Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-05-21
DREAM OF BROTHERHOOD
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ton as well as to every Individual.
This she has no right to question. but
she does ~fiagrantly and without
shame. Asia as we'll as Europe has
been turned into a battlefield-a field
where hate and ambition are per-
forming their cruel disasters field
in which the worst of human nature
is manifested day by day.
And what about Africa? The
European nations have carried their
war there. The Dark Continent has
been made their prey. 1t appears that
strength has become their object
of worship. Brute force has taken the
reins and is driving its armies
throughout the three continents, as
if it had resolved to burst them wide
open. These countries think in terms
of slaughter and rapine. They are
their meat and drink, and the more
they murder the better they are
pleased. They have gone out to kill,
and kill they will. By this date they
are hardened to their trade. They
have lost those fine aspects of human
nature. They are in the field to cut
down and plumber. The idea OF
brotherhood has been ~uprooted and
thrown into the depths. The glorious
dream has vanished in smoke anG
blood. The whole world is stagger.
ed, if not helpless. Hanging from its
neck there is a weight which seems
no one can cast off. The butcherine
and the pillaging are going on, an(
who can stop them? Who will dar,
speak?. Who will dare offer a help
fn~ 1on19 yNho will I-.1 Lar,
mercy? All are dazed in the pres
ence of such ghastliness and horror
No n knows what to do. We ar
held in the grip of a mysteriou
power which we cannot explain. Neve
! has the whole world been SO helpless
) as it is today.
;, After this brief survey of the situa
ton, let US inquire: What will b
the effect of it all on the world? Wi
civilization be benefited by it? Wi
: we have peace when it has come t
an end? These questions should b
: answered, and since thew are s
: significant, we are shocked as W
think of them. We wish we coul
turn away from them and forge
!. them entirely. Our hearts sink with
, in US as we try to find their answer
! We are sickened by them. For tn
+, effect of this catastrophe upon til
u world will be deplorable beyond OF
y most daring imaginations.! 1t wi
break it up in pieces. It will bull
walls around the various nations ths
: will take ages to tear them down, an
n civilization will be crippled so lon
as they remain. Peace will not
/ established when the war is owe
y Whether the allies or the dual alliant
win, this will be true. 1t will max
no difference who wins, this will /
the case. The end of this conflict wi
have no healing in its wings. W
will have such a volume of ferocior
3 hate that the soul will be sick fe
generations to come. Listen to tt
. words of Maurice Low, the author
GA Study in National Psychology
< "The end of the war will not brin
peace. Nations exhausted by tt
9 struggle, may be compelled to Ia
down their arms, but that will M
-mean peace, the concord of nation
and the renewal of good relation
This generation will see no spiritu'
. peace in Europe. Few men of midd
2 age will live to see the friendship
. Europe restored" These are mourl
full, true words, and when we stuc
them, taking into consideration tt
little history we know. we can reat
!, no other conclusion. The work of Il
!; centuries has been undone. II
: hopes of the philosophers have flow
to unknown quarters. The aspiration
of the philanthropists have. withere
In short, the dream of the brothe
hood of nan has been slain. The n
y lions at war will be enemies Fl
generations to come: Militaris
might be broken by the present co
- fict, but the passion it has arous'
!, will not be broken for a long, lol
time.
8. However, at the cost of Europe '
: might be humble enough to learn Sc
eral valuable lessons. There is a b
ginning to everything, and it may
that the question of dates is of