Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-18

meaningless. Miitarisrn, and not
peace deiies the most brutal form
Of successful militarism, that is, 1T
deifes itself. Peace never could and
never would do that.
DR.. j. A. Macdonald of Toronto in
a recent address says, after referring
to the separate achievements of the
United States and Canada:
North Americas Distinction.
'But North Americas world idea Is
greater than the achievement of ei1h-
er OF the North American nations
alone. 1t is the prCdllct and THE ex-
preston of the combined and unified
life of the United States and Canada
through their marvellous century OF
international history. That world idea
which North America offers to all THE
centuries, unique, original, is in a
boundary line between these two
proud, high.strung, aggressive ma.
tons, four thousand miles from ocean
to ocean, but across which in mere
than a hundred years neither nation
ever once launched a menacing army
or fired a hostile gun.
Grasp that idea. Measure that
achievement. A thousand miles up
the mighty st. Lawrence! A thousand
miles, along the Great Lakes! A thou.
sand miles across the open prairie!
A thousand miles over the worlds
ntightiest mountain ranges! -Four
thousand miles where nation meets
nation, where sovereignty greets SOW
e~reignty, where flag salutes flag, but
never a fortress, never a battleship,
never a gun, never a sentry on guard.
Christianized internationalism! That
is North Americas supreme achieve
ment. That is North Americas sup
| RENE achievement. That is North
| Americas world idea.
The Failure Of Europe.
"The year 1915 will be marked in
history by two unique and meaning
| full features: one is the success OF
North, Americas International disalm-
ament; the other is the failure of
Europe's armed peace.
The failrjre of Europe! Civilization
stands stunned and aghast at tlt ut.
ter collapse of European in%ternation-
alism. The world presents no spec
tacle so piteous as the unspeakable
tragedy, OF Belgium and the arge-long
tragedy of Poland, unless it be the
even more unthinkable tragedy of
Germany. ALI the achievements of
Europe, all the things that make for
human progress and freedom and JUS
tice, the work of a thousand years
and the hope Of a thousand more
all have been crowded back into the
melting pot Of hideous and brutal war.
No matter who is responsible for it.
The lining up for mutual slaughter OF
millions upon millions Of the best
breeds in the greatest nations Of Eur
ope, the wanton destruction Of the
treasures of all the ages. the whole
sale squandering of the wealth of half
the nations Of the world and the SOW
ing of seeds of international hate for
generations yet unborn-aM this, for
the alleged purpose of settling some
international dispute, is a blank de-
NAL of civilization, a crime against
humanity, an apostasy from Christ.
Tint Success Of North America.
"Over against that colossal failure
Of Europe, as If to speak it's condem.
nation, is presented at the very same
time the celebration of a full century
Of unbroken peace between the great
est Empire the world has ever seen
and the worlds greatest Eapublic
This is indeed the sublimest wonder
Of all the world: this gigantic human
spectacle of more than 1000 900 OF
peoples of all races and colors and
languages, covering nearly one-qUar'
ter of the land area of the globe, liv.
ing at peace under one flag; under
another flag 100, 900 900 of as enter.
plising and progressive peoples aus
civilization has produced, aud these
two flags Of "P:ed, White AMI Blue
for a hundred years entwined. fold in
fold from sea to sea, for a common
purpose and in devotion to a common
ideal, to promote the Freedom and pro-
gress and Deace of all humanity
earth sees nothing more marvellous or
more splendid than that. And in
these days, these days of staggering
and bitterness, when the war cloud
of Europe looms blacklist, when its
thunders speak of death and its light
nings flash of hell, the sad eyes of
Europe may turn again to America,
and, in the afterglow Of a unparal-
leled century OF Anglo-American civil
ization, the heart O. humanity can yet
praize God and take courage for al.
the world.
"And why Americas achievement?
Why North Americas alone? Let
there be no mistake. This achieve
ment of international civilization in
America is not because these two ma
lions are spent and wasted forces,
degenerate sons Of coward sires,
weak to defend a national right, slow
TO resent a national insult IS - All
he great war nations Of Europe, the
nations whose veins now 'slit
on the hattlefronts Of the wcltld,
through the past century poured that
same blood, their best war blood, into
the heart of America. If b,ond tells.
that blood should tell in Us.
How Blood Has Told.
"And that blood has told. The men
of North America, in the United
States and Canada, have never belied
their breed. The blood CT the lion,
the blood OF THE eagle, the blood of
the bear, the fiery b.oo1s of all Gle
beasts Of Europe's var jungle have
mingled in the veins Of america. Sons
of such bloods, the men of Amtrica's
English-speaking nations, like their
sires, have been little used to lie
down at the bidding of any
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