New Britain herald., 1915-08-17

except for incidental expenses, which
will be trifing. If we cannot crc-
ate the proper spirit without a large
expenditure of money, then we cannot
hope to create it at all.
THE fact that certain existing peace
societies have made practically no
Roadway is proof that the people have
no fifth in peace movements financed
by milliOnaires who make their money
by manufacturing implements of war
fare.
when the common people become
sufficiently interested in a world wide
popular movement to abolish war-as
they certainly will in the near future
then we will be on the road to
the esta blishment of universal peace.
but not before. Spirit, I repeat, not
money, will be the deciding factor.''
Defines Meaning of "spirit.''
Asked to state exactly what he
meant by SPIRIT" the speaker went
on:
spirit is a sentiment, an influence,
that grows and grows until it becomes
an overwhelming force. The demand
for Home Rule in Ireland was Great
ed, esta blished and maintained by
spirit of local patriotism. The de-
mand for World Justice will be
brought about in the same way by a
spirit in favor of world patriotism.
In Ireland the spirit was ireland for
Irishmen.' Our spirit will be The
world for all the people,
Sooner or later the people are go
ing to ask: Why all this hurry and
worry and hustle and hustle to check
erboard the earth with railroads, to
spider-web the rivers with giant
bridges, to dim the sun with sky
scrapers, to spend years and years
in dotting the earth with fields Of
wheat and corn, if these and many
other patient and magnificent works
of man may be blotted out Of exist
ence in a few days by twentieth Gen.
fury warriors carrying out the COM
mands CT first century chiefs?
New Standards Needed.
The world needs new standards.
1t must not continue to send one
man to Jail for stealing a loaf Of
bread and praise another as Ma
poleon of finance beca use he sue
cessfully steals a railroad. 1t must
not execute one man for committing
a single murder and at the same
time glOrify another as Wonderful
general because he kills men by the
thousands. Let us pity the 'pikers'
and ostracise the WHOLESALERS thieves
and murderers.
"Another standard that needs over
hauling is our method of measuring
great men. Let us call the great
warriors Of history the great MUIR
derers of history. Let us frown
upon overreaching selfish am bition
for personal power and glorifcation
and call great only those men who
do the maximum good for humanity
with the minimum evil. Let us in
sist with all our might that individual
selfishness, no matter how remark
able, is not entitled to the adjective
great
Local Patriotism Responsible,
Local patriotism is responsible for
the high cost Of living. Thirty years
ago the great plains Of the West fur
nished an abundance Of free food for
vast herds Of cattle and sheep and
meat was cheap. Today those plains
are used for grain crops and the sup
ply of meat has diminished and the
price has risen to the point where it
is no longer within the reach Of the
poor man.
"In the Argentine republic, to cite
one concrete example, there are many
thousands Of acres of ideal grazing
ground for cattle and sheep. World
patriotism would make it possible for
| mat producers to send their herds to
the Argentine republic on an equitable
basis that would so greatly expand
the herds that the price Of meat
would come down with a rush. That
is only one of the minor benefits tina t
would result from world patriotism.
'World patriotism will bring world
free trade; that will create a necessity
for a world language; world langu-