La Junta tribune., 1915-12-25
rEACE rLxAs rLxxInUlL
Peaee nased - Nnsnl Gsoan1s -
MOI Apssal - nasaling NseSans
-Peace Nrhea Beaaoa Ra10.
~ Best sp6Iel.

~ Bess issideG.
I'VE can expect NO suddea pro.
posaI Of peace from any of IL eov-
ernments embroiIed in the Europeaa
var" said r. A. FfIene, prominent
merchant OF Boston. and studeAt of
economies and sociology. II : speech
In Seattle recently.
/ Desire for peace" be eostlnued.
( must come from the people Who viii
enforce their wishes un the govern
ment The people Of eaek Europeaa
nation expect great advantages - Z
result OF the war and Il viii require
. more or less lengthy campaign of
education 70 bring them 70 - ~
necessity Of peace. No govesnnent
would dare 70 make peace aSbllfai-
iy against the will Of the peoDls -
they would revolt and overthrow ~
government.
War II wrong and abhorrsnt fron
al moral. ethical and physical vtev-
points," be said. yet any remedy.
10 be suecessful. must be extre0s1y
simple. that Il may be underssoo1 b
the people and appeal to them. Bat
thing nations cannot be moved 70 -
tion for peace BY pleas based on NOR
al or ethical grounds alone. Plain
| ~, only economic considerations VIII
interest them.
In their contact with each other,
nations a. well ~ individuals get IN
10 difficulties. These may Be settl-
ed In two ways-either by force or
law. Within the nation we try 10
settle our disputes by Law but even
yet the instinct OF force IL strong h
mems hearts and often they reach
for the revolver or Join the lynching
mob TO adjust their grievances. fan
cied or real.
we have not advanced 30 far. WhtIe
there have been attempts at Law max
ing. statutes have poorly enforced
and each nation has been compelled
to arm TO secure her rights They
will not voluntarily disarm until jus
tice and safety are assured them.
I'VE OF the United States. hasiss
our ideas on the ideas OF the fathers
OF the. Revolution, have tried 10 keep
clear Of entsnglements abroad. sa1
really imagined we we're untrammsl-
ed. We are not independent how
ever. for ~e have drawn our people
from every nation ON the globe. u
We Imagined we were free. we wess
disiliusioned when within twesty-
four hours after the outbreak Of the
var. our whole financial structure
vas In danger Of colispse. Acksowi.
edging our debt 10 other nations. We
can best repay them By doing our
best to help bring about . lasting
peace. This could be done b. aliay.
ing all nations. beeinnine first. per-
haps with the neutral ones. TO es-
tsblish IN International court which
shall settle disputes between nations
This court must have force TO exc
cute its decisions and 10 subdue any
recaicisrsnt nation which might start
. war"
Speaking Of conditions In America
after the var. Mr. Ftiene asid:
1T IL possible 10 paint . pcssimis-
tic picture Of economic conditions a..
ter the war. II 10 my belief that we
will experience extremely hard times.
Europe will BE- In about the same
status as II she had iost two or three
years Of money earning. with her ex-
penses continuing. She will b. deeply
In debt 10 us and this she can pay
only by hrr manufactures. n these
are dumped on our markets they will
depsess prices and necessitaie sus-
pension Of our manufactures. n xe
keep these goods out by high tariff.
our government will b. deprived Of q
large part Of its revenues which will
have TO be raised In other ways. cau,.
ting ~ To labor under heavy TAXATION
Similar and ~orse conditions will
prevail In Europe. The people will
b. heavily taxed and unrest viii re-
sult. u this becomes seute. - Il like.
y viii. there wili b revolstions
whIch viii destroy the olissrchai
Il e0vesnmeats and tnseituse mors dem.