The Detroit times., 1914-10-21

only way TO make an end OF war Is to
be prepared TO make war on war. FOR
TO Us war Is an unqualified nuisance.
England has no conquests 10 make In
Europe; elsewhere we have bitten on
so much more than we can chew tnat
the problem Is rather one Of unloading
py home rule and less dry-nursing.
Destroying n town Is very good tor
trade. but cannot conceive even a
military commander giving orders 10
destroy Louvain. IN Is 10 their
credit that the burners OF Louvain
we're madly drunk.
''ft is a simple fact that we can re-
pIace men. but we cannot replace
beautiful buildings II you really
make an end OF the Louvains YOU
make an end OF human society. FOR
what keeps tho social fabric together
at this moment Is that most things are
still done In the Lcuvain way ana
not in the Birmingham or Pittsburgh
way.
"Many OF the so-called atrocities are
merely loud calumnies. Today II 10
not the business OF the English news
papers TO tell the truth. but rather 10
peddle tales OF atrocities.
IF we (the English) get into Ger.
many there is no point In killing on
the men-leaye 100 and they would
speedily repair our ravages, XIII on
the women and you do the trick
.The real cost OF war Is the with
drawal OF men from less mischievous
pursuits. The cost-of armament argti
ment Is piffie. Wa might have Tou'
bled and trebled AMI quintrupled our
present armament within the last 10
years. without one single useful per
son beng a penny the worse.
Fleets and armies are today mere
credits and debts In some traders
ledger. Capital, badly needed AT home,
Is sent abroad after cheap labor. Fl
nanciers use the control OF our army
and feet which thny obtain through
their control OF parliament solely 10
guard unpatriotic Investments,
England alone of European nations
has a hired army. As a Socialist l
am strongly In favor OF compulsor,
CONSUMPTION. There yau catch the
capitalist and his son, and his sons
son.
"The real objection to military SER
vice is that we are all afraid OF being
killed. All armies consist mostly OF
that is what makes war so
thrilling
1T Is no more possible to take COW.
ardice into account IN the matter OF
an army than TO take sea-sickness
into account In the matter OF a navy.
while we SO waste and degrade
human life that the residium OF I'M
runs into millions, the
less said about the horrors OF making
a man a soldier the better. Our IN
dustrial chaos murders more souls In
a year OF political peace than any mil
itary system murders men In war.
I'm this war of nations the United
States OF America plays the all-import-
ant hole. When he end comes, as
come II must. II only through interna-
tional exhaustion, peace will not be
brought about by three colonies sit
ting about drum.
There must be q world conference
at which the president OF the United
States must take he chair.
meantime America will so profit by
continued hostilities that foresee Q
whole century I'm which Republican
presidents will nurse policies to To-
ment European war--that the United
States may sell shoes:
But seriously
When French investors have lost
the eight billions they loaned Russia;
when the cars government Is bank
rupt; when English credit Is desper.
ately shaken and German industries
are wrecked. the United States oil
America will push forward unburden.
ed. Am1r..cans will be the leaders to-
morrow: For Europe must breed men