The chronicle=news., 1914-09-03
ALL WORLD MUST
SUFFER BECAUSE
OF THE war
From Golfers Weekly,

Now Armageddon has a real mean.
ing-now we have roaring in our
ears the thunder of the captains and
the shouting of a continent In con-
lict. II this be not Armageddon we
shall never suffer that final death
grip of the nations. "For they are
the spirits Of devils, working mira
cles which go forth unto the kings
of the earth and Of the whole world.
to gather them to the battle of that
great day of God Almighty"
Civilization itself stands in jeop-
! ardy. The nations which are at war
are the custodians of enlightenment
for the earth, and they are entrap-
ped into treason to their trust. For,
. after all has been said on the side
OF the virtues developed by war, we
know that these peoples will not be
the same peoples after this tornado
has swept them. For the destruction
of a Galveston, the shaking and burnI
ing of San Francisco, the over
whelming Of a Dayton, the wrecking
on an Omaha. or the iundating OF a
Johnstown there Is a remedy In mu-
tual help and intensified industry
and enterprise. Those calamities
come from mans defeat Of himself.
The index number Of everything good
VIII stand lower after 1t is over. The
pressure gauge of efficiency will fall
when 1t is over. Indeed, 1t will never
be over. The long climb to the up
lands of the soul, toward which man
kind struggles. is not gained by
sudden effort which would otherwise
be unnecessary. A thousand years
from now the world will be suffer.
ing morally and spiritually from the
effects OF this unthinkabIe thing
which has come upon us. We may
have gained heights. but they will
be lower than the levels upon which
VIC should have stood in the villain
Berchtold had not thought he could
bluff the imbecile Nicholas.
How will 1t affect the United
States? Morally we shall suffer
with the rest Of the world. We shall
not be SO deeply imbued as we might
be II we plunged our own hands in
the blood of our fellows as our poor
brethren in Europe are doing; but
we. too. shall be degraded by the
blood lust turned loose upon the
worlds psychology. No man liveth
unto himself alone nor dieth unto
himself alone. We are members OF
one of another. More than ever be-
fore in the worlds history are the
nations members one Of another.
These people are our fathers and
mothers as we'll as our brethren. Ev-
cry drop OF blood shed Is blood flow
ing in the veins Of Americans. From
the breast of every man fharms there
run the threads of consanguinity to
us. We shall feel thrilling. from
man to man and from family to fam
lily. the hatreds let loose across the
water. This Is part of the spiritual
penalty we shall pay as members Of
the white race for this white mans
suicidal war.
The immediate pinch is on us at
this writing. At some ports there is
an actual embargo against the ex-
portation Of our products-an en-
barge rendered necessary by the lack
Of ships to carry them. Congrass has
done what 1t should have done years
ago-opened American registry to
all foreign built ships: but 1t is too
late. Ships will be accounted as un-
der the flags she flew at the open
ing OF hostilfties. We cannot take
over the ships of the world in time
of war and make them American by
ALLOWING them to hoist the American
flag. So that avenue of profit from
the war is closed to us. And the
vessels which would be glad to carry
our wheat, cotton. maize and meats
are carrying armies for the invasion
OF empires. and supplies and material
lof war. This is the first shock to
our commerce and business.
When the war ends and at some
time during the war II 1t continues
many months. this lack will in all
probability be supplied. Where the
ships will come from we can not now
see. but they will come. When Eu-
rope must have food. the transporta-
tion will be provided. Already the
British government has to some ex-
ltent solved the problem by its guar
anty OF all shipments of grain to
British ports. Sooner or later the
freight will move.
Then for wilhelm fact. as long
as the war lasts and for some time
after its close-we shall make much
money out OF It. The grain fields Of
Russia and the Balkan states. and
that garden spot, the Danube valley.
Twill be ravaged by armies and lie
| fallow for want of husbandmen. In
the mean time railways will be torn
up. engines ruined. all sorts Of ma
chinery destroyed, motor cars worn
out and shot to pieces. mills shut
down, production arrested. The fac
tory hands will be In the armies. The
demand for manufactured products
OF many sorts will he enormous
and where else will ihnx cnme from