The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-12
CALLS ON AMERICA TO HELP
FORM FEDERATION OF EUROPE
Member of Italian Ct nber of Deputies Says This Com
try Must Bring +. To Old World-Predicts War
Will End in Universal = e. austion of Belgerents

[Edoardo Giretti, Member OF the
Italian Chamber Of Deputies, in the
New York Times.
Col. Roosevelt has drawn, from the
war now raging in Europe another
argument in favor of his well-known
doctrine of big arnamentS. AnJp, dy
with any so of critical faculty will
realize at once that the argument of
Col. Roosevelt is absolutely worthless
There can be no doubt that the eX-
ample Of heroic and unfortunate Bel
gium is a lesson that must be learned
by those pacificiSts who he lieved that
the mentality OF the civilized world
had reached such a stage Of develop
ment that international respect for
treaties and agreements would be
fOregone conclusion everywhere with
out the employment Of any Material
force.
Alas. now that the governing
classes in Germany have persuaded
| almost the entire German Nation that
the most patent and ineXcusable viO-
lation Of international law was not
only permissible but rendered neces-
sary by the ex;gencies Of legitimate
| national Defense we must certainly
resign ourselves to accepting as fact
| that, in the eyes OF large portion Of
sO-called civilized human beings, the
savage maxim of Prince Bisma rex
that might comes before right still
has more than sufficiently persua-
sive power.
Given such All international way Of
looking at things, one is unquestion-
ably obliged TO admit that right, if it
is to be in position to resist the un-
just aggressions Of might, must be
enabled nc only to appeal to the
highest and most noble sentiments Of
the human soul, but also to rely, i
the worst comes to the worst, on the
positive support Of a material force
superior to that from which attacks
and brutalities are TO be feared
Roosevelt Theories Outworn.
Col. Roosevelt, despite tbs, seem:
to forget completely in his argument
that the most civilized and moder1
nations cannot feel assured agains
the possible return Of aggressive bar
: barism by the mere fact that two O.
: three nations are banded togethe
like the military alliances of old
Moreover, this idea of Col. Roosevelt
, far from being new, is the sam
which has been for a long time tn
s central and directing force in Euro
t pean policy. 1t is resp onsible fer tn
3 indefinite continuation Of the ma
rush to ornaments, for the secret mil
t itaristic alliances whose only reSul
0 was bound to be the colst; t tempta
. ton to make war, which culminat
K ed finally in the present horrible con
) fla grafton throughout Europe.
: OF course, as long as a nation 0
: group of nations is haunted night an
s day by the spectre of foreign aSgres
S sion, unless it continues TO pay tri
n butte to the folly Of ever-increasin
: armaments, it is ordained by fat
that such nations will be driven b
:. desperation to make war today, les
n the enemy's chances Of winning be
Ii come greater tomorrow.
II The Well-nigh unanimous ccnviC
S ton of the Germans that their gov
s ernment, in spite of working whole
= heartedly for peace, has been ObiSe
: to declare war in order to fOrestal
+ while there was yet time, the inevit
able aggression OF Russia, shows cor
- clusively that it is by exploiting in
, pressive bugbears like the "Sla
Peril" the German PERIL" or til
Japanese Peril" that the governin
e classes, which have a real or suppo:
y ed interest in maintaining militarisn
s. have succeeded up to now IN fee1in
6 international hatreds and jealousie
and preventing free and fraternal Il
:. tercourse among nations.
= Nations Must Organize.
> | Inc l1me may come "uell tIoi
- obstacles to the natural law Whic
:. tends to unite more and more tt
=. moral and material interests Of h
= manity will no longer stand in tt
way Of more enlightened publ
:, opinion throughout the universe.
ID public opinion freed at last from n:
20 tional prejudicies. Unfortunatel
: this is still far in the future. Viii
40 awaiting it the most important thiT
for a world that sorely needs pea'
and quiet is for nations SO to organi