Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-09-10
DISARMAMENT AND UNIVERSAL PEACE
NOT a PROBABILITY

Anent the European conflict and the general
longing for disarmament Of nations and the c,tsb
lishment Of world wide peace forever henceiorlh.
we would say the advocates mean well. but there
Is no such blessing in store for the world
There is a certainty Of war 10 the end OF time
and hopelessness Of peace tlI the crash ol doom
Wars will be lought-alwayt All efforts 10 the
contrary Notwithstanding Hague Tribunals and
arbitration. peace endowment funds peace agree
mcnts, treaties. alliances and compacts are but
paythings IA the CHASTITY game OF nations
Bismarck advanced the spcelous paradox
Right wrong my Country THIS patriotic
iallacy has sunk It's roots deep IN the hearts OF the
people OF all nations Not until there arises man
with the moral courage 10 say. My country shall
do no wrong will the spell of Bismarck words
be broken President Wilson came near II when
recently hc declared that the United States will
never acquire another foot ol territory by con.
quest And how our hypocnuoal sandpot O. q.
pres. did gnash iis teeth and howl and oondcmnc!
the President az , fool and , failure.
No. the wars OF the future viii not All hc Just
wars. but always II will be- deemed q glorious
thing to die for ones country When people no
longer find Themselves capable OF formulating this
sentiment into speech. and rulers are powcrcss to
translate il into action. the end Of mundane things
will have come.
Before dlsarmamcnt md world WIDE peace
can even be thought Of several things must be-
done First all nations must destroy their flags
What apostle of peace has the courage TO make
this proposal Next the national hymns must bc
abolished We must tear up The Star Spanglcd
Banner and England her Rule Britannia.
France her Marseillaisc' Germany her 'Wach,
Am Rhcin, Austria her Colt cxhatc Franz dou
Kaiser etc Bands must never more play aught
that reminds ono OF ones country. he histories
OF nations and al books pertaining thereto must
be gathered and consigned 10 flames
These things done. the hrs, step toward dis
armament and world peace wilI have been taken
Patriotism. love OF country, national sentiment
race pride and tradiuou-crush them m the hol
low OF your hand, 1t you can. hen cover the
name OF the poet who write.
Brcaihes there man with soul dead
Who never to himself has SAID
THIS is my own my native land
with obloquy; and hurl anathema against the mem
DRY OF HIM who cred
Strike uIl the last armed Zoe expires.
Strike tor your affairs and yom fires.
Stukcl tor the green graves oi your srcs
God-and your native land
Yes wars will bc less frequent Bloody field
though Europe Is today there has been mo- general
rupture ~ the seeming amity at nations tor nearly
half century Terrible death dealing instru
mcnis have made nations more cautious. Icruh.
expense of warfare has made them pause newt
able consequence persuaded them ,o hesitate and
the horror OF 1t al ha. made them shuddcr Bur
the language of diplomacy is but means OF tenn
porting Wars wiII be less frequent but no less
certain. and more terrible when they come More
lives will be- bot,cd out IN less time. more proper
~ destroyed In day than m a month when the
broads,vord and the battcrng ram were prevailing
weapons
Let us fancy an international agreement hy
virtue OF which every warship shall have been de-
moushcd every rifle broken. every machine gun
destroyed and the last cartridge exploded Lee
90. imagine an era m the world when al armies are
disbandcd and militarism IS thing OF the past
There would arise. almost instantly within the
nations boundaries. a tremendous and scdltious
foe who would plant his bombs ct the very roots
of 40 governments In Russia the Nihlsi. ~ Ger
many the Anarchist. in France the lacobn IN
England ihr Suflrsg,ttc or Jls,-rlte. n our coun
try the I ~ " Absence of the strong power ol
The armies would fan INTO furious flame the
suo'dcr.nv fire of worldwide anarchy al law
I'D order l'I government would disappc51 from
the face of the earth. lust and rapine and murder
as in M-lsco would make desolate your thriving
cities and barren your fruitful fields The world