The daily Nome industrial worker., 1915-12-15

Lanes peace suggestions may be valuable, but the methods suggested by him whereby peace after war can be maintained, are not. They are completely impossible.
 The weapon to Oe used is the com mercial boycott That's a weapon which is of exceedingly doubtful use.
 Suppose Great Britain refused to abide by the decisions of an arbitra tion court and thcreupon the na tions with view of compelling her to do so instituted a boycott upon that country what would happen?
 1t would merely result in the British dependencies replying, with Great Britain, in kind. American trade might be denied Great Britain but so also would Great Britain, Canada, Australia, India, Africa, Egypt and a multitude of other places, comprising no mean section of the world be denied the United States or the other powers, And Great Britain would rather be the gainer. Canada would keep up the supply of wheat; India and Egypt consume manufactured goods, while Australia and Africa would absorb manufactures and manufacture goods, and it would simply result in the exclusion of other powers from highly profitable markets.
 1t is very evident that the boy colt would be as inefficient in inter- national affairs as it has proved inadequate in industrial affairs, and that the Powers would realize that given the capitalist system. there can be but one arbitcr and that is force
 Capitalism predicates war. It is war. Capitalism during peace and activity and industrial development Is merely the budding, of which war is the blooming. War is not a cata- clysmic condition, but the gradua! unfolding of unnatural conditions, natural only because of an unnatur- al system of society.
 All this talk about no more wars after this one is ali moonshine Just as long as one man makes pro it from another, as long as one man rules another, as long as one man controls another. as long as one man or set of men depend upon ali. other for their existence, as long Gs such ruling, as loa~ aa snoh cortro:. as long as such Ga.eca-caa ~asults in gain for 8 master class, so long will there be wars.
 They cannot be prevented. The most peaceful of all systems that have ever yet prevailed is the ca pitalist system. and yet under i1 war is inevitable Capitalism de mands peaceful conditions for it's successful operations; but those sue cessful operations lecd to q direct antagonism of other operations, and that antagonism slowly, surely ana inevitably results in war.
 They realize this on all sides. The more important minds in the United States associated with indus trial activities take no stock in peace suggestions such as that issued by Lane. They know securely that it is only a matter of time until the economic interests of citizens of the United States will demand such protection as can be assured by a:i effective fighting force.
 Only one need consider the Mex !can situation. That, almost ! dozen times dragged in the Unitel States, because United States capi- tai had enormous interests therein. And it is now quite clear that only because such an intervention wouiA have jeopardized larger and more important interests throughout the rest of America, it was postponed and resisted.
 But it is completely impossible for any sane man to look ahead, and consider the probable development of the United States privately owned industries, with the ever in creasing demands for markets, ana the ever intensifying struggle with industries in rival countries for those markets, without coming to the conclusion that ultimately the various interests will clash.
 There never yet was power