The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-13
In Work of a World Court De.
cIares That Ethical Stand
ards Are Higher Now.
ON AseoclaTro pekssl

AGS0GiATGo PRESS
CLEVELAND, o., May 13.-i "a
creation of a world court for main
tanning world peace in the future
which is the object Of the worid
court congress which is assembled
here. was viewed in an address os
John Hays Hammond. chairman, as
a project in which America should
The promoters of this congress
have laid emphasis on the fact that
their object is not stop-the-war
movement. but that IL looks TO the
of international peace
ideals as soon as the present war
is over.
Picturing the horrors and econo-
mic losses of the >ar, Mr.. Hammond
urged mankind not TO despair OF
civilizations ideals. but to take re-
newed courage from the fact that
The ethical standards OF the peopie
are higher and the cardinal virtues
more widely prevalent than ever De
fore in recorded history
There is more religious tolerance
today. more allowance for racial pc
culiarities. more earnest desire Tor
better understanding and community
of interest than ever before in inter-
national relations.
War Horror is New.
the horror that is today universal
even among the non-combatants
Wars in generations past were ~aged
dly. II not avowedly, for con
quest. Today they are waged pro-
fessedIy. at least. for righteous
cause. Today the desire for the re-
spect of their fellow beings induces
even the warning nations to make
Jealous effort to vindicate their res
! SDe-
cial reason that there is such con-
trast between war and the high ethl-
cal standards of the age in when
we live.
Nevertheless. all wars in this age
are an abomination and an inenaoie
stain upon the escutcheon OF the
Wanted civilization of our twentletn
Christian century. 1t is the system
controlling international relations
rather than the individual belliger-
ents. that is responsible. The fact
is that the science of war has been
assiduously developed. while the
science of peace has been wcefully
neglected in the curriculum of hu-
man progress. God-Siven genius mas
prostttuted its inventive faculty to me
destructive processes of war, wnlie
only mediocr.ty has characterized inc
efforts to prevent var
Duty TO Impress Youth
Let me digress for moment
70 saw that. I believe it is our own
duty to impress the horrors of war
,rpon the youth of the present DAY
and upon coming generations. tha1
their conception of war be unoecels-
cd as TO its heroism and glory, pu1'
rather, that their minds be saturat,
ed with the folly, the cruelty anu
the waste.
| 1--WE should impress upon the per
verted ambition of youth the face
that bravery, self-sacrifice and nero
ism in the pacific fields of human en-
deayor are equally deserving OF the
Victoria Cross and of the Iron Cross.
conferred for achievement upon the
! destructive fields of bloody battle.
| while the propaganda for worio
neace has been one OF the steps nee
essary for its realization. il is now
! time to take concrete action, rather
| than to moralize and to expatiate
unon the evils of war; and we pacl-
! fists. If we are to dominate the SIT
uation and to suppIant the lnstltu-
! lions of war by those OF peace mus mus,
J be prepared to submit practicai
plan for the maintenance OF peace
and not be longer content with pacl-
I fists pIatitudes.
Reduce Armaments.
The creation of world court Is
undoubtedly prerequisite to the
! limitation of reduction OF afma-
m men and huge ornaments. while
MOI a direct cause of war, undoubt-
i edly do tend TO develop that spirls
of militarism which is provocative OF
war. Moreover. huge arms/ ents
greatly increase the efficiency OF OF
ganized slaughter and thereby I'M.
imeasurably aggravate the rayases OF
war when hosti!itieS begin
4 MANY of US believe that the world
lco,,rt can be established by the time
of the termination of the present
| European war
America. because of her con
spicuous advocacy of peace, here IT