Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-08-16
A FALSE MILITARY MAXIM.

The hgorlto maxim 81 the mill
taiists Of ali countries has cycI
been shat tho best way to maintain
peace is 20 be prepared for war But
today. the maxim IL not working oui
well in practice. Europe was SO well
prepared for war that IL ought 10 be
at peace. Il is Tar otherwise.
Nations are like individuals and
h ~ clear enough that when individ-
uals go armed sooner OF later the
peace is broken Hence the legal pro.
vision ia an states against pistol
totins. The war maxim looks good
but analysis shows is folly
The only way 70 maintain peace
between nations Is BY some sort Of
federation. the establishment Of an
International court or courts Tor the
settlement 81 disputes. and some such
disarmament as was proposed by the
ear q Russia soon after his access
sion 70 the throne
While IL j. too much to hope FOR
just yet, IL Is beginning TO dawn upon
The minds u the thinking people Of
the world thnt the federal principle.
Worked put ~ the fathers of the re-
public of the United States, Is, asl
Gladstone said ia effect. one Of the
greatest ideas ever struck off by the
brain Of man. In it the states are tho
nations. the courts are the arbiters.
The people are free In an things need
ful ana bound together to maintain
the peace and to prevent Interference
with business and the general pur-
suits - happiness.
The federal principle has proven
the salvation and the glory OF this
continent. That II would work equal /
" well on any continent. races, relig I.
ions and civilizations to the con-
irary Is obvious. on this continent. I
there 80 no necessity for English and /
Germans to hght each other On the
contrary, they find each other good
fellows, as they both are, and good
friends as they both ought to be, and
all opportunities are open to them on
equal terms.
iiut after nineteen hundred years
Of the dominance Of the Christian re-
liRion ia the oecldent. tho methods
siill Tor the settlement Of IA centro-
yersy ~ to see how many men Of
the opposite side we can XIII ma
how much Of their property we can
destroy or lay hands ON at the clone
of the killing.
Lowell, Ia tie Bglow Papers said I
"We kind o Thought Christ went
against war an' pillaRc" iut tho
Christnn nations 30 70 war on IN
adequate pfosecation today ns the +
hcaihen nations went a. war Ia The I
DAYS ~ Julius Caesar The reign of
jehovah s little more peaceful than /
thai 81 love ana not so much go az
the reign If nuddhn Vet W. hear
that "a tree q known by It's fruits
lat the illusion Of war seems TO
be deeply seated III human nature
Professor Hugo Munstefbers Of llar.
ward has lust said
IN this historic situation neither
Kussu nor Germany could really act
otherwise The great conflict OF civ-
lizatloua was necessarily stronger
than ne mere wishes Of peaceful in
dlsiduais"
Net q one brought up under the
Influence Nc American ideas It is very
clear that the professors statement
Is mol true IA fset ID sounds like the
utmost folly among the German PEG.
pie there was no desire for war. They
Knew % nu cause for war. There
could have been no declaration 81
war against Russia and France IN Z
government IL the people Tor the
neople and By the people 1t could ac. Z
euf euy Ia a monarchy.
The barriers between men are
artificial Take them down in fed.
catian ~ some kind and men viii
pei fight rhcy don't need % aud the,
asnf Wish ~. War Is the efcat Hlu.
ai8h The United States proves L.