Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-18
peace are surely greater than those
of war. Roosevelt, in a recent article,
saws.
Mother Versus Soldier.

peace are surrey greater Illdu IlIOoo
of war. Roosevelt, in a recent article,
says:
Mother Versus Soldier.
Recently, in certain circles, some
popularity has been achieved by a
song entitled 81 Didn't False My Boy
To Re a Soldier"--a song which ought
always to be sting with IL companion
piece entitled Il Didn't Raise My Girl
TO Be a Mother" The two would
stand on precisely the same moral
level. This hymn, in condemnation
of courage, has been sung in music
halls, and even in schools, with APP
plause. Those who applaud such a
song are wholly out of place at any
patriotic celebration on Decoration
Day or the Fourth of July; and most
assuuedly men of this abject type will
be easily affected by terrorism. The
sinking Of the Lusitania, the destruc-
ton of Louvan, the shooting Of the
Belgians who rallied to the defense
Of their flag precisely vs. the men of
Lexington and Bunker Hill once raj
lied to the defense of theirs, the e
CHESS t~horoughness of he exploita-
ton of the civilian population Of Nor
thern France and Belgium, the utter
ruthlessness shown in dealing not only
with men but with women and child
renal this has undoubtedly cowed
md terrorized the average American
p%acifst, the average peace 1at-any-
price man in the United States. 1t has
cowed the type of man who cheers
such a song as 81 Didn't Raise My
Boy To Be a Soldier" 1t has terror
lied the type of man who makes
speeches and writes editorials or
newspaper OF magazine articles on
behalf OF disarmament, On behalf of
universal arbitration, and against the
Monroe Doctrine. There is a DR..
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde IN nations as in
Individuals; and sheer terrorism is
often found working hand-in-hand
with latby and timid international
pacificism for the undoing of right
eousness and for the dedication OF
the most brutal form of successful
militarism.' 4
1t is evident to any one vino thinks
clea rly that I didn't raise my boy to
be a soldier, and | didn't raise my girl
10 be a mother are not on the same
level. To be a mother is to follow
the course Ct nature, to be a soldier
is to rul, counter TO it, to he a mother
is to be obedient to II OF the high
est calls of a wCman's nature, to be
On the side of E;tnan progress and
welfare, the side of life creation and
conservation, but to be a soldier is to
destroy lie. is TO hinder progress and
work against human welfare, and to
answer the brutal call to fight and
destroy. You do not condemn cOur-
age when you disbelieve in war.
There are many better ways of dis
playing it, as every n knows, as in
lighting against environment. Meth
er are believers in peace out OF place
IN a patriotic meeting.
The right patriotism consists in
the delight which springs from con-
.ributing our peculiar and legitimate
advantages to the benefit OF human.
ity," says Emerson.
The trie peace lovers are not ter
-orized. While they recognize and
tep.orc all the wrongs which have
been committed they know that you
cannot cure the evils Of war with
more war. All the wrongs cited may
be true but still they do not justify
war. The question is n Of the meth
cd of dealing with the issue. Ven
geance is mine. saith the Lord, l will
repay will yet be given a wider appli-
cation and applied 70 nations as we'll
as to individuals. A war of retalia-
ton is the most unChristian of wars.
it is sometimes affirmed that ques-
tionS of vital interest and rationa'
honor shoasld not be a%rbitrated; but
individuals constantly arbitrate such
since dueling ceased. 1t is said that
UIcle Sam will never arbitrate a slaT
in the face. This is cheap and heath
.en:sh talk. The alternative to peace.
IL. settlement is killing thousands
and thousands of innocent soldiers to
avenge an insult" from government
officials who never fight. ne sink
ing of the Lusitania is right and a
very clever performance, If war is
right. War made as brutal as pos
sible Is right, if the game Of war is
right at all; for the idea Of regulating
warfare is at bottom an anomoly for,
il war Is right, tn kill all you can,