The Detroit times., 1915-06-19


the Causes Of the War" Il fol-
lows. in part:
Having considered the war - II
II and the injury 1t does neutrals.
and then the origin Of the war and
the causes which led up to It. we
are now ready to make inquiry a.
to the way out. that II the means
By which hostilities can be brought
to an end and permanent peace re-
stored. To state in q sentence the
propositions which shall proceed
to elaborate: Mediation II the
means. provided by international
agreement. through which the bel.
ligerent nations can be brought into
conference: time for the investiga-
ton OF all disputes II the means
by which future warn can be avert
Cd: and the cultivation Of interna-
tional friendship 10 the means by
which the desire for war can be
rooted out. What are the nations
lighting about! No one seems to
know. or. II any one does know, he
has not taken the public into his
confidence.
when the president offered medi-
alton at the very beginning Of the
struggle. the answers which he re-
ceived from the various rulers were
70 much alike that one telegram
might have served for all. The sub
stance OF each answer was, 7 did
not want war. and am not 70
blame for the war that now exists
We may accept their answers -
given In good faith. but the import
ant question IL still unanswered. I
did not want war; may have been
deemed sunicient at the time the an
swers were given. but the real Ques.
ton IL, Do you want war now!
some day accumulated suffering
will reach It's limit: some day the
pent up anguish which this war IL
causing will ind voice. Then. II
not before. the rulers of the war
zone will pause to listen to the
stern question. Why do we die?'--
the question which shakes thrones
and marks the farthermost nmitS Of
arbitrary power.
"And II not the outside world en-
titled to know the price Of peace!
Must the neutrals bear the penal.
ties which war necessarily visits
upon them. and yet remain In ignor-
ance a. to the issues 1t stake!
when can peace be restored!
Any time-now. II the participants
really are weary Of this war and
ready for II to end.
"what can be done BY the advo-
Gates Of peacef
First. they can crystalise the
sentiment In favor OF peace into q
coercive force. There 10 . work
which the neutral nations can. do;
they can offer mediation, jointly or
sever1lly. The United States did
make IN offer Immediately after the
war began. but why not again and
again and again. until our offer or
some other offer 10 accepted:
"But our action or failure to act
need not deter any other neutral
country from acting. This v not q
time to stand on ceremony: II any
other country. for any rsason--no
matter what that reason may be-
In in q better position than We to
tender ito good once Il should not
delay for q moment.
Second-The treaty In which they
Join should provide for investiSa-
ton by a permanent international
commission Of every dispute that
may arise. no matter what its char.
acter or nature. The United States
has already made 30 treaties en-.
bodying this principle and these 20
treaties link our country to nearly
three-Quarters Of Ill the Inhabitants
Of the world.
what cause Of war 10 a such
magnitude that nations can afford
20 commence shooting at each other
before the cause 10 investigated! A
treaty such - those which now pro-
tect the peace Of the United States
would give 4 ysar's time for invssti.
gation and report. and who doubts
that q years time would b sun
cient 70 reach an amicable solution
Of dimculty.
"The machinery provided for By
treaty can be rssortsd to With hon
or-yss, with honor, no matter
how high Q sense Of honor The na-
tion has. The trouble has been
that while the nations were sSun-
dantly provided with machinery for
ccaducting war. they possessed no
machinery for the promotion Of
pace.
"rhird--while the period of m
vsstisatiou provided for In our
trsatlo Win . ar toward prevent
ing war. stili even Z PEARS dslibsr.
alton opsq ut glve complete pro-
tectloa. q or1ee % secure the n
vogelop(noq - a. Guestloas vithout
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