
| to their home governments.
Lack Of spontaneity Not Indicated.
"At least there Is nothing to indicate
that the demonstrations in France, Ger
many, servia and Austria are not spon-
taneous. The supposition that they are
manufactured is absurd in view of the
fact that Servia has just finished q
bloody war in which her people learned
| thoroughly all that war means IN the
form Of distress and suffering. A people
that has just come out OF war may
| be reckoned on to give mucn sooer
| fhoupht fo anOfher conflict.
| IF the impulses were not to be found
in the hearts of the masses Of each
country there would be no controversy
now between the two countries The
idea of a pan-Germanism Is not some
thing OF recent growth. It has existed
in the minds Of the great leaders OF
the Teutonic race for centuries
'.It found its most striking expression
at the time of the Franco-Prussian war.
when Bismarck seized upon the occasion
for unifying the small German states
into one great empire which could the
more successfully carry on the work
of pushing forward his ambition to
make the Germans the ruling people
Of the world. The great strides that
Germany has made in the last forty
years shows how correct was the judg-
| ment of Bismarck as to the expanding
effect Of a consolidation Of the smaller
| German states
Problem Beyond Powers.
DO you believe it possible for the
powers to avert war; he was asked.
There are matters involved in this
quarrel between Vienna and Belgrade
which, one Is justified in saying, cam
not be settled satisfactorily by outside
parties In what way. for example,
could outside powers, such as France.
Great Britain, Denmark or Sweden, pass
upon questions into the determination
of which enters the vital issue OF
Germanism or Slavism?
| whatever decision would be given by
foreign adjudicators would at the best
be settlement rising to no greater
| dignity than a modus vivendi. It is not
likely that any foreign body Of ,har-
monizers could now give to a convention
between the two nations greater
solemnity than attached to the treaty
| of Berlin, and yet the world only a few
| years ago saw how coolly Austria
tossed that document into the diplo-
! matte waste basket when she thought
that the demands of the time made it
| imperative for her to acquire Bosnia
| and Herzegovina.
Just as the Japanese war cloud arose
| over our country a few months ago when
California issued her edict against ori-
| entail land ownership, just as the United
| States was forced to take hand In the
| settlement Of the troubles in Mexico by
force of arms. and just as at present
even a peace-loving Secretary Of State is
| warning Haiti that unless she behaves
herself force win have to be used by us
in that republic. SO in other parts Of the
| world questions rise and press for settle
ment that will not brook delay.
The decision Of the allies in their move
| ment against the Turks two years ago
| was taken at time when the Moslems
were unprepared. II the allies had wait
ed and brought their claims to the at
tention of The Hague 1t would have been
simply another way Of warning Turkey
| to prepare for war.
"There are occasions in the lives Of
men when they will have it OUT in a
fight, even II the city or town Is filled
with courthouses We do not settle all
our Individual differences and disputes
| today by appeal to the courts. There are
many cases where men. and women, too
take the law into their own hands With
nations there come similar times when
a fight to the death is forced by the in
sinct of self preservation. as in the case
of Poland when 1t was dismembered. In
| such crises. in such collisions of ma
tional destinies. Hague tribunals sink
away into eclipse and the parties in
volved in the contest must be allowed
to fight it out in the way they see fit"
pEnnrES GnI.n RESERVE