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II, GEoRG BRANDEs.

~DME time during the summer of
- "lI the great International
~ Peace League published lee
ure delivered in Canada by Wis.,
CONN. Hlldane. In addressing the
ui.n boys Of the league at the time he
r....I cut the harmonious under
.y.... that had been reached be-
tween The TWO great English speaking
nations ana held out the prospect of a
p.I..ul relationship among all nation
,g..- lie quoted Ernes, Renan, who,
a,trrau. 20 George Meredith, had more
Iua..uItyc initiative than any other
Eurup,iu as having said: Man Is not
lu..I rs either race or language, or
ng ....-Ion. the flow of rivers, or the
pur. .G mountains" Again, Renan
cUui attention to the words Of that
Nu -r.lter man, Goethe, who had
said We may look upon the whole
.r.H. t.cIylizcd peoples as one large
confederation. united by common eff
forts. md working toward a common
goal.
Prof Theodore Ruyssen of Bordeaux
900 prrftc.ng reproduction of Lord
IbtIucs lecture, wrote This one
fact is sure: war becomes less fire.
oupn,. lasting alliances, forming new
po.l.l aggregations, neutralize and
render harmless the ambitions OF the
Individual States, and are thus stilling
ir 70 satisfactory manner the fears of
armed strife. The desire for war among
the Powers has thus from time to time
been restrained or hindered by the nu-
m.r,us threads of mutual interests that
bind the different peoples together in
allied efforts"
Such was the belief only a few
months prior to the outbreak OF the
world war. Some of Europe's foremost
meu actually thought we had gone SO
far toward international peace,
Tor my part. did not belong to the
optmists. In certain lectures delivered
hy me in Norway in February of 1911
REGARDING the tension then existing
AUTOMATICALLY between England and
Germany I pointed out that the pros
poets were very gloomy; yet | took .
part in the peace work.
In the period between September L.
and ~ of last year the twenty-first
peace conference was to have beer
held at Vienna. The Austrian Prime
Minister, then Count Bercltold was
among the committee of invitation, the
very man who has been guiding unit
Of late Austrias war against Servia
France, England, Russia, Montenegro
Belgium and Japan! The Emperor had
asked the participants of the prospec-
tive ronference to a feast at the palace
According TO the wish of the members
was to have delivered a speech at the
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,GE,ORG BRANDES ON THE WAR
FROM ENGLISH POINT OF VIEW

and less populous States, English writ
ers. among others H. A. l.. Fisher. vice.
chancellor of Sheffield University. have
pointed out that the greatest works of
civilization have sprung from small
States. Take, for instance, the Old
Testament, Homer's poems, the Attic
drama and the Italian renaissance. To
Athens, Jerusalem Florence and Wei
mar the world owes infinitely more for
culture than 10 the monarchies of Louis
XIV, Napoleon or Emperor William ii.
Therefore, England will take care that
the Identity and the welfare of small
States shall be preserved. To certain
military minds in Germany IL seems re-
grettable and even pitable that small
community should be organized on
peaceful basis and that IL should make
1t a policy to avoid war.
But admitting even that the m rality
Of the Swiss, the Danes, the Dutch or
the Belgians might be much improved
by absorption into some big military
Power, would the world not have lost
something precious by the disappear
ance of just such little Gases Of peace?
Has the policy of conquest proved bene-
| fetal? Has the cessation of Poland rs
State actually been blessing to the
countries that divided it between them?
Has not this partition of that ancient
kingdom been a source of constant irri-
tation to the present possessors? Has
not the annexation of Alsace-L Lorraine
been alike baneful to both ruler and
subject?
The small nations have the great
advantage that they differ from the
| fixed type accentuated by the manner
and conduct of larger Powers The ex-
istence Of small nations means to the
European system about the same as
the personal freedom of the individual
/ does to a community: 1t counteracts
the ruling and deadening belief that
only the brutal force of organized
masses shall predominant.
II the word civilization has a mean
| ing at ALL IL 1t stands for good will
sense Of duty, self-sacrifice. live men
tai interests and clear judgment,
| then there Is no reason to believe that
| such should be the peculiar privilege Of
| big nations There is even a type of
| harsh, yes. aggressive patriotism which
Is contrary to the accepted idea Of all
civilized sentiments. This patriotism
may very we'll be allied with a certain
form of heroism which has been known
in barbaric ages, but it is the result Of
a fanaticsm which has always be, n
| the worst enemy TO common sense.
| whether of religious nature, sending
| heretics to the flames or a military
nature. exposing everybody who stands
in the way of it's will to destruction
| by shot and shell.
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Among the numerous English PAM
phets that have been provoked by the
war-OXford University alone. up to
now. has issued twenty-four--it is nat
ural to mention first the one by
Gilbert Murray, because this prominent
scholar has throughout his life stood
for peace. Indeed, in his very enthusi-
asm for this cause. he has translated
Euripides's The Trojans," the first inn
portant European plea against armed
strife, and has placed before us the
fundamental question: How can war
ever be justifed?" Anticipating the
objections THAT might be raised by the
followers of TolstOy or those who argue
in favor Of turning the other cheek to
the striker. those who believe in re-
turning good for evil, his pamphlet is an
answer in its entirety to such disciples
As a genuine Englishman, Gilbert
Murray considers II impossible for any
one to read the official presentations
Of the cause Of the war as given by the
British, the German and the Russian
Governments without reaching the con-
Clusion that Germany, or a great party
in the fatherland, had planned for the
conflict long ago, that they chose a
moment when they deemed their neigh
bors least prepared for effective resist
ance and that this guiding party
blocked a peaceful settlement of the
ninlCuity between Austria and Sci Via
for the purpose of precipitating the
Intended steps leading to the crushing
of France, and. to that end, attacked
Belgium's neutrality.
But Murray has foresecn this objec-
ton: "The misdeed of Germany does
not justify our committing a similar
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nTT is because | have read such
strange and garbled tales over
here about Ireland and her atti-
tude toward the war now de-
vl-'tug Europe that | very much
want to set things straight began
Lady Gregory, but recently arrived in
New York from Connacht County Gal
way She dropped for the time all her
ideas about the National Theatre which
she hopes Americans will establish and
settled down to discussion of the war
and Ireland.
The last paragraph in that "Kiltartan
History # hers, in which she has re-
0prird tales told her by pipers, beg
CARS travelling men, inmates Of work.
huuS,, and others whom she has met In
her journeys about Ireland, is called "a
Prophecy" and says;
"It Is likely there will be a war at
-h" ynd Of the two thousand. that was
always foretold and 1 hear the English
are making ships that will dive the
same as diving ducks under the water. So
one wonders If the old Irish prophet
smoking his ancient pipe beforeSthe peat
t'" n his matched cottage did not put
'hr date Of his prophecy just bit too
far dong,
People here keep asking me If Ire
land IS on the side of Germany, as she
Is represented here to be in some quar-
tcrs Lady Gregory went on. II have
come straight from Connacht, where
have been all through the war. think
Chat lust at THE beginning the people
'... a rather neutral or dispassionate
interest in the matter, but Ireland Is
rclILous before all and very soon the
news 4 the Belgian atrocities and the
destruction Of churches turned them al
together against the Germans.
zone or two small Dublin newspapers
took the German side, but these are very
HN'r read In the country Mr.. John
Redmond held meeting at Tuam
County Galway, a Sunday or two be-
Tor" left, He had a tremendous re-
'rf nn The farmers, now for the most
l1I. % possession Of their holdings, and
r'prcsontlng the real feeling of the
country very strongly supported him
ami his speech was calling on them tc
support the side Of justice, which is also
The side Of England in this war.
was reported in some Irish papers
ih1i Prof, Kuno Meyer had stated at a
meeting IN New York that a brigade
was being formed of Irish soldiers who
N'r" now about to fight on the side OF
Germany Prof. Meyer held classes In
ancient Irish in Dublin. They were
very useful, | was myself a subscriber
3" them. | do not think, however, thai
any soldiers attended them. I think II
If"i Meyer had come in contact with
The Irish Guards or the Connaught
hangers or the Dublin Fusliers hC
would have hestated to say that they
We're about to become renegades, tC
lurn upon the comrades on whose side
they had been fighting, to break theli
"aih and to break the long alliance o
nationalist Ireland with France.
ut Is III years since France sent al
expedition no help Ireland against Eng
''nd and there should DC very stron'
'Ausc indeed II Ireland We're to breal
with that old friendship, But the peopl
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Of Ireland seem to have no wish to join
with the Germans. | heard of man
In Galway the other day asking what
the Germans would do with Ireland II
they got it. lie was asking a woman in
a shop, and she said:
"I.ook out the door. Do you see
that street and that tram line? Well,
the Germans would leave Ireland as
bare as that, and it's little you or any
other one would ever get out of it,
THE Belgian refugees are being re-
ceved in many of the converts of Ire
land and are telling what happened over
there and the people say to me- "What
nature now have the Germans for us
over the RelgIans?" One old man in
deed said to me, If they do break in 7
suppose we must go on their side or
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it'll be worse for u.s. But his old bed
ridden wife had more courage and called
out from her bed. All, what about
them? Why would you be afeared? We
have but the one death; we have not
two deaths to die
"The strongest opinion I have heard
ON the war was from farmer who was
violently abusing the British Govern
ment for allowing German prisoners TO
be taken, for he said, I'd cut the head
off every damn one Of them There's
a nice bit of Sunday reading for your
paper" laughed Lady Gregory.
"Some poor man, a weaver out of
work said at my door, The Kaiser was
preparing for it this !ong time; he must
be a terrible man; a great shame any
crowned head to have leave to bring
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Ill

II. therefore, the question. For what
are you fighting?" is asked of Great
Britain and the English, their answer
will be:
First, for our national honor. We
have solemnly taken upon ourselves The
responsibility for Belgiums indrpcnd-
ence and neutrality, and we did this
at the time that country became an
independent State. Prussia. who now
dominates Germany. assumed the same
accountability. But of what value are
treaties If they may DE 6ioi>en iiiiffer-
emily as soon as such be convenient to
one or the other of the parties con-
cerned?
"If an international moral standard
does not prevail then a heavy blow
is at once aimed at all private and
commercial conscience. And in that
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II.

According to the English, the Ger.
man speaking peoples look down upon
small States. As big empires owe their
being to the absorption II smaller
States this view IS not surprising As
for this contempt toward the smaller
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Georg Brandes Denmak and pubIc
had influence guiding popular than
any that The attitude of Scandinavia
tbe present of profound the begrents
Therefore following of Britains
on conflict of the significance
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case the mastery Of law. the sign of
civilization, is destroyed
Germany gives as an excuse that,
had she not violated Belgium's neutral
ity. France would have done so. Yet
France replied in the negative to Sir
Edward Grey's question, when he asked
Arizona republican., 1915-02-20
ORDINANCE NO. 36.
An Ordinance Prescribing the Rules of Procedure For the Hearing of
 Charges Against the City Manager.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COM MISSION OF THE CITY OF PHOE- NIX, as follows:
 SEC. l. No charges other than those presented at the meeting of the Commission held on the 22nd day of January, 1915, and the meeting held on the 9th day of February, 1915 shall be heard or considered, unless such new and additional charges be reduced to writing and by resolution of the Commission be directed to Dc served upon the City Manager and be heard and determined as the Commis- sion may direct, provided that such new and additional charges, if pre- ferred by some person or persons other than the City Commission, shall
 be supported by affidavit filed with the City Clerk, and no new or addi- tional charge shall be heard or de- termined in connection with those presented at said meetings unless said City Manager shall have full and fair opportunity to answer the same at said hearing; and if a reasonable adjournment upon the day set for | tie hearing of said resolutions be re- quired by the City Manager, such ad-
 journment shall be granted him as a matter of course.
 SEC. ?. At the hearing of said
Arizona republican., 1915-02-20
THE BEAR DRUG STORE
 Opposite City Hall

charges the City Manager shall be permitted to be represented by coun- sel who may examine and cross ex- anime witnesses, and otherwise assist him in the presentation of his de- fense. The Commission may likewise be represented by counsel to be desig- mated by the Mayor, but not more than two counsel in behalf of the prosecution of the charges shall be privileged to examine and cross ex- anime witnesses and address the Commission. f SEC. 3. The evidence may be pre- sented either in the form of affi- davits or official documents or by the oral examination of witnesses pro- duced at the hearing, who shall be sworn by the City Clerk to testify | to the truth. the whole truth and nothing but the truth Affidavits shall not be received unless it be shown that the persons making the same are unavoidably absent from the | City of Phoenix at the time of the hearing, or by reason of illness are 1 not able to attend the hearing No
 
 hearing unless copies of the same shall have been served by the party offering it upon the counsel for the opposite side at least one day before lit is offered.
 SEC. 4. The Mayor shall preside at the hearing and shall see to it that the hearing is conducted in an orderly and decorous manner, and shall have power and is hereby au- thorized to enforce his orders in that behalf by ordering the arrest or re- moval from the room in which such hearing shall be conducted of any and all persons who shall fail or refuse to comply with his orders. l SEC. 5. The order of proceeding at said hearing shall be as follows: Evidence in support of the charges
 shall first be admitted. The City
 Manager may then present his evil dence constituting his defense. Upon lthe conclusion of the evidence for
 the defense, evidence in rebuttal of the evidence introduced in behalf of the City Manager may then be heard,
 and if new matter be introduced in
 rebuttal, the City Manager may then introduce evidence to meet such new levidence. At the conclusion of the taking of the evidence as aforesaid, the hearing shall terminate and the matter shall be submitted to the Commission for it's determination and
 faction.
 l SEC. 6. The City Commission may
 of it's own motion, or at the request of the City Manager, or the party or ] parties making the charges, may ap-
 point a competent stenographer or l stenographers to take the testimony and proceedings produced at the hear ing.
 WHEREAS, the immediate opera } tion of this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of the public , peace. health and safety, an emerg- } ency is hereby declared to exist, and r this ordinance shall be in full force : and effect from and after it's passage : lby the Commission and approval b! l the Mayor, and is hereby exempted from the provisions of the city char l ter relating to the referendum.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-20
HIGH WATER |S
 T0DAY'S TOPIC.
Conference Committee and Special Delegates to Talk Over Celebration to Be Held at Roosevelt Late Next Month

High water day at the Roosevelt dam will be discussed today by the
 conferees of the commercial Organi-
 cations of the entire valley, assembled lat the Arizona club at the request
 of the Phoenix conference committee, which will be meeting there for it's second weekly session. Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Glendale and Phoenix will
 he represented at the meeting by
 delegates. sent specially to take up
 the proposition of the big boost cele-
 bration for the commemoration of
 the million acre feet mark in the reservoir
 There will be million acre feet in the lake by the middle of March, according to the hopeful predictions of dozens of boosters Less than two hundred thousand acre feet are lack ing, and at any rate. the joy-fe need not be detained, if there are pros- poets on or about March IS that the dam will impound that much wealth within a short time-according to the committee
 The suggestion for the celebration was made originally by General Sec retary Harry M. Blair of the Y. M. c. A, whose idea was transferred to the Phoenix conference committee by the chamber of commerce.
 So, today's meeting will be a sort | of special occasion with the High Water Day as it's chief topic. | Project Manager c. H. Fitch has been asked to attend the meeting in
 order to answer questions. c. T. Pea i body is coming from Chandler. w. J. KinGsbury from Tempe, Romaine Fielding from the Lubin studio and
 others from elsewhere. MT. Field | ing's presence will of course bring up
 the subject of moving pictures of the | celebration. and no douht the Lubin manager can find way to lend q
 great deal of film-eclat to the occa = sion bY making it the subject of a | h post movie The confereeS will take luncheon at the club at 30.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-20
STORES 10 CLOSE
 MONDAY AFTERNOON

Phoenix stores have been asked to close in the afternoon on Washing tons birthday instead of for the day as at first announced. This correc
 tion in the original statement of plans for the day was made by Sec retary Clemens of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association yesterday,
 Practically every establishment in the city will join the state. county and city offices and the banks in the observance of the day. and with the elaborate celebration that has been planned, it is expected the entire city will turn out for the parade, which will be followed by a speaking pro- gram at the Central school Already there has been a good demand for tickets for the dance which will be held at the armory on Monday eve ming The affair will be for the benefit of the Phoenix armory fund.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-20

Yavapai and Maricopa counties drew closer together on the matter of good roads, than they have ever been before, when members of both boards of supervisors met at the chamber of commerce yesterday to talk over with a delegation of Wickenburg business men, the need of repairing the north and south highway between the two county seats. J. H. Mulholland, the man who insisted so strongly on a gorgeous appropriation for the state good roads work at the recent an nual meeting of the Arizona Good Roads Association, led the Wicken burg delegation
 As the Peoria -Wickenburg section of the road is the worst of all be- tween Prescott and Phoenix. and as the highway is the natural summer vacation route for people living in the south of the state, it was pointed out by the visitors. that Yavapai county could well afford to aid in repair work. even though the entire stretch in question lies within Mari
 
 further, after first hand inspection of the road the members of both boards have agreed to meet at a good roads banquet to be held in Wickenburg early next week.
 The Hassayampa bottom road through the Garden of Allah. made the main route by the supervisors some time ago. has become the least desirable of three or four different routes, according to the Wickenburg men and it is to obviate this, without hurting the community at the Garden, that the next conference will be held
 Three or four auto loads of Phoe nix good roads men will make the trip to the northern town.
 Not since the supervisors of Mari | copa and Yuma counties met at Agua Caliente last November. has such a get together as yesterdays been or ganized Cooperation between the different sections of the state on cer-
 tain much needed highway work. is to be a policy of the state associa = tion. which will have as one of its chief purposes the promotion of state
 wide roads systems. and the elimina
 tion of sectional differences. A high | ly successful meeting is anticipated i it may be the incentive for further
 inter-county conferences along simi- | lar or broader lines.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-20

F. G. MOTT. President.
 w. N. Banks, Secretary.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-20
CLIFTON COUPLE WE'D
 IN SUPREME COURT

Leonard s. kearney Jr., and Miss Viola M. Ireland, both of Clifton, were married at 10 o'clock yesterday morning in the supreme court cham ters, Chief Justice Henry D. Ross performing the ceremony.
 MT. kearny, who is a prominent attorney of Clifton, was the repub- lican candidate for superior judge at the last election. Mrs. Kearney has been for the last three years the su- perintendent of the primary depart ment of the Clifton schools. They will make their home in Clifton.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-20

 HIGHWAY CHAT
Members of Supervisors of Yavapai and Maricopa Meet Wickenburg Dele gation Anent Road Re- pairs, Next Week
Delegates at Good
 Roads Conference

J. H. MulhoIIand, chairman good roads committee, Wicken- burg board of trade, and George B. Upton and c. C. Davis of Wickenburg.
 w. A. Moeur and Frank Luke of Maricopa county board of su- perViSOrS.
 William Stevens, chairman board of supervisors, Yavapai county.
 Dwight B. Heard, president Ari- zona Good Roads Association, E. H. Ensign and Findley Morton of chamber of commerce good roads committee; Harry WeIch, secre- tary Arizona Good Roads Asso- citation.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-20
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING

Stockholders annual meeting of the Vulcan Oil and Gas Company.
 The regular annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Vulcan oil and Gas Company, will be held at the office of the said company. at Hay ana, Montgomery County, Kansas, on Monday, March 1st. at g o'clock in the morning of said day, for the pur- pose of electing a board of directors, for the ensuing year, and for the purpose of transacting such other business as may properly come be- fore the meeting.
 F. G. MOTT, President.
 w. N. Banks, Secretary.
Arizona republican., 1915-02-20
Colorado Springs. Colo.
 January 30th, 1915. TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE
HONEST OIL COMPANY.

MIDWEST OIL COMPANY.
 Pursuant to the bylaws of the Company YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the annual meeting of the stockholders of THE MID WEST OIL COMPANY will be held at the office of the Company in the City of Phoenix, state of Arizona, at two o'clock D. m. on Thursday the 4th day of March, 1915, for the pur- pose of electing the Board of Di- rectors and for the transaction of all other business pertaining to the Company which may come before said meeting. Books fer the transfer of stock will close tt the conclu- sion of business on February 2S. 1915. and will reopen on the day follow
Arizona republican., 1915-02-20

PASSED by the Commission of the City of Phoenix, this 18th day of February, 1915.
 APPROVED this 18th day of Feb ruary, 1915.
 GEORGE U. YOUNG. Attest: Mayor. FRANK THOMAS, City Clerk.