The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-05-19
VAIN TALK Of
!. UNIVERSAL
PEACE


/ One Of the cleanest cut thinkers and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. writers in the
Western country is W. NJ. Reedy, ed.
Eftor and publisher of the sc. Louis
Mirror, Under the title of WHATS
the Uscf" Reedy hits out from the
shoulder in a recent issue, as follows.
How vain all the talk of univer.
sal peaeel look at the war.madness All
EaboIrt u.s. Everybody blatherinp for
action, getting ready to. enlist, singing
the national anthem, throwing o1f his
chest. Bombastic interviews in tho
paper with woufd.be warriors, cheering
the flag at the theater. A democracy
is as crazy for war as any other gov.
eminent. .n@T *
The Cause Of War.
I "knd the war comes with a peace
man -as secretary Of state, and WITH
another as President. WHY does Il
comet Because of matter Of silly
punctilio, because some one won I aa /.
Int the flag Wen fight for that, but not
ifof outra9es much more real. Wen fight
the man we woaldn't recognizes which
amounts to recognition, We were 90
ing to watch him crnmble away, before
we'd recognize him. but he didn't cr,irn
BILE. And the fact that in international
law we should have recognize,i him rs
de facto the head or thu state onIy
made us the madden. Any little excnse
Comes in pat to instifv us in action
And the war is on Blood has been
shed as the result Of this fine Calvin.
istie jesuitry. And everybody Il glad
the war is on-except q few peaee
I,cranks who can't be heard for the
thunder Of the captains and the shout
ing Of the mob who want Co 20 nfarchp
ing to Mexico. ~ - Z 4 ~
Cod Knows When We wnT Come out
't0ur troops are in Mexico. on.
we're only going 10 set things strsight
There. God knows when our troops
Twill come out Of Mexico. In war there
Fare always things coming up TO keep
-Four force in the field. We'll have to
! govern Mexieo,, and We may never let
60. All for an tinsult,P when we
wouldn't intervene to punish for crimes
llagainst life and property. Pecksniff
patriotism, / would say r., ' y
! What Arc We Going TO DOT
| !" But what are we going to dot We
cant go back on our country. We
must hate the enemy. That it is t0
be patriotic, DOM you know. It IL
the way Of the political world war
furry, q little spat, is always strong
card for the party in power. 1t off.
sets growing attitude Of criticism
among the public. In the war clamur
certain measures may be dropped with.
cut the dull thud being noticed. Not
much chance for reform at home while
we Re at war abroad. J.R -
| why the War Is BAD.
'tThe war is bad 1t is the worse
for that it's a ,quibhling war. 1t dis
tracts our attention. from the economic
war iIr Colorado, where soldiers are
Shooting down strikers in the Rookie,
| feller mines. It is the worse because
before its shriIl magniheence the I" four
furies'' antitrust bills begin already
to fade away. ES
,,"But what President wouldn L have
done Just as Wilson Is doing, only an.
other might have managed it less sub.
tlyS Not one. And what Is more pnan.
imously popular about Wilson than his
war For the fagf Nothing. Everybody
wanows' in, The baptlsni Of Blood
"What s the use of talking about
abolishiug wari The, people are for
It first, last and an. the time. Don t
| you' believe tn Look In your news
papers, at the crowds in the theater,
harken, to the talk IN the. street cars.
| - Miss Henrietta PetowKer will
now recite "The Blood Drinker q
Burial. "'b' .li.5..