El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-14

we keep steadily in view as our ideal
that of the just man armed, the man
who is fearless, selfreliant ready Ne
cause he has prepared himself for nos
sible contingencies; the man who is
scOrnful alike Of those who would ad
wise him to do wrong and Of those who
wrong. The great war now being
waged in Europe and the fact that ne
neutral nation has Ventured to make
even the smallest effort to alleviate m
even to protest against the wrongs that
have been done show with lamenta HE
clearness that all the peace congresses
of the past Is years have ACCOMPLISHED
DreciSely and exactly nothing so for n.
anv great crisis is concerned
Fundamentally this is because tbe,,
have confined themselves to mere
words, seemingly without reaIiZine
that mere words are utterly useIess mn,
less translated into deeds and that On
ounce of promise which is accomnanie5
by provision for a similar ounce of eff
fective performance is worth at least a
ton of promise as to which no effective
method of performance is provided
Furthermore, a very serious bIunder
has been to treat peace as the end in
stead of Righteousness as the end. The
greatest soldier patriots of history
TimOleon, John Hamden, Andreas HO-
fer, Koerner, the great patriot states
man soldiers like Washington the greet
patriot statesman like Lincoln, whose
achievements for good depended upon
the use of soldiers, have all achieved
their immortal claim to the eratifude
of mankind by what they did in lust
war. To condemn war in terms which
would include the wars these men
waged or took part in precisely as thew
include the most wicked and unjust
wars Of history is to serve the devil
PersistentIy Blink Facts.
Again these peace people have per
sistently and resolutely blinked facts.
One Of the peace congresses sat in New
Jersey at the very time that the feeling
in California about the Japanese cues
ton gravely threatened the good rela-
lions between ourselves and the great
empire of Japan. The only thing which
at the moment could practically be
done for the cause of peace was to Sc
cure some proper solution of the ques-
ton at issue between ourselves and
japan. But this represented real ef-
fort. real thought. The peace congress
paid not the slightest serious atten-
ton to the matter and instead devoted
itself to listening to speeches which
favored the abolition of the United
States navy and even IN one case the
prohibiting the use OF tin soldiers in
nurseries because Of the militaristic
effect on the minds of the little boys
and girls who played with them!
Should Resist Aggression.
I advocate that our preparedness take
such shape as to fit US to resist ag-
erosion, not to encourage US in ag-
gressiOn. 1 advocate preparedness that
will enable us to defend our own shores
and defend the Panama canal and
Hawaii and Alaska and prevent the
seizure Of territory at the expense Of
any commonwealth of the western hem
isphere by any military power Of the
Old World. I advocate this being done
in the most democratic manner possible.
We Americans do not realize how
fundamentally democratic our army
really is. When 1 served in Cuba, it
was under Gen. Sam Young and along
side of Gen. Adna Chaffee. Both had en-
tered the American army as enlisted
men in the civil war. Later as presi-
dent 1 made both of them in succession
lieutenant generals and commanders of
the army. On the occasion when Gen.
Chaffee was to appear at the white
house for the first time as lieutenant
general, Gen. Young sent him his own
starred shoulder strap with little note
saying that it was Private Young, 81
to private Chaffee, 81" Both Of the
fine old fellows represented the best
tvpe of citizen soldier Each was simply
and sincerely devoted to peace and JUS
tice. Each was incapable of advocating
our doing wrong to others. Neither
could have understood willingness on
the part of any American to see the
United States submit tamely to insult
or injury Both typified the attitude
that we Americans should take IN our
dealings with. foreign countries
Copyright, 1914 by the Wheeler Syndi-
cate, 1nc.)