The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-02
cAAUTAUQUA ORATORS
On PEACE QUESTION
Place Blame For War ON Pan-Gcr.
manists, Jingoes, War Munition-
Makers and Editors.
PACIrIsC1sM VS.. MMTARIsM
Too Much Preparedness Carries With
1t Constant Danger Of Making Use
Of the Instruments In Hand-Paci-
fists as Patriotic a. Militarists.
Especial Correspondence Of The Rich
mOnd Virgfnian)

Especial Correspondence of The Rich
mond Virginian.)
ChautauQua. N. y. Sept. 1.--Vir-
tuaIly all Of the addresses made in
the last week Of the ChautauQua sea-
son, which has just closed here, dealt
with some phase Of the peace ques-
ton, the theme Of most of the speak
ers being the preparedness move
ment, with which. in almost every
instance, they took issue. Pacifists,
1t was argued, must warn the nation
not against its unpreparedneso, but
against preparedness. because the lat
ter idea has in 1t the germ Of mill
tarism.
The Rev. Charles e. Jefferson, Of
the Broadway Tabernacle, OF New
York, one of the prominent ministers
OF that city. long known as an oppo-
nent OF large ornaments. speaking as
Union, one of the Carnegie Founda-
tions. made several addresses in which
he condemned the popular movement
for a state OF preparedness as dan
Eerous. and likely to lead to war. He
said:
1T would seem that the great ques-
ton before the American people IS
preparedness. The present admins
tration is giving it's attention to it.
No doubt when Congress comes to-
gether next fall this will be the ques-
ton that is uppermost before 1t.
The question is a very difficult
one and Is dividing our people in two
classes. They are the militarists and
pacifists.a BY miitarists, these days.
we mean the man who puts a great
deal of emphasis on military prepared
ness. The man who puts the most
emphasis on spiritual forces. the man
who has the most to say about prin-
ciples and law. as a mode OF settling
International disputes--we look upon
him as q pacifist. The pacifist thinks
he sees a better way than the mill
tarist's way.
Militarist VI. Pacifist.
Now. a militarist puts a great
deal OF emphasis on patriotism, on
justice, on honor. and in putting an
emphasis there he gives the impress
sion that the pacifist does not en-
phasixe these things. Does any one
imagine that the pacifist Is not In
terested in the security of this repub-
lie? Does not the pacifist want its
principles and institutions handed
down to posterity? OF course he does.
The pacifist does not want the flag
to be dishonored any more than the
militarist does. The pacifist IL just as
patriotic as the militarist Is. but he
shows his patriotism in another way.
The militArist thinks that because his
patriotism 10 associated with big guns,
that the pacifist's patriotism is lack
ing because ne IL more interested In
diplomacy and courts OF justice than
he 10 In guns. either big or little.
Military preparedness has reached
its perfection In the Teutonic machine.
Germany 10 the most distrusted and
the most universally disliked coun-
try in the world. The hand OF the
entire world is lifted against her. She
knows that. and II trying to account
! for II. The Germans are not a blood
thirsty people; they did not want war.
/ The Kaiser says he did not want war.
| and l am one Of those who believe
! that when he said that he was