Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-04-24

bear, though - yet vainly, In favor
Of limitation of naval expenditure.
Some-a larger number than the ordi-
nary news-reports of the day indicate
"a number. too, that is growing In
extent and influence, would substitute
a peace policy for arbitration by the
sword and thus make unnecessary. ex-
cept for police duty, the army and the
navy. Among the ''pacinsts." as the
advocates Of world peace are de-
scribed. It is interesting to Americans
to note that the European press class
Woodrow Wilson. the president OF
the United States, and Champ Clark.
the speaker OF the house Of represen-
tatives. In Europe the financial inter-
ests of the continent have been more
effective than the eloquent advocates
of peace in preventing war. 1t IL an
open secret that two years ago these
financial interests averted q general
war on the continent. They are now
becoming aroused to the evils result
ing from the mad rush Of increasing
ornaments"
Disarmament Sentiment Growing.
Sentiment on the continent Of Eu-
rope is changing toward saner
policy of disarmament and Of arbitra-
ton as opposed to increasing military
establishments and appeals to the
sword, though this sentiment has not
yet been able to express itself in DO
litical international agreements and
legislation. The repeated strife in the
Balkans is only an apparent exception
in the general trend. The raw. un-
disciplined peoples Of the mountains
set their neighbors' houses on IRE.
That the conflagration spread no far
Their was due to the self-restraint Of
more civilized Europe and to senti-
ment for peace, which was non-ex-
istent . few years ago. All this must
be written with some reservation.
The millennium Of peace and inter-
national good will II not imminent.
but. notwithstanding the portentous
figures of expense which have been
quoted, there are signs Of the dawn.
Supremacy suggestive, perhaps. IL the
behavior of European nations in re.
cent crises of international disagree
ment. Fifty years ago. twenty years,
possibly ten years ago. these crises
would have resulted In war. Today
they have been settled by conference
The recent treaties have been written
with the pen and not the sword. They
smell Of tobacco smoke, not powder
And not what. q man says when, moth
ing is happening to him reveals hia
real self so much as what he doei
when something IL happening to him
And nations, which are but collections
OF men, are, in this, as otherwise, like
unto them. They are many men. but
with the same mind.
Church Influence for Peace.
i The powerful aid Of the spiritua
group Of the church In Europe IL cas-
J for disarmament and peace. TIL
church exists under many names ant
!, with doctrines and deeds much a
, variance Set aside the large section
of a so-called Christian church which
drills soldiers in Ulster, inspires blood
ritual prosecutions in Russia, blesse
: statues to Moloch In Germany, ant
} worships Mars and Mercury. milital
, ism and commerce. everywhere. Unit
: these who call themselves Christian
} Jehovah IL q man of war and tn
I Christ came into this world to bring
not peace-but . sword. They 70
J consideration Of temporal power IN
D afternoon teas and fat livings. ar
helping him to this end all over thi
J continent Of Europe. Verify, the
, have their reward. Are they not chat
q lains-in-ordinary to Mars at goo
stipend which enables them to dres
D in purple and fine linen and far
; sumptuously every day? One meet
. and hears them in all European land
I It is another and different group 1
( the church. In mosque and synagogue
+ in cathedral and chapel, in monaster
. and mission house. which. increa,
Z ingly potent and numerous. pleads fc
peace and spiritual. as opposed
/" merely temporal, things. Almost {
entirely q paradox is 1t that the. ira
Q elers who look below the surface. VII
d 90 in and out among the religion
b leaders of the European peoples, agre
n that the spiritual forces are reasser
/, ing themselves in surprising wa
, and that, despite the blatant materia
Q ism Of the European world of toda
q the world of tomorrow Is to be mad
by and for the things Of the spiri
Il In this fact lies large hope for II
o advocates Of peace and human brot
q erhood. Even amid the throbbing {
Il the war-drum he who listens ms
o hear the still. small voice." II
+ mightiest Of the spiritual leaders
. Europe IL his holiness, the pope. I
}. an American journalist, granted an q
d dience at the Vatican. said the kind
y old gentleman who ID the head Of Il
}, great Catholic church: Il hope tn
% your great nation win spend its tin
. In strengthening itself in Ill got
y things and refrain from war: va
Il are fatal to the progrs0 Of mankind