Arizona republican., 1915-07-05

come crashing to our ears: "The ! wicked shall be turned into Hell and
 an the nations that forget God"
 The tumult and the shouting dies | The captains and the kings depart Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of hosts be with us yet Lest we forget-lest we forget!
 If drunk with sight of power, we loose
 Wild tongues that have not Thee in Such boasting as the Gentilese use,
 Or lesser breeds without the Law
 Lord God of hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget-lest we forget" We need a new standard of values for nations. In his book The Bible and Life" Bishop Hughes shows how
 the wars in the North American con- tinent have been bound up with
 money values. He calls attention to the fact that the French and Indian
 war was a military debate as to
 whether the English or the French
 should gather the furs in the region
 of the Upper ohio and should secure
 the profits in the worlds markets.
 He shows how the War for Inde-
 pendence was caused by taxes, not by tax on tea alone, but by a long series of taxes covering many years.
 Whoever was to blame it was greed that brought on the war. He indi- cates how the War of 1912 was caused by the seizure of our vessels on the French coast and related to the freedom of commerce. It was really a commercial war Then our War with Mexico was caused by the nations lust for more land, and by certain debts owed to the citizens Of the United States by citizens or Mexico. Gold comes into the arena. He shows how the Civil war grew from the same root of all evil. Slaves were brought to this land to turn forced labor into money. And in our War with Spain, while the United States may be absolved from any motive of greed. Bishop Hughes shows that the heavy taxes assessed against her western colonies by the Spanish government led to the series of revolutions that occasioned our in reference Thus says Bishop do we find that somewhere in the heart of each war there was the lurking passion for gold. The demon of greed is usually the demon of war" We have plenty of national sins to repent of.
 Selfish ambition, lust of power. and lust of pride lead on to monstrous crimes against humanity. The na- tions of Europe seem drunk with the lust of possession. and are ready to , crimson q continent with the rich | young blood of millions.
 The arrant claim that might makes ! right. and the contention that the i best way to maintain peace is to | prepare for war ought to be buried | forever in the limbo of exploded fol- | y, and a loftier ideal more worthy ! )f d Christian civilization be lifted ! ID to take their place. Moral stan lards for nations are the same as Or individuals. This demon of a different standard is hard to cast put. Some people think corpora ions may do what individuals may lot do College students sometimes hink they may do what other folks nay not do This special privilege dea is hydra headed /and when ound on earth is away from its native lair. for its home is hell. The l. Golden Rule does not bend around rocked act" because done by a na- ion. Accommodating pr. John P. D. Johns words we say: "A dollar is | hundred cents in paying an indiv- dual debt. it is one hundred cents n discharging a national obligation. md it will be one hundred cents in he day of judgment
 Nations must have come to have n lew conception of their mission. The mission of a nation is not to harbor
 grudge. nor to seek retaliation nor O rob and pillage. nor to play the art of an assassin. This would be 1 0 diadem and crown gospel of l Iate This would mean to roll the |: world back into savagery. The pre- ictions made, and we believe it in ( with the mind of God, that t he time is coming when nations will ( e as ashamed of their warships as ( re should be of going about decked ( iith dagger and pistok The man 1 ,ho makes this prediction says; If One nation trusts another with it's i honey; trusts all races and colors of I eople with it, and finds the trust I justified. Why not trust little I lrther, credit these peoples with I ommon sense, with the good feeling, I mich settles difficulties by reason ( lstead of by daggers. and which pro- c ounces definitely and once for all f gainst the throat, robber cult of I le barbarous ages?" We seem to g Q internationally mad.
 We must have an enthusiasm for s eace. What we need supremely IS I
 tremendous emphasis upon the ob- T gauon that rests upon all nations e pr the preservation of the worlds c eace. Let there be an international f mphasis so far as possible. r
 We can hardly take the position t nat we should have no defense c gainst aggressors, but let whatever :. ,rce we have be an international t office force for the protection of all. ii hamilton Holt calls attention to the V lree fold function of force. l. Force e sed for the maintenance. of order f office force. 2. Force used for at i, aggression. 3. Force used to il eutralize ggression-defense. He c lys: "The problem of the peace s