The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-09-03
The CHASTITY Stumble

What very madness or absurdity
all OF II Is when subjected to scru-
tiny! The king OF England Ger
man through and through; Franz
Josef Of Austro- Hungary without o
drop of Magyar blood In his veins,
and more Tuscan and Spaniard than
Austrian; Peter OF Servia with as
sassin hands still dripping Milan's
blood; Nicholas Of Russia crying MY
people!" to hate-hlled Poles, Firms,
SMedAs and Turks won to seeming
loyalty by conquest; William Of Ger
many summoning Alsatians and the
men OF Lorraine, Schleswlg, Hanover
and Holstein to the aid Of the 'fath.
erland" that so short time ago
killed their sons and ravished their
most sacred national rights.
II Is, such as these-so loved"
that they have lived In daily fear Of
bomb. knife or bullet-that are able
to plunge their nations into death
and despair with q wave of the hand
and some bombastic reference to Al.
mighty God.
The last quarter Of q century has
been Q time Of keen and hostile ques-
tioning. The antiquity Of a lie Is no
longer its justification This whole
sale slaughter may be counted upon
to sweep away the last wisps of SUI
perstition and prejudice that have
fioated between the people and exact
comprehension.
I Even now o score Of vicious phil
osophies are already breaking down.
The crash Of the preparedness" lie
Is not more loud than that OF the
blood and iron" buncombe, that pre-
posterous claim that war breeds ma
tionAl virtues and II essential to ma
tional life. Take that which has
been said only recently and view II
In the red light that streams from
those battle fields where the men lie:
Storm purifies the air and de-
stroys the frail trees, leaving the
sturdy oaks standing. The state In
which there II much that is rotten
may vegetate for q while In peace.
but In war its weakness IL revealed"
Baron Won StengeL
I'VE must play a great part In the
world, and especially -. perform
those deeds Of blood. of valor, which
above everything else bring national
Quire those virile qualities necessary
life. In this world the nation that
Is trained TO q career Of unwarlike
and isolated ease IL bound to 60 down
in the end before other nations which
have not lost the manly and adven-
turous qualities. "-Theodore Roose-
Welt.
war is one OF the elements of or
der In the world established by God.
The noblest virtues OF men are de-
veloped therein. without war the
world would degenerate and disap-
pear In morass of materialism. -
Field Marshal Won Moltke.
At every point In history these
crude brutalities OF the swashbuck-
ling type are given the lie direct.
The fact ID obvious that war makes
demand upon the young. the strong
and the brave, and their death turns
over the task OF race perpetuation to
the weaker and less At physically.
The Napoleonic wars. by striking
down the flower Of England and the
continent, sent the height and weight
standard down alarmingly; and
Seeck points out that the disappear
ance of Rome and Greece and Sparta
was due to wars persistent drain
upon the national supply Of virile.
hardy men.
The "noblest virtues" indeedl
There has not been q decade without
It's army scandal" and the chief
endeavor Of military authorities the
world over has been to prevent the
rotting out Of their forces by disease
and degeneracies. To what stand
ards Of honor can soldiers repair
when practically every European war