The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-05-20
A Way to Eternal Peace

manr by Chaunccy NJ. Dcpew in speech
before the Montauk Club OF Brooklyn MT
n dinner in honor of his righty-ilrst
birthday anniversary. He said, accord
ing to the New York Mail:
The forecasts Of statesmen are fail
ures. The laudable and apparently sue
cesful efforts Of the advocates Of peace
have become suddenly ghastly farce.
The higher ideals Of nations have been
submerged in racial enmities and trade
rivalries. Organized Christianity is
questioned as to the results OF two
thousand years teaching, while millions
Of Christians are killing sach other, and
all the combatants calling upon God to
help their just and righteous cause.
Other millions Of women and children
rear rude shelters out OF the rnins OF
their once happy homes and only relief
supplies from neutral nations are saving
them from starvation. But they are en-
during suffering and death wirh martyr
spirit which would not recall, il it was
possible, the breadwinner fathers, sons
and husbands fighting in the field.
The agreements Of The Hague tri'
bunal, solemnly ratified by the con
tracing governments, are shelved for
the curiosity Of the future historian.
The warning powers repudiate these
compacts, and neutral nations dare not
protest, because protest means action
and action means war. The Hague
Peace Palace is 10 let.
After exhaustion has brought the bel
ligerents on one side to seek terms OF
surrender, in the wisdom Of that set
tlemen, will be either the seeds OF an
other and more sanguinary war, or a
peace that so saves the pride and dig
dity Of the vanquished that the peace
Of the world may be assured for all the
future. Recent history furnishes two
wonderful examples.
After the Franco Prussian war victory
was followed by vengeance. France
was impoverished by an indemnity so
large that it was expected to pauperze
its people forever, and was despoiled oil
its fairest provinces. Hate and revenge
grew with the unexpected and marvel
Gus recovery and prosperity Of France,
and its sons, inheriting the feelings oil
their fathers, are cheeilully and enthu-
siastically battling to right the wrongs
of 1870. In nations as with individ
uals, the spoiler wakes strong, arrogant
and reckless. The spoiled nurses his
wounds and bides his time.
The second example is our civil war,
North and South, each believing they
were right, battled as our race viii
until by force Of superior numbers
wealth and equipment, the Union wor
and the Coniederates were exhausted
Here in civil strife, with its passion ant
vindictiveness, were the possibilities o
endless revolts and revolutions. But the
rebel states were welcomed back int
the Union with the same rights, powers
and liberties under a common constitu
ton as the loyal states. The only ex
action was the abolition OF slavery
which had been the cause Of the war
Union and Confederate veterans fgh
over their battles in memory only a
happy reunions, and their children
knowing no north, no south, no east
no west, are proud citizens Of th'
United States. For the second time il
half century since the close or th'
civil war, the south and its economic
theories are in absolute control Of tht
government.
With militarism eliminated and peac,
preserved by an international polio,
on land and sea, the greatest Of war
may prove for mankind the most mar
yelous OF blessings.
This year is remarkable for its cen
tenaries. One hundred years ago Ma
pollen was crushed at Waterloo by tn
timely arrival Of the Prussian army IN
der Bluecher to the assistance OF tn
Euglish under Wellington. Now tn
French are saved ftom annihilation b
the cordial support Of the whole nav
and military power Of the British En-