The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-08-17

are tremendous ana lff06l6tlDle.
Growth Of Movement.
take Socialism for instance. In
1883 Karl Marx died, an obscure and
comparatively unknown man In Lon
don. His great life work had been to
was unfolded new economic idea. In
1889. six years after his death, there
were but 298 members in the Social
list party In the United States. In
1912. almost . million men voted the
Socialist ticket in this country. There
are over three million Socialists in
Germany and in the whole world more
than thirty millions are pledged to So
cialism. The Socialists carry red
flag, not because 1t Is symbol OF de-
struction but because human blood is
red and because the blood in the veins
of all men everywhere is the same
color. am not here as propagand.
list of the Socialistic theory And /
am not giving you my opinion about
the Socialist dream. but I am calling
your attention to this as one of the
symptoms of the new interest in social
welfare.
There Is still living in a Russian
village q little doctor who established
the new language Esperanto. Ten
million people are now speaking that
language. Some of these days, we will
have universal language and that
will do more than we can imagine to
break down the walls between ma.
tons.
I'm the city Of Rome is the Interna-
tional Institute of Agriculture. This
was founded by a Californian for the
purpose Of studying the price of food
In the world. Forty-nine governments
are participating in it and its head is
now in Washington arranging for an
international convention.
international Religion.
I'VE are even cherishing a hope for
an international religion. I believe
that combination of the essential
principles Of the Old Testament and
the New would give us religion
that will be acceptable by the best
minds of men in every country of the
world. A mans religion is not known
by the kind of church he goes to but
by the kind of life he leads.
$50 strong are the forces and influ-
ences that make for the universal
brotherhood of man that not even this
European war will be able to hold
them back. The artillery of the Euro
pean war is directed against the cross
OF Christianity and the emblems Of
modern civilization. Some people say
this is good business. They say the
work of reconstruction will give en-
ployment to thousands of men. Good
tor business! If that sort of thing is
good for business, why can't we blow
up few cities every summer in order
to give unemployed men job. Why
can't we blow them up while people
are at the seashore. That will give us
business.
Blows Up FaIIacy.
Some people have argued that prep
aration for war is guarantee of
peace. This present exhibition of hui
man shambles is the most decisive ex-
plOsion of that fallacy imaginable. The
preparation for war is a suggestion of
war.
"My friends, there is no need for
any such method as this to settle the
difficulties between nations. The in
telligence of the world in the twenti
eth century is equal to building up an
court where differences
can be settled by appeal to law. be-
lieve that after this war is decided, no
autocrat will ever again be able to rule
ever the destinies of Europe. Nations
will be more willing to listen to argu-
ments for Limitation of armament. I
do not believe that the common people
will ever again consent to such an
orgy of killing. In the past, the rule
has been in war that the soldiers are
killed and kings are heroes. The peo-
Dle are getting tired of that This war
will be the death of war. But what
ever the outcome, let us ever remem-
Der that God still lives and that always
in the alembic of his wonderful provi-
dence out of evil arises good