El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-10

sense Of right as expressed in some
competent tribunal
RELOCATING War.
It now remains 10 consider whether
there is nou-and believe lnere IS
some method which viii bring nearer
the day when international war OF the
kind hitherto waged and now Wasl
between nations shall De LSie5dle4 -
that past which contains the hlhd o.
private war that was haDltudlly Wdseu
between individuals Up 10 the end OF
the middle ages. BY degrees the work
Of q national police has been substl-
tuted for the exercise OF lue IisAt U
private war The growth OF sentiment
in favor Of peace within each nation
accomplished little until an eIIectlFe
police force was put back OF the senu-
ment.
There are a few communities where
such a police force is almost non
existent, although always latent IN
the shape OF a sheriffs posse or some
thing Of the kind In al big commu-
mites, however, in all big cities, law
is observed. innocent and' l2W-aDIdlns
and peaceful people are protected ana
the disorderly and violent classes pre-
vented from q riot Of mischleI ant
wrong-dOing, only by the presence o.
an effGient pollce force some analo-
gOus international police force must De
created if war between nations is 70
be minimized as war between lnulNlu-
uals has been minimized-
Facing the Facts
It is, OF course, essential that; II
this end is TO be accomplished. we shallL
face facts with the understanding OF
what they really signify Not Jhs
slightest good is done by hysJerlcal
outcries for a peace which would con-
secrate wrong or leave the wrongs un-
redressed- Little or nothing would pc
gained by a peace which merely
stopped this war for the moment and
left untouched all the causes that nave
brought il about. A peace which leLt
the wrongs of Belgium unredresseu,
winch did not leave her ihoe 5--C,,t-t
and secured against further WIons
doing, and which did not PROVIDE
measures hereafter 10 safeguard an
peaceful nations against suffering me
fate that Belgium has suffered. Woulu
probably be mischleyOuS rather IMAM
beneficial in its ultimate effects
II is perfectly possible TO take the
view, that as conditions now are Ter
many, from the standpoint OF the pres
ervation of her national life, may have
felt il necessary TO act as she Glu
toward Belgium. and yet also 10 take
the view that Belgium has oeen ter
ribly WrOnged, and that the clNillHeu
world owes il TO itself 20 see that TINS
wrong is redressed, and that steps are
taken which viii guarantee that here
after conditions shall not be permitted
TO become such as either TO require OF
to permit such action surely all
OF peace and who do not use the great
words, Love Of Peace" to cloak their
own folly and timidity must agree
that peace is to be made the hand
maiden Of righteousness, or else that
il is worthless.
Defending n Treaty.
EngIand's attitude in going to war
in defence of Belgium's rights, &C
cording to its own guarantee, was not
only strictly proper. but represents the
only kind Of action that ever viii
make the neutrality treaty. or peace
treaty or arbitration treaty worth the
paper on which il is written The
published dispatches Of the British
government show that Sir Edward
Grey clearly, empharically. and scrupu-
lousy declined TO permit his govern
ment TO war until II became imperative
TO do so if Great Britain was TO fulfill,
as her honor and interest alike de
manded, her engagements on behalf Of
the neutrality Of Belgium
Of course. as far as Great Britain
is concerned. she would not be honor
ably justified in making peace unless
this object of her going 10 war was
achieved The case Of Belgium in this
war stands by itself As regards all
the other powers, IL is not only possible
to make out real case IN favor OF