Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-18

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snrable, because they cannot be meas
med by the same instruments.
Peaceful Settlements.
The peace advocates see all this and
advocate peaceful settlement because
it is not only the best method, but
is the only effective method, the only
one which recognizes that intellect
ual questions may he settled by argu-
ment, debate, exposition, arbitration,
but never by force. If you are strong
you may suppress yc,tr enemy, but
you do not by that act vindicate your
cause or destroy the validity of his.
False Conceptions.
Many false conceptions are prevail.
ent regarding this whole subject.
There are many still cropping in the
darkness unable to see the real issues
at stake. This mental darkness is
displayed in the following letter by
an ex,soldier of the Civil war. After
stating in a recent letter that he
served during the last two years Of
the war as a private soldier, he goes
on to say @
"And ! now wish to register a bit.
ter protest against those alleged ad.
vanced educationallists and church.
men who are using the name of Christ
and religion to weaken OWr national
defences and to discredit war and the
soldier. l refer to those extreme
peace advocates who denounce the
soldier as a murderer and destroyer.
"How amazing to a soldier Of the
Civil war, Or any other just war, to
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Washington's admonition-In time Of
peace, prepare for war; was forged
in hell should be publicly heralded
by our national commissioner OF
schools, our alleged secretary of state,
David Starr Jordan and their associ-
ates. Why should not the nation be
asking, What is the matter with the
schools? Is ii not in part such rot
ten, socialistic, effeminate i%nfRcien-
cy? The United States of America
its schools, churches and other insti-
tutions were builded behind the Amer
lean battle line and the American sol
der has even teen their protector. If
he was right then, he is right now; ii
he is a murderer now, he was a muir
derer then. If Washington's admo.
milton "a forged in hell, then oun
flag, our national songs, The Star
Spangled Banner and The Battle
Hymn Of the Republic should be sent
to hell, and instead of strewing Our
nations dead. with flowers we should
cover them over with excavations.
Educating Nations.
History teaches that the nation
that becomes educated, rich, effete
and puts aside its sword has received
it's death sentence under that immut
able law that we call The survival o!
the fttcst.' This law came to maj
when the Creator made mar in hi:
image and commanded him to hcvt
dominion over all things of this earth
And that is the TRUE starting pOin
from which the reformation of church
the school and soCieay must start.
"Piffae never Won great victories.
Perhaps it ,MAl be better to TAX,
up some Of the points raised in thi.
letter in detail. If the author object'
that the peace advocates speak in tn
name of Christ and religion, HI
should remember that Christ alst
said "all they that take the sword
shall perish by the sword"-Matt. 26
So, and that the whole tenor of hi
teaching is on the side of peace, fra
.ternal love and putting humanity be
fore minor selfish interests. lnstea.
of the old motto: in time Of peace
prepare for war;" f%ar-sighted peopl'
substitute lin time of peace prepar,
for peace" If the schools need NOR,
efficiency, they can find it by wrest
ling with environment and teaching
others to do 5 o More will be said Of
this matter later. IF he was RICH
then, he is right now; If he is a mur
derer now, he was a murderer then.
This attitude is manifestly against al
progress. The science of ethics plain
" shows that the development evel
of conscience is an evolutionary pro
cess. What conscience sanctions ii
one generation, conscience condemn
in another. Men now have a highe
vision they see a better way. Thi!
will be discussed further when w
consider how war has been outgrown
The men CT those other days lived &C
cording to their light, but more ligh
is given us now, and we must be tru'
to it.
Mar and Environment.
The songs in question are beautiful
in so far as they express the highes
ideals, but as their conceptions be
come antiquated, they are outWorr
and will give way to songs EN-
bodying higher ideals. There woul,
be no object in covering the grave
of dead soldiers with execration, ratb
err we honor them for following tn
best they knew, but that does not pre-
vent us from finding a better way
The greatest blindness is displayed
in the last paragraph. Norman
Angell in "The Great Illusion" show;
that mans struggle must be agains
environment, not against man. Go
operation of man with man hssten:
the mastery over hostile nature ant
bad conditions. If man struggles
constantly with his environment, HI
will rot become effete, and more ant
more men will become fit. On th,
other hand, war saps the virility of
people, killing the most fit and leav
ing the least fit to beget p~oeterity
Unlike contests against environment
hunger, disease, ignorance, war in
lures, nd degrades man. A few
tonce self indr4lgent nen may gadr
fortitude by 1t, but the race is weak
ened. Compare Canadians with Vene
Zuelans, the peaceful with constan'
fighters. Note the virility of the Chi
nese, the only ancient people who sur
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