South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02
CAUSES Of WAR
LIE IN MINDS Of
MEN, SAYS WISE
War Will Exist So Long as We
Think We Can't Avoid It,
Says Noted Rabbi in Address
to Teachers.

Ire time will come when man will
put the fighting ANNA in him be-
hind him and when there will be a
cooperative instead OF (. competitive
spirit among nations" declared Rabbi
stephen s. Wise OF New York, in his
famous address War Against War"
before the opening session OF the
Northern Indiana Teachers associa-
ton at the high school building last
night. But we will continue 10 have
war as long as N en- are content to be-
lieve that since war has always been
war will always be. We must rid
ourselves Of the causes of war and
not the symptoms"
Rabbi Wise's address was a logical
and convincing indictment Of war and
the theory that preparedness for
strife insures peace. Preceding the
address by the Hebrew leader Supt j.
r. Nuner OF the Mishawaka schools
president Of the teachers association
and member of the board OF directors,
delivered his inauguration speech.
The address dealt largely with the
higher principles of modern school
Eeaching and the objects that should
be striven for in training the children
OF the nation.
Building Is Crowded.
Both the main floor and gallery Of
the auditorium of the high school
were insufficient 10 hold the teachers
and their friends at the meeting last
night The platform was filled with
people and the side aisles were crowd
ed by those standing. 1T was estlmat-
ed last night that more than 1000
teachers were IN South Bend, more
than 1900 having registered at the
OliTer hotel headquarters before the
injecting at the high school opened at
s O'Clock.
Rabbi Wise delivered a message Of
hope for an eventual universal peace
in his striking address He dealt par
ticularly with the present European
conflict and its uselessness TO human
ity.
SHERMAN told us In manner that
seems pious because war is the abyss
Of pain, horror and hate. There is no
victory in war. None Of those cOun-
tries battling in Europe today will be
victorious. Loss and damage will be
the ultimate portion OF all.
Mems Belief Is Cause.
THE first cause OF war is because
men will insist on believing that be-
cause there has always been war, 1T
must necessarily continue forever IL
it be urged. as it is in rather archaic
fashion by some of the chiefs of the
new militaristic movement, that war
preparedness is the surest guarantee
OF peace. let us say with that frank
ness which the seriousness OF the
theme demands that we refuse any
longer to have our thinking befuddled
bV the old speciousness that war pre-
paredness is but another name for
Deace Guarantees. The present war in
all its unspeakable horrors is the an
swer to those who Will not see that
war preparation IS war proVocatloh.
There will. however, be such as
argue in the spirit of the diabolically
false maxim, the grimest jest in his
tory as Ii has lately been styled, that
men must prepare for war II they
would have peace. our answer De
that the European war is not an acct
dent IL was not precipitated ny any
random snot; IL is not the result OF any
laundering diplomatic negotiations.
The war is the inevitable and, save
by the wilfully blind, lOng-foreseen
result of a generation and more or
ceaseless war preparedness. The mir
acle is not that war has come at last
but that war came not sooner than II
did.
Gas we read from day 10 day the
disclosures touching the things that
have happened in the diplomatic
chanceIeries Of Europe and as, more
over, we keep IN mind the circum-
stance that the nations of Europe
have been armed camps for decades,
our marvel grows at the wisdom and
craftsmanship which so long was able
70 avert the war.
Diplomacy is Blamed.
eff we wish to establish universal
peace we must destroy diplomacy
Bismarck said that diplomacy was
passing bad money. He knew what
diplomacy consists Of l say that
diplomacy is the denial of the SUI
premacv Of moral law. This war would
never have come had the people of
the countries involved known what
was going on in the chancellories at
Berlin. st. Petersburg and Paris.
other nations once laughed at Ameri-
can shirt sleeve" diplomacy. The
world feels different about this diplo-
macy now. Tt knows that shirt
sleeve" diplomacy represents the peo-
pie and as John Hay has said, it is the
Golden Rule diplomacy.
Secret diplomacy brings war not Of
by and for the people but of. by and
F1t for the people. Europe Is spend
ing one billion dollars every 20 days
IN nghting. nine billion dollars every
six months. Is this for the people?
Another cause OF war will be re-
moved when women participate in
government some men say IL Is the
men and not the women who bear
arms. bear the trials and tribulatiOns
OF war. face the dangers and give up
their lives The men have a right to
ole but the women must go on living.
when It would be their choice to die
rather than bear the effects OF the
struggle. The women bear the first.
last and heaviest cost OF all. Twelve
million men are battling in Europe
and not one woman was asked her
opinion before the war started. Is IL
just2"
Hits ut War Marriages.
Rabbi Wise struck hard at the war
marriages which are being urged and
sanctioned by the European govern
ments. The speaker declared that
this was done 20 neutralize the ter
rihle death rate He said that one
out OF every five war marriage chill
dren are born fatherless and that one
out OF every 10 is born with a main
and wounded parent
They are asking that women con-
vert themselves In human breeding
machines" cried Rabbi Wise. ''Wo-
men should refuse 10 bear children 10
be slain upon "A battlefield.
We are going 10 have peace with
England for GOO Nearsn he assartad