The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-04-03

be raised by the great armament firm.
of England and other countries. "Tho,
must be the servants he said ".nt
not the masters. Some people w,,l
try to involve by suggestion the nav.,
expenditure In cloud Of SUSPICION
Let them mock. am convinced tho,
a reduction of naval expenditure :.
necessary for the welfare of civili,.
ton. 1t is a question that does M.
only affect governments and Diplomats
but concerns parliaments and the neo,
pie. We must not be DISCOURAGED hr
a want of success. The time will
come when the present expenditure
and competition in naval arma ments
will be thing of the past and whon
the great naval powers will look baoL
upon it with feelings Of regret" mo
significance of these words in ,ha
making Of asdifferent world tomorrow
comes from the fact that they are
the carefully-considered utteranco -
the head of the navy Of the greatost
sea power in the world.
Finance Against Increased Arnan.,.
Other forces are being brought IN
bear, though as yet vainly, in favor
of Limitation of naval expenditura
Some-a larger number than the ordi
nary news-reports of the day indicate
"a number, too, that is CROWNS in
extent and influence, would substitute
a peace policy for arbitration by the
sword and thus make unnecessary ev
cept for police duty, the army and tho
navy. Among the "pacifists," as tho
advocates Of world peace are do.
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 represon.
tatives. In Europe the financial inter.
ests Of the continent have been move
effective than the eloquent advocates
of peace In preventing war. It Ia an
open secret that two years ago these
financial interests averted a general
war on the continent. They are now
becoming aroused to the evils resnlt.
ing from the mad rush of increasing
ornaments"
Disarmament Sentiment GROWING.
Sentiment on the continent OF En-.
rope is changing toward a 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 no.
litical international agreements and
legislation. The repeated strife in the
Balkans is only an apparent exception
IN the general trend. The raw, I'm.
peoples Of the mountains
set their neighbours houses on fire.
That the conflagration spread no far.
her was due to the self-restraint Of
more civilized Europe and to a senti-
nent for peace, which was non.ex.
stent few years ago. All this must
'e written with some reservation.
Inc millennium of peace and inter-
rational good will is not imminent
'ut, Notwithstanding the portentousd
I ;ss'fs Of EXPENSE which ses=s y
ao'0u = lsi6 DAWN
'upremely suggestive. - PERHAPS, is the
Of European nations in re-
emit crises of international disagree
nent. Fifty years ago. twenty years.
osslDiy ten years ago, these crises
would have resulted in war: Today
hey have been sett I'd by conference,
ne recent treaties have been written
,i'h the pen and not the sword. They
NEIL OF tobacco smoke, not powder
no not what man says when moth.
~ IS happening to him reveals his
cal self so much as what he does
men something is happening to him
M nations, which are but collections
men, are, in this, as otherwise like
nto them. They are many men, but
ith the same mind. ,
Church Influence for Peace.
The powerful aid of the spiritna,
foup of the church in Europe ia cast
# disarmament and peace. The
iurch exists under many names and i,
TN doctrines and deeds much at
lriance, Set aside the large section /,
so-called Christian church which
Ills soldiers in Ulster, inspires blood. :
tual prosecutions in Russia, blesses !.
a'ues to Moloch in Germany, and !,
orships Mars and Mercury, militar.
Ill ana commerce, everywhere. Unto
ese who call themselves Christians
'noVah Is man of war and the
lrlst came into this world to bring
u peace-but sword. They for
nsideration of temporal power and
.ernoon teas and fat livings ara
dping him to this end all over this
ntinent Of Europe. Verify, thew
We their reward. Are they not chan