Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-05
WAR


AS SPRING draws near and the SHOWS
L \ melt and the roads open, the millions of
troops, who have been marking time in their
trenches for the last four or five months,
are preparing to strike decisive blows from
their various vantage points. In this coun-
try magazine interest in the war; which
Jagged q bit toward the end of the winter,
has burst forth with corresponding vigor,
presenting nearly 40 war articles in the
April magazines as many as there were in
any of the first few months following the
beginning of hostilities. Six of the leading
magazines alone present "a of these articles,
and the subjects of these are: Ten general
and descriptive, five on England. five on
Germany and four on peace and the prob
able results of the war.
An article by G. Loves Dickinson in De-
cember considering the possibility OF estab-
fishing permanent peace. has been perhaps
one of the most notable and widely COM
mented upon articles produced by the war
thus far. 1t is succeeded in this months
Atlantic Monthly by another article on "The
War and the Way Out G). Mr. Dickinson
who is an English publiclst, writes with al
most as much frankness as did G. b. Shaw
in his memorable Common Sense About the
War"
Policy playing on ignorance-that is the
origin of wars. The war came out of the
European system of States armed against
one another and dominated by mutual sus-
picion and fear While that system contin-
ues' war will continue, says Mr., Dickinson.
He continues:
At the origin of this war there was no
good cause at ALL 1t was one OF the many
wars for power and position. Englishmen
IT is true, have been strongly moved by the
invasion of Belgium. and | throw no nOubt
NJ
was not the invasion of Belgium that made
me war The origin of the war was ambi-
Those who really desire a settlement that
VIII secure peace in the future must aban-
don the idea of "crushing" Germany We
are fighting, say our best spirits for free
uom and against domination. What do
these terms mean? BY domination we mean
the imposition of rule by force upon un-
Wiling subjects. In the relation of man to
man. the simplest form of domination Is
slavery. In that of state to state its form
Is Is, empire. -, BY freedom on the other hand,
we mean the power and right of individuals
and of nations to live their own lives and
unfold their own capacities.
There can be no peace not even genuine
desire Tor peace, until men realize that the
greatness of people depends upon the quail
ity of life of the individual citizens, 1t is
because our peace is so bad that we fall into
war If men had given to the creation of life
a tithe of the devotion they have offered
again and again to its destruction. they
would have made of this world so glorious
a place that they would not need to take
refuge from 1t in the shambles.
An Interview With the Kaiser
Ex-senator Beveridge describes in Col
leTs two-hour interview with the Kaiser
at his headquarters in northern France 1t
might be called the scoop" of the war, If
only the Senator had told us what the Kaiser
said. But aside from minute description of
the Kaisers height, weight and complexion,
the Senator is automatically dumb, gliding
deftly on to interviews with the heads of
The German army and navy. Says, the Sen
ltor;
There is nothing pompous nothing even
ofetentous in the bearing of William H. |
Ones first impression is that of a great man
VINO Is also pleasant, simple hammered !
senlIeman with an agreeable personality |
charged with that engaging quality called /
magnetism. Ones second impression is that |
1f immense yigor, abounding physical vital /
ty and searchlight mental aIertness with /
His Majesty does not look older than his l
age, o. suggests. The mustache is gray and 4
clear, It's expression intense and full OF
nervous force. The complexion Is pale, with
I faint tinge of color; the lips are health
ully red. Under the eyes are wrinkles but
not more than one sees on the faces Of most
letiYe men of the EmperoF's age The fea-
ures are not fun, as shown by portraits OF
I year ago; still less are they haggard as
hey appear in photographs taken soon after
he war began, While physically as well as
mentally the Emperor shows extraordinary
there is a calmness and steadi-
less that surprises you. because OF the de-
eEiptions TO the contrary universally
published
The Paradox Of Warfare
Many Of the strongest antI-militarists, who
re most violently opposed to war under any
Xeuse, feel that when war does befall us.
should be carried on with every imaginable
futaiity. in order that il may wear itself
Ut Of its own violence as rapidly az pcs
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