South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-22
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MAKING 1T PLAIN.

a good deal IS being heard about
peace-and nOn-resistance- other
loving things. The horrors of war
were never more in evidence. and that.
naturally drives home 10 all of us the
importance of peace. 1t also drives
INTO the minds of many the deSira bill
lJy OF policy of resistance, and
gives new force and effect. in such
minds, TO the words of the NaZarene.
All of us can at least pray that such
day VIII come-when nOn-resistance,
when peace on earth, when the mem
CRY of war, viii be no more.
But IL IS well that we do not "slop
over in our peace talk, nor make
ourselves ridiculous about nOn-resist-
ance We are not ready for any such
beattudes; not at this time in the
process of human nature. We may
Imagine we are until we put the test
squarely before US.
If YOU really want TO know whether
YOU are for non-resistance, ask your
self what you would do if your wife
or daughter were violated. Would
YOU resist such evil, or would you
continue 10 preach the doctrine of
nOn-resistance2 You have a boy; he
IS getting along nicely at school; you
have great hopes for him. Would
you be in favor of non-resistance if
an airship should fly over your home
and kill that boy because you had re-
fused to pay as much taxes as an in
Vading foe might demand?
Could you see your daughter as
saulted by brute without offering re-
sistance? Then you are not for nom
resistance-not unless you could stand
idly by and witness such a scene-a
scene that has taken place in warfare
a thousand times. and which Will con-
tinue TO take place so long as there
are armies, perhaps
No. the truth of the matter is. none
of us are for a policy of non-resist-
ancel We could not be if we tried.
We are for peace; we are opposed to
war; we want to be friends with all
the world; we are trying to be neu-
trail in this struggle. We all know
what a horrible thing war is-know it
in feeble way at least. But we are
not for a policy of resistance
none of us We are for peace-but
we are not going TO see those we love.
nor the institutions we have builded,
and had builded for us. perish from
the earth. without a struggle
UNDENELOPED RUSSIA.
Saturday Evening Post.)
Probably that part of the earths
surface which offers greatest oppOrtu-
mites for Industrial development lies
within the boundaries Of Russia. The
cars country, il may be recalled, is
over two and a half times as extern
sive as Continental United states and
contains 90 per cent more people; but
its exports are only a third of ours,
and they consist almost wholly of
raw materials or of goods, such as
butter and boards, that require very
little manufacturing skill The eX-
ports of iron ore much exceed those
of manufactured steel. our railroad
system is about 10 times as extensive
as Russia's relatively TO population and
about 8 times as extensive relatively
TO area our commercial banks have
about 10 times the deposits of Rus
sia's Probably the returns on capital
engaged in business are higher there
than here.
Instead of looking to China or
Brazil. capital and mbition might
we'll look to RusSia's vast and compar-
atively untouched natural resources.
But the Russian government is both
bad and powerful. The bureaucracy
will not maintain tolerable conditions.
but is strong enough TO prevent any
body else from doing it, Barely a
week before the beginning of this war
COSsaCks were shooting riotOus strikers
in Petrograd. Social disorder was so
extensive and severe that neutral OBJ
servers on the spot believed an at
tempt at revolution more serious than
that which followed the war with
Japan to be imminent. AS TO Russia
in fact. "a successful revolution is the
best thing a rational person can hope
for. and that is not a particularly in
wiling prospect for capital. There are
cheerful souls who take at par various
liberal hints and promises that have
emanated from the cars government
since war began. They argue that If
the PetroEIad leopard is victorious the
T cuOtS will tuTD milk white