Bisbee daily review., 1915-05-21
UNIVERSITY CLUB OF
 PHOENIX FAvORS ALL PREP PARATION METHODS
First Meeting Of Capital City Or ganization Brings Out Some Of the Best Known Speakers in the State.


 uted States should prepare for war or pursue a nolicy of disarmament vas the question that occupied sixty members of the new University Club of Phoenix at the first social meeting 1f the organization at the Country Club last evening The discussion. which followed a splendid dinner Waa led by Judge Joseph H Kibhey and Dean Scarlet, who took opposite sides of the question Bishop Atwood president of the club. presided, and ,ftcr a witty address. introduced Judge Kibbey as the first speaker on the program.
 Judge Kibbey in the beginning. de- ined Che word "militarism' Co be that policy of government which made tho civil authority subordinate to the mil- .tary, and incidentally the mainten- ance Of a military establishment for the purpose Of unjust aggression upon other states. If that meaning. he said, vas adopted. there would be little -oom for discussion as to what the
 attitude of the United States would be. The real question was what
 hould be the policy of the United States with reference 10 the prepara- ion for war The development of morals, even when measured by cen uries. had been astonishingly small md in our present state in spite of apid progress war. he declared, is in-
 vitable
 Until all men are good-until their
 onduct is based upon and prompted
 desire Co do their full duty each
 himself. to his country and to his 3reator. force must be resorted to to ,ompel that right conduct, whether
 he offender Is an individual or a tate. That a perfectly good people hould not resist force directed to heir own destruction is unthinkable from the most rigid moral point of view"
 After reviewing Jne attitude of the people of the various nations now en- ased in war, and emphasizing the
 universal belief of each Chat each is
 ngaEed in a just war Judge Fibbey pointed out the fact that but a short time ago an entirely diderent align ncut existed and that the enormous reduction of distances and the in- ] crease of population resulting u more | severe competition rendered it imp0s- . ihle to predict when the United States might be embroiied in war with one or more powers. Japan be point | ad out is increasing rapidly in pCpu- lation and in production and may at uy time hat sine feel prepared e- ] abHsh Monroe doctrine for A5i@ : and order us oUt of the Philippin B. : tJuase Kibbey said ir part.
 "Cur peaceful inclination will not secure us immunity from war China is a most peaceful nation but that ] has mol saved her from the present Japanese agsresslan nor did it save ] her from that of few years ago The ,ery delencelc- Of China has D- vited that aggression.
 "But are we ourselves really a ! peaceful nation In our history Of one hundred and forty years we nave . had at least four foreign wars, In ey- cry one Of which we were the aggrea s0rs; inumerable wars with our lu- l disns, in few or which has our atti ] ludc been sucb as 10 command cur Iadmiraton and tremendous civil : war in which neither combatant was noted for a disposition for a peaceful i settlement of Che dispute
 "All theao things considered, arc we justified in reliance on hope that we will never become engaged in ! war? Shall we ignore the lessons taught by events now transpiring un- der our very eyes Are we wise to suppose that with the conclusion of this war all nations will ct once have changed their habit Of thought by which their conduct has been innuenc cd from time mmemorial and will never again dispute with their neigh. bor52 Such an attitude upon our part would be sheer folly Let us hope that we may never be again involved in war But we must be always alive to its possibilities
 "The sravest problem now confront ing us is to keep out of war. In cer tain eventualities I cannot see how i've can avoid it-in certain eventualt .tics it would be moral crime to shirk it Is not the presentations and protest of President Wilson to Ger many on the Lusitania incident tanta ! mount to a conditional declaration ol war2
 Every horror of var has its c0un
 terhorror in dishonorable peace -iI peace that is secured by disregard oi
 moral duty and the sacrifice of the
 lives. Che liberties the property anc
 above an. the happiness of a people
 and the craven abandonment of thes,
 opportunities for the development O.
 their happiness their prosperity an,
 their moral and material welfare. an, ? the inniction upon thom of pntol, misery extending throughout th
 years
 "lf we do not Cautiously close ou [ eyes and our rcaeon Co Che eyidenc.
 afforded us by history, by our tnoul
 edge of human nature we are ipiil,
 fcrcwaned lt may be a false alaru e fhaf ie eoundod- -hul that ie mn ra,