The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-04
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three years had its source IN the reck-
iessncss Of E1rope. Our congress and
our president had no part wbatsoeyer
In creating II. Il Is part OF the unr
ce.tatntys Of all business, In the face
OF the crimes and the horrors which
have actually come. 4;
Security is Essential 10 Prosperity.
,s What the farmer wants. what every
good citizen most wants, is security.
The armed peace, the truce among
half bankrupt nations armed Ito the
teeth. ia not peace. It is not security.
~ security. armies and nayies have
proved the ghastilest land costliest
failures In history. .., = :.
The Balance I: Or Power, another
form Of the same Great Illusion, now
breaking. up In measureIess disaster,
has failed over and Over before. Each
trial and each failure is more terribly
ruinous. -
The war. system, the system Of Sab
er rattlers, war traders. war scarcs,
war robberies. and war. corruption.
has risen through our neglect. The
people who pay. for 1t must learn to
put It aside. and they will.
The war system must 60 No re-
form ID secure while this system lasts.
We must find. some system OF national
defense less hidepusly dangerous to
the interest It prefepds to protect, (.
Il. HsLaW Is Tor; r;the weak; force fis for
the strong: law is afmakeshift; war
Is o reality" This dictum of fhe
group OF men called an-Germanists
t5 the doctrine OF all. war, The incl
dent OF zabern, the military murders
OF men who dare to speak, the sefz-
W gre OF Belsiumi islap Tour law in the
face. 10.
all Europe Is, today under martial
law Martial law IS the law of war.
1T ia thesparRlysis OF ali civil law. In
war al laws are silent. Thus barbar.
ism takes Its revenge. It will take
It over and over again SO long as civ
tlfzation rests It's defense on barhnr-
ISM Even holy war" if such an
anomaly. ever existed, could be car
ried on only by methods most unholy.
Those who rule by force and fear
have their fits OF madness when their
power begins to wane. Dread Of the
loss OF power is the handspring OF the
bloodtest follies IN history. This war
Is the more wicked because It Is un-
fair. Our cannon are as fatal to our
friends as to our enemies. For our
friends. are not all In one camp, nor
Our: enemies in another, Courage.
virtue, and patriotism are not the gifts
OF any one race. All the people Of ,Eu-
rope and American really belong to
one race-the race of men. a,i,a
There can be no abiding civilization
without security OF property and life.
There can be no abiding peace save. n,
democracy. There can be no security
In democracy while absolutism fs its
netghhof. Absolutismb finds. its main
tptsrest In some form Of robbery of
the people # holds, in it's chains. I MI.
f0r lns soot 81 "a Il: - al i.
solnttsm we'll knows; This. democra-
cy must realize. s Il = - 's. .. - -
4 + If the peace which shall some time
follow leaves any. ar tbe neomia ~ u.s. ~
rome heif,iesa IN fhair ioSyn 8 fsatr, 8 Is
will bo Soniv. q femnnrarv trncs' : r. nm y
saine abuses will MIN o ,fha sa;,,a ,,,,.s
iIsrnua ana nnd,.nr,rei, q, tS M. oe.o y
Thns fla that. III, 2 -
saif "a fnr Il thss y sSpssf.s =,
aiIistnrv .is nonae aGi. VI ~. ss M9tiu ~ !.
,af y ynly 70 =. oe lnlnsa-
Hara ifs IL 1Sassn, th y ,,,c,,r o., g,
II q, ~. -. rRae ~, tne e.ate,iaaMn' an
~ = LIB ass ~ see tnal history does
y ~ ! YgssSs .ssssi!s tnat me oia piund-
-. :; siisii ISy Siast tho fu-
ssao. ssals :. AhI never had europe more
hssr ~ y g 9 sssa.s1esman thaG today.
8 =: ssarl = Y 9 mere Wracknge, with mo-
IS@es. y i0ri 5000 IN itself II destroys
Iar. moIe of good than Ayil. WAR, Gre
"a! ,.!na!ttarism is again M ID the saddle.