Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-17

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| delivered strong address at Gen.
trai Union Church on European
1 war.
ton. but 1t has served to stage great
war.
e. Broken treaties have cursed Eu'
rope for centuries and have cried out
| Tor vengeance. Alstria's seizure OF
Bosnia and Herzegovina ten years ago
was contrary to agreement with the
great nations and produced the Serb
hatred which became the immediate
occasion of our present titanic strug.
gle. Germany's invasion of Belgium
was q violation Of a sacred treaty and
gave Great Britain reasonable ex.
cuse for entering the arena. Other in.
stances could be mentioned to show
| that treaty breaking plain but extra
ordinary lying--has sown the wind
from which Europe now reaps the
whirlwind
| S. Militarism. This spirit has pos
sessed the entire world and with In
creasing avidity. England has spent
untold millions to secure and maintain
a navy equal to that of any two pow
lers. Germany has cherished the am
biticn, along with her culture and
commerce, to be the greatest lighting
machine" on land and sea which the
world has even known. France, Rus
STA and other nations have been so
cbsessed with militarism that their
largest national expenditures have
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and aFmor Submarines, aeroplanes,
dreadno1ghts and superdreadnoughts
new siege guns and nortars, new RI
fies and new plate, new systems of
strategy and annual maneuvers on a
large scale these have absorbed the
time and strength of the leaders OF
the nations. Even Holland and our
own country have caught the spirit
and the A. b. c. Of South America
When the war lords are constantly
talking about war. constantly prepar-
ing for it, hurting epithets Of insult
at each other, and diplomats at all
capitals with suspicion watch every
move, q war can easily be kim
died The slaughter of a prince
touches or bonfire which the blood
Eof millions alone can quench. Away
with the doctrine of Armed Peace
or Armed Neutrality These are
contradictions and absurdities. When
men are taught to fight and science
devotes her resources to making war
more deadly. an army cannot then be
truthfully described as police
force 1t is rather a baud OF eager,
Hexpectant and wilful foes longing
and ready to fight on the slightest
PROPAGATION.
s. The growth of democracy helped
nightly in bringing about the present
crisis. In Russia, Turkey. Spain and
Portugal there have been great ma
ticna1 movements toward a truly rep
resentative government Socialism
has been most rampant in Germany.
The House of Lords In Great Britain
has been stripped Of its veto power
and Ireland given home rule. The
past 20 years have been thorny and
perplexing to kings and queens Old
dynasties are crumbling. The seed Of
Americanism has been sown deep in
Europe since our Revolutionary days
and is now bearing fruit. Very soon
the expression of<ownership my peo-
ple' must be exchanged for my con-
stituents.y The soyeFeigns of Europe
are seeking to prolong their dynas-
ties and dominion by turning the
thoughts of the masses toward q fight
for national existence and aggrandize-
ment and away from questions of in
ternal policy and development. The
Congress of Vienna and the Papal
League tried 100 years ago to put
down democracy forever and failed.
The present war will not save the
face Of royalty nor inspire confidence
in war lords. There will be day Of
reckoning with the widows and father
less with broken limbs, broken homes,
broken hearts and broken treaties. A
prince is slain and the whole world
goes to War-wllat 4 tragesty.
z. The @Fsychol0eical Moment"
had arrived. President wilson's
phrase may be more apt for war than
for business. With great difficulty a
European war has been averted many
times the past dozen years while ma
tionsl antipathies have become deeper
seated and mutual suspicious more
and more abiding. At last favorable
moment for the leading military power
has arrived The Kiel canal is fin
ished and the German navy has
safe retreat; also can hold in check
the British navy from one entrance
and the Russian feet from the other.
Russia has big strike on her hands
that threatens to turn bloody Nihilism
against the Car and his family.