Semi-weekly herald., 1915-06-03
MANY CAUSES MAY
LEAD TO UNWILLING
WAR YOUNG WARNS
(By Lafayette Young)

BERNE, Switzerland, May 3.-(By
Mail. when you come to think of it
how cruel it is for country to be in
volved in war without its own con.
sent. Take tho United States fol
an example. Our people are no,
anxious for war. They did not bring
on any of the present troubles. They
have said nothing and done nothing
justifying any i'll feeling toward oui
country. We have been trying to at
tend to our own business. We have
observed the laws of the nations, and
the rules that have governed neutral
ity, for more than a century.
Our country is far removed from
the scene of action. All the quar-
rels belong to the others and not 10
ourselves. We are jealous of no ma
tion. We do not care whose ships are
on the sea, so long as they attend
to their own business, and cd not
Interfere with anyone else. We do
not care who has big army provid-
ed they do not fire at our people
We have a great, big country which
needs development; we have thous-
ands of people who need employment;
therefore why should we handy words
across the sea with anybody. These
European troubles are the outgrowth
of many years. No one thing caused
them.
But where there are multi
tudes of causes there must final
ly be an outbreak. am not yet
ready to write my final conclus-
ions. only ask the reader to
remember that two years ago
predicted in letter from Serbia
that European nations would be
involved in a war as a result of
the failure on the part of the
European nations to be big enough
and Christian enough to try to
settle the Balkan troubles in order
to bring prosperity and happiness
TO those people. call atten-
tion now to the fulfillment.
Must be Settlement.
Now that the wars are on it would
be mistake to have a patched up
peace which would have little regard
for justice, and which would leave
sources Of trouble for the future. It
is wicked to say that the war should
go on when SO many men are being
killed, but how else can these mat
ters be settled?
A distinguished English admiral in
a published letter in the London Times
says that Great Britain should resort
TO conscription, and that her armies
should be increased to 100000 of
men at once. He also says that in the
next five months Great Britain will
lose half million men or more. His
prediction as to the losses is not ex-
iravagant, when the losses of the bat
tie Of Neuve Chapelle are known.
The British suffered terribly in that
battle. This was only a few weeks
ago.
Few Great Battles.
Just here let me call attention of
che leader to the fact that there have
been hut few great battles since the
war began. shall not mention the
sieges of Liege, Namur and Antwerp.
The other battles are the battle of
Mons, in Belgium; the battle of the
Marne in France, and the battle Of
the Aisne, also in France. Aside from
these there have been trench battles
resulting in slight changing of the
lines.
The recent fighting at "Hill co. in
Belgium, was q sample of trench
fighting. The styles Of trenches now
in use invite hand-to-hand battles
with hand grenades, bayonets, spears,
revolvers, etc. These make bloody
fights and result in long lists Of casu-
alties. When the armies get out Of
their trenches they are exposed to ter
trific attacks Of light artillery, and
are swept off by the thousands. While
there have been few big battles dur
ing the past few months, there have
been every day losses by the work Of
the sharpshooters, maintained by both
armies. The shsrpshooters are the
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