The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-10-05

time would be sufficient to reach an
amicable solution of almost every diff
fculty? Does anyone suppose that the
present war would have begun if a
years time had been taken to investi-
gate the dispute between Austria and
Serbia? 1t will be remembered that
Serbia had only twenty-four hours in
which to reply, and it will also ne re-
membered that during this brief time
the rulers of the old world endeavored
to find means of preventing war. II
they had only had some machinery
which they could have employed to
avert war, how gladly would they
have availed themselves of it! The
machinery provided by treaty can be
honor-no matter how high a sense
of honor the nation has. The trouble
has been that while the nations were
abundantly provided with machinery
for conducting war, they possessed no
machinery for the promotion of peace.
A years time allows passion to sub
side and reason to resume its sway
1t allows man to act when he is calm
instead of having to act when he is
angry. When a man is angry he
swaggers around and talks about what
he can do, and he often overestimates
his strength; when>he is calm he con-
'siders what he ought to do. When he
is angry he hears the rumbling of
earthquake and the sweep of the
hurricane; when he is calm. he listens
to the still small voice of conscience.
Reduces Chances Of War.
"Third-While the period of inves-
tigation provided for in our treaties
will go far toward preventing war, still
even years elaboration does not
give complete protection. In order to
secure the investigation of all ques-
lions without exception, it was nee
essary to reserve to the contracting
parties liberty of action at the conclu-
sion of the investigation. War is thus
reduced from probability to mere
possibility, and this is an immeasur-
able advance; but the assurance of
permanent peace cannot be given I'M |
til the desire of war is eradicated from |
the human heart. Compulsory peri |
DDS of investigation supply the ma
chinery by which nations can main
tain peace with honor if they so de-
sire, but the final work of the advo-
Gates of peace is education-it is the
of the spirit of brother
hood condensed into the command. I
nent, Thou shalt love thy neighbor
rs myself" 1t is impossible to i'm
igine civilization in which greatness
will be measured by service and in
which the rivalry will be a rivalry in
loing good. No one doubts that the lot
If each member of society would be
infinitely better under such conditions
why not strive to bring about such
1t is visionary to hope
md labor for this end? Where there
S no vision the people PERISH 1t is
| death grapple in the darkness
twixt old systems and the Word The
I'D system has broken down. it car
ct loose the furies, but it cannot BIND
hem; it is impotent to save, The
question is not whether the Word will
is certain-but when?
And after what sufferings?
Thomas Carlyle, his voice rising
lear and strong about the battle OF
asked, in the closing chap
ers of his French Revolution:
"IIast thou considered how
bought is stronger than artillery
,arks, and (were it fifty years after
leath and martyrdom, or were it two
thousand years. writes and unwrites
lcts of parliament, removes noun
aims; models the world like soft clay?
Also how the beginning of all thought.
worth the name, is love-
1.-THE truth which he uttered Is still
ruth, and, no matter who uttered 1t.
he thought is the thought of Him
Who spake as never man spake; who
vas described in prophecy as the
Prince of Peace; whose coming was
greeted with the song of Peace on
,arth, good will to men,, and whose
teaching, when applied, will usher
n the enduring peace of an universal