New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-05-06

power to the army and the maintain
ance Of the army may be justified only
by the tolerance OF war-the same war
which we intend to abolish.
At first sight such fight would seem
; ridiculous. II we will consider, however
the methods employed by both fighting
parties, we shall be astonished to learn
how people could have tolerated war I'M
til now. The powers have millions of
soldiers and milliards Of money, we have
but one thing-the most precious pos
! session in the world it is though-the
TRUTH. And for this reason, no mat
ter how insignificant we may seem in
comparison with our opponents, our VIC
tory is certain, just as certain, as the VIC
tory of the rising sun over the vanish
ingsdarkness Of the night. Our victory
is certain if we succeed to demonstrate
the Truth clearly and definitely. And
the truth is so simple, so clear and SO
self-evident; it is so important for every
Christian and right-thinking person that
we have only to call peoples attention
to it and nobody will resist the truth.
Yet, this same TRUTH was stated in
the law recognized by our divine, thou
sands Of years ago, it consists Of but two
words, viz Don't KILL People ought
; not and should not kill each other under
any consideration is all there is to this
TRUTH. 1t is clear and self-evident
truth and all we have to do is to state it
to the world and the evil called war will
become an impossibility.
/ think therefore that it lis waste OF
time to plead with the governments to
abolish war or to lessen its evils. Such
action may be compared with person
who having the key from the door win
try to gain entrance by breaking the door
which he know she cannot overcome.
Before us are millions OF militiamen who
are prepared for successful slaughter:
We know these people have no desire to
kill each other and are very often ignor-
ant as to the causes that led them to
! this most disastrous and disagreeable
thing war; we know they are not will
ing slaves and that the governments force
them to commit murder; we also know
that the governments depend for their
existence on militia. 1t is therefore
foolish for us, who are fighting war, to
appeal to the governments for assistance.
! They depend for their life on the army
! and we are asking them to abolish it
we are simply asking them to commit
suicide. Such talks will please the gov
ernments immensely, for such methods
would conceal to an even greater extent
! from the people that which the govern
ments don't want them to know.
/ will be told that this is an anarchy,
that people have always had govern
ments and armies and that these are the
most essential things for the maintain
ance Of order in society. Without con-
tradicting the need OF the armies and
! governments, let us grant that is It an
perative that people should meekly obey
| the call OF unknown to them institutions
| called governments in order to main
tain the welfare of the people, that it is
imperative that they should give away
/! the products OF their toll, put their lives
at stake and kill their neighbors. Grant
ing all this, there still remains that prob
lem of Christianity which cannot be
solved. Somehow, the teachings of
! Christianity won't haronize with murder
and the rulers appear to be ardent fol-
/ lowers of Christian teachings. And
Christianity is based upon love-. No
matter how silent you may keep about
Christianity or it's teachings, the motto
! OF Christianity is ''Love thy GOD and
thy Neighbor.':. Love for GOD, viz. to
! the highest perfection Of virtue and love
thy neighbor, viz. for all people without
exception. And therefor you must &C
cept one Of the two, either Christianity
with its love for GOD and people, or
government with it's armies and wars.
1t is possible that Christianity is a
thing Of the past and that the people OF
our times will find that governments and
murder will benefit them more thar,
christianity and will accept the, first: 1t
is possible that the people should feel
and think so, but then it is their duty to
! say so. Let them state that there is nc
room in our times for such sentimantali-
ties as the laws OF GOD and the conjunct
wisdom Of human race, that there is nc
sense to believe in that which is inscribed
| with inerasible characters in the midst
of our hearts, but that we ought to obey
the commands Of various people, wht
| have accidentally become kings, rulers
or who have been elected to offices by
fair means as presidents and representa-
tives of parliaments, no matter what
their commands may be. It should b.