TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-08-21
LET US PROMOTE THE WORLDS
PEACE. NOT PROMOTE THE
WORLDS WARFARE
(From the Chicago Examiner. J

(From the Chicago Examiner.
President Wilson. this newspaper
moved by heartfelt concern for tn,
welfare OF the world and speaking, &
believes, the sentiments OF many mil
lions Of your fellow citizens, makes
this direct appeal 10 you to use youl
personal influence and the power:
and authority OF your great Office 4
put an end TO the exportation OF arm,
and munitions OF war intended u
kill men and TO deysstate cities and
villages and fields and homes in un.
happy Europe.
We mako this appeal, Mr.. Presi.
dent. with all respect for your high
| position and with all honesty and
sincerity Of purpose: and we mos.
earnestly ask that you yourself and
the whole American people carefully
weigh the arguments upon which
this appeal is based
II is admitted that we have q right
to supply arms TO our brother nations
who are destroying themselves in this
wicked war
We have that right under inter
national law, but have We that right
under moral awf
We have that right under the law
OF nations. but have we that hight
under the law OF Godf
The Lord God has said. Thou
shalt not kill. Does that mean also,
Thou shalt not HELP 70 hllf-
II II IL criminal to be Q murderer.
"a IL not just as criminal To be an
acoessosy before the factf
In the case OF two accompiices in
murder Is he who murders for hate
any worse than he who murders for
profit
The professionally good Mr. Bryan,
whose chief Characteristic next to In
sincerity Is Inconsistency. poses as
the apostle Of peace and advocates
the supplying Of armr TO the nstions
At war.
The inconsistent and inhumane
attitude Of the United States govern
nent Is probably due to Mr. Bryan's 8
influence when Secretary Of State.
for when in oHics and since he has
persistently argued In favor OF the
shipment Of arms to the oontendtng
nations,
The law among nations may not
have been carried to the same com
pleteness as the law among indfvidu-
ais. but the moral law, the divine i'm
position. applies TO human beings
univsrsally-to individuals separate
ly and TO nations. which are simply
groups Of individuals.
II Mr.. Bryan saw two men engaged
IN mortal combat he would not, while
bidding them 70 desist in the name
of peace. al the same time encourage
them to continue by supplying them
with pistols and knives to make their
conflict more deadly.
II Mr.. Bryan saw two men engaged
In deadly and destructive conflict, he
would not consider II right for him
self or for any other man to supply
these murderously inclined men with
the implements Of murder simply be-
cause there was 4 handsome profit TO
be derived thorefrom.
II Mr.. Bryan would not advocate
nor stimulate this Incidental murder
and Indictment TO murder through
the supply Of arms to men actively
engaged In murder. in the case OF
two men or Of ten men. why advocate
II in the case OF million men!
Is II any worse to kill men or aid
the killing OF men by twos and tens
than II is by thousands and tens Of
tnOuSanuBI
Mr.. Bryan is an advocate OF pro-
hibition. What would Mr.. Bryan
think OF man who advocated pro-
hibition and at the same time manu-
factured alcoholic liquor and sold II
over bar 10 make men drunk. justi-
Tying hinsslf by the statement that
he had the night under the law' to
10 this7
II they are NOT in favor Of peace,
they should be against war and
sezsnst the supplying Of arms 10 the
nations engaged IA needless. use-
Iess, purposeisas war. when they
knosysthsf shose Arms szs. IA b. usad