The Washington herald., 1914-10-11
Washington Man Plans Patriots Of
the World as Active Objection
to Future War.
By JOHN Jay pAIY.

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the World:
''obiect-The object Of this organisa-
ton shall be to create, establish and
maintain throughout the world a spirit
in favor of universal peace, justice and
happiness.
'Membership-This organization shall
be strictly nonsectarian, nonpolitical, and
shall not bar any race from membership.
There shall be no Initiation fee nor any
dues or assessments"
Outlining the guiding principles Of the
new peace society, Mr.. Russell said:
I'VE believe that the world is our
country, and that our chief mission in
life should be to do good.
I'VE believe that no war ever has set
tied, or ever will settle, any question in
a Just and lasting manner; that war
merely decides in the hour Of conquest
that the conquerors are more efficient
than the conquered IN the art Of de-
stroying life, property and happiness;
that such decisions are not final so long
as patriotism has geographical or racial
limitations
We believe that the true destiny Of
the human race is universal happiness,
and that this ideal state may be brought
about by substituting patriotism Of the
world for our present form of patriotism
with its geographical boundaries and
racial prejudices.
I'VE believe that this ideal is attain
able, by degrees, and shall pledge our
selves to do all in our power in every
honorable way to hasten the day when
peace on earth and good will toward
men will be more Of a reality and less Of
a dream than it is in our time"
IuveItiEatIOns Useless.
Supplementing the foregoing, the or
, ganizer added:
Our object. as you may see, is to
create a spirit in favor Of universal
peace, justice and happiness Peace will
bring order, order will bring justice, and
justice will bring happiness.
a spirit is all that is necessary. We
are opposed to 'high-brow' Investigations
Of war and its causes and we are also
opposed to elaborate plans for ending
warfare. Investigations arc useless, and
intricate machinery for establishing peace
through diplomatic channels is unneces-
sary.
Patriotism controls legislation; the
process cannot be reversed. Warfare will
be ended by the good sense Of the COM
mon people, not by the manipulations OF
politicians. We intend to organize the
great mass of the people of every coun-
try. To do this with any degree of sue
cess we must avoid politics and religion.
Once we have aroused the common peo-
pie the world over and established a
deep-rooted sentiment in favor of perma-
nent universal peace, ways and means
will be found to make the dream of ages
a reality Of the twentieth century.
Only a century backward the divine
right of kings to rule and own men was
accepted. Less than a century forward il
will be hard for the world to understand
that nations of this enlightened period
claimed a divine right to own and rule
all the sections of the globe they could
take and hold by force of arms.
No nation claims ownership Of the
air or the waters of the world; and,
outside of three miles from coast lines,
no nation claims ownership Of the seven
seas World patriotism will place land
ownership where it belongs, with the air
and the seas. We use the waters of the
globe in common, why not the lands?
Little Use for Money.
Limited patriotism is progress in de-
6ciency. World patriotism will be prog
ress in efficiency. All the wealth saved
to man in the last fifty years by the
worlds efficiency experts has been de-
stroyed in the last fifty days by Europe's
deficiency experts
Limited patriotism means heartIess
competition; competition means war, and
war means progress in killing. Unlimited
patriotism will mean hearty cooperation;
end of warfare win bring true progress
in living.
who is so reckless as to say that the
world always will prefer progress in kill
ing to progress in living?"
How will the Patriots of the World
be hnanced?" asked the writer.
Each subordinate branch of the parent
society will do its own financing through
popular subscription" replied Mr.. Russell
ha
that the question of funds is of minor
Importance. We will have little use for
moLHy, except for incidental expenses
which will be trihing. II we cannot Gre
ate the proper spirit without a large ex-
penditure OF money. then We cannot hope
to create it at all.
The fact that certain existing peace
societies have made practically no head
way is proof that the people have no
faith in peace movements financed by
millionaires who make their money BY
manufacturing implements Of warfare
when the common people become
sufficiently interested in a worldwide
popular movement to abolish war-as
thew certainly will in the near future
then We will be on the road to the estab-
Iishment Of universal peace, but not be-
fore. Spirit, I repeat, not money, win
be the deciding factor"
Asked to state exactly what he meant
by Spirit the speaker went on:
Spirit is a sentiment, an influence,
that grows and grows until it becomes
an overwhelming force. The demand for
Home Rule in Ireland was created. estab-
lished and maintained by q spirit of
local patriotism. The demand for World
Justice will be brought about in the
same way by a spirit In favor Of world
patriotism. In ireland the spirit was
ireland for Irishmen.' Our spirit win
be The world for all the people
Sooner or later the people are going
to ask: Why all this hurry and worry
and hustle and hustle to checkerboard
the earth with railroads, to spider-web
{ the rivers with giant bridges, to dim the
sun with skyscrapers, TO spend years
and years in dotting the earth with fields
Of wheat and corn. II these and many
other patient and magnificent works Of
man may be bIotted out Of existence in
. few days BY twentieth century war