Evening journal., 1915-06-19
ORCES mediation
TO END ALL WAR
"Thou Shalt Love Thy
Neighbor as Thyself"
Is Bryan'S Plea
CALLS LOVERS OF
PEACE TO UNITE
sy The United Press.

state here TO-DAY. IL is lne lllllu III
stallment in Mr. Bryan's discussion
If "The Csuseless War" Today's
statement closed his consideration of
this subject
Mr.. Bryan divides his remedy |
like his whole discussion, into three .
parts. He advises first, joint, and /
several offers Of mediation, again and I
again by the neutral nations until /
someone accepts them.
Next he urges utilization of the !
Bryan peace treaty plan. one years !
investigation of international disputes |
which would allow passion TO sub
side and reason to resume sway
AS the third step and the most inn
portant, he suggests a world wide
campaign of peace education. the
cultivation of the spirit of brother
hood condensed into the command
ment. Thou shalt love thy neighbor
rs thyself "
incidentally, Mr.. Bryan steps aside
TO state that neither side possibly
can annihilate the other. Great ma
tons" he declares, cannot be ex-
terminated. Populations cannot be
wiped out by the sword"
He believes. says the former prem
ier, that peace can be restored at
any time-if the participants are real
ly weary of this war and ready for
its end. Then he outlines what can
be done by the advocates of peace to-
ward bringing about, not only the
close of the present great war; but
he elimination of armed conflict
The statement in part follows:
Having considered the war as II
Is and the injury 1t does neutrals,
and then the origin of war and the
causes which led up to it, We are now
-eady to make inquiry as to the way
out, that is, the means by which hos
tilities can be brought to an end and
permanent peace restored. To state
N a sentence the propositions which
shall proceed 10 elaborate; medi-
alton is the means. provided by in
ternational agreement. through which
the belligerent nations can be brought
nto conference; time for the investi
cation of all disputes is the means by
which future wars can be sverted
and the cultivation of international
friendship is the means by which the
desire for war can be rooted out. What
are the nations fighting about? No
enc seems to know, or If anyone does
know he has not taken the public
nto his confidence.
when the President offered media
ton at the very beginning of the
struggle. the answers which he re-
ceived from the various. rulers were
SO much alike that one telegram might
have served for all. The substance
of each answer was L did not want
war and ] am not to blame for the
war that now exists. We ray accept
their answers as given in good faith
but the most important question is
still unanswered. I did not want
war may have been deemed sufficient
at the time the answers we're given
but the real question Is DO you wait
war now? Some day accumulated
suffering will reach its limit; some
day the pent-up anguish which this
war is causing will find a voice. Then
II not before. the rulers of the war
zone will pause to listen to tho stern
question. Why do we die the ques-
ton which shakes thrones and marks
the farthermost limits of arbitraIy
power.
And is not the outside world er.-
titled to know the price of peace
Must the neutrals bear the penalties
which war necessarily visit upon
them and yet remain in ignorance as
10 the issues at stake? When car
peace be restored? ANY time now
II the participants really are weary
of this war and ready for il to end
What can be done by the advo-
Gates of peace. First they can crys
talize the sentiment in favor o.
peace into a coercive force There Is
a work which the neutral nations car
do: they can offer mediation. jointly
or severally. The Hague convention
10 which all governments are parties
expressly declares that the offer o
mediation shall not be considered al
unfriendly act. The duty of offering
mediation may seem to rest primar
lily upon the United States. the lsrges
of the neutral nations and the on'
most intimately bound by ties OF blooI
10 all the belligerents. The United
States did make an offer immediatel,
after the war began. but whv no
s~a'n and again and again. until ou
,ffer or some other offer is accepted
But our action or failure to ac
need not deter any other neutral
country from acting This is not
time to stand on ceremony; is an
ether country. for any reason-n'
matter what that reason may be-i
a better position than we to tende
its good offices, it should not della
,or a moment.
"Will they (the belligerents1 obieC
on the ground that they will not cor
sent to any peace until they have as
s'ranHes that Il will he a ncrmanen
peace? If fear that the peace ma
not he permanent is given as IN
reason for refusal IL is not 4 suff
cient reason. While no one can stan
-nrelv fAr wnat may come. il is n,
difficulty to adopt measures whic
will give far greater assurances {
permanent peace than he world Ina
ever known before
Second: The treaty in which the
ioin should provide for investigator
by permanent international con
mission of every dispute tha: ma
arise no matter what its characte
or nature.
The United States has already mad
thirty treaties embodying this prir
ciple and these thirty treaties lin
our country to nearly three-uuarter
Of all the inhabitants of the world
What cause OF war is of such mas
nitude that nations can afford 70 con
mence shooting at each other . afOr
the cause is investigated? A treat
such as those which now protect IN
peace of the United States would Civ
years time for Investigation an
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