The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-27
4 ON EARTH.
Programme for Establishment {
Good VIII Among the Nations.

Christmas comes and Christmas goes.
Where is the peace on earth and where
Is the good will to all men? Peace Is
n farce, good will n falsity. and our
children are subconsciously educated to
believe that religion liz not a reality to
inspire and direct human conduct.
Thu fault lies not with Christianity
nor with Judaism. the mother faith that
climaxes human happiness with peace
and whose mandate from Moses Is Thou
shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart,
but thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thysclf." Ueviticus XIX The fault
lies In the fact that the teachings Of
religion are not transmitted into human
conduct by its followers. Can We pre-
pare the way for peace on earth and
good will to all men?
Not by proposing peace to the war;
ring nations. Any approach to them
would be futile. would be met with q
sharp refusal and a blunt rebuf. The
war must be fought to a finish. for the
leaders are very proud and are war
drunk. 1t is sad to have to admit this.
but why hide the truth?
We can prepare the way" by estab-
fishing a bureau In every capital to
educate public opinion against war and
In favor OF arbitration In these ways:
BY interesting the clergy, the press.
the educational institutions, chambers
Of commerce. ~workingmen's organixa-
tons. women's societies, &C. in ZACH
country In such movement.
BY using pulpit. newspaper. forum,
platform and stage TO impress on public
| opinion the crime. cost and curse OF
war. its horror and its injustice where
might makes right.
! by i%nstituting n peace week once a
year when throughout the whole coun-
try every pulpit and schoolhouse or COL
legc hall. every theatre and platform
shall present the real meaning OF war
with its %terrors, ruin and legacies Of
hate and revenge. Much can be done
by the professions Of women. and by
flooding the country with leaflets.
by influencing voters 10 vote only for
those legislative candidates who will
pledge themselves for arbitration instead
of war who will work TO establish and
support an international court of arbi-
%tration. who will impeach any Cabinet
that declares war before the offices OF
such court have been invoked. save
when home land is actually invaded.
by banding leading clergy. editors.
bankers, judges. leaders of trade
unions in "A leag OF honor TO insist
on arbitration except in face OF actual
or Cabinet that refuses. Perhaps the
world needs another object lesson OF a
charles at the block or "a Louis on the
suillotine. Certain 1t Is the world
does need to take "A step forward from
the ideal OF Lincoln fifty years ago,
government OF the people by the peo-
pie and for the people, to the Ideal OF
government of the peoples of the world
for the peoples and by the peoples.
This international court OF arbitration
will be the voice of the people Of the
world and uil command tho raGnart ~
the worlds public opinion II in IL, as
the Bible suggests, religion, law and
science are represented. Its quaint Ian
suage is priest, Ievite and Judge" The
priest is he who stands for religion. 50
that Righteousness shall temper Justice
with mercy. The Levlte teaches the law
,Lev. xxi. . Nxxiii., 100 in the name of
Justice. And he who can judge is ne
" no knows. that Is. the scientist, be he
historian. cthnologist. economist or dip
lomat. \ Hague tribura composed
only of jurists and diplomats is INSULT
Client, There must he also clergy, for
religion is a power for good. and
%sclence. for science presents facts. Such
"A tribunal viii mean that righteousness,
Justice and truth will be combined and
so compel the respect Of public opinion
Of the civilized world. They can be
chosen pro rata 10 population by the
t'i w. - e iFA- hl'A vi
each country. the Government appoint
ing tho diplomats.
BY educating public opinion In the
direction OF mitigating national. racial
and religious hatreds and prcjudices
To teach men 10 forbear. forgive and
forget to publish also the chivalrous
side of war where a dying German off
Ger gives his water flask to a wounde
EnGli shmnn. where the English bury a
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pneumonia. giving him military honors
where Germans mark French grave
T. our brave enemies These thinr
educate. oh. the horror ~ these hatrcds
and prejudices that make peace and
good will impossible that set Catholic
Protestant and Greek Church agairs,
each other, that prejudice all agains,
the mother religion. Behold French
man, revenge mad. hating German
German hating t.nglishman Italian hat.
ne with long peut up hate the Aus.
triau n Serb hating Bulgar. Car
nothing be done 10 educate public opin.
ion toward brotherhood of man
Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy
heart. hut thou shalt love thy neighbol
as myself So teaches the law. Shal
ve say Nothing can he DONE or shall
we prepare the way?
Educate public opinion that Is pre-,
iiIitE INC way lOl ItdN' pl PtTNn dnt
good will 10 all men, for peace viii
honor.
Educate it in time to make its voice
heard in every land 10 demand tina
when at last peace pourparlers are Off
cially begun the terms OF peace shall
not he dictated by tho victor to IN,
} vanquished. for that would mean new
huiniliat!ons, new hates. new revenge.
born and immediate preparation for fu
ture war. No, the terms OF peace, 4
II is to be peace with honor and perma,
nent peace with honor. must be ar
ranged by the international court OF ar
bitration.
II Will mean a United States 81 IN,
World, each country sovereign. but al
honoring a central force. II is time. 7
viii ineau the ballot being mighticI
, than the bullet. Much time may be. vii
ne, required 10 produce results mucl
time to prepare. Germany and Franc,
took forty-four years 20 prepare 70,
their present war grapple.
Ask your minister to move his gov
erning body to influence our great peac,
societies and wealthy peace lovers 10 es
J tablish such a peace bureau In the CAPITA
OF every civilized country. II will meal
a beginning Of the preparation.
Let us begin
II. PEREIRA MENpEs.
Minister Spanish and con
gregation, New York.
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