Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-30
Capt, King, Writing IN
1911. Predicted What Is
Now Going On.
QUOTES THE BIBLE
Tolstoi Preached Peace for
Fifty Years and Won
Many Converts.


was written by Captain John Hugh
King, at that time member of The
World editorial staff ana still a resi-
dent of Tulsa,
Captain King was formerly with the
British army i'm India, and had tasted
the horrors of war. His peace edi-
torial, written four years ago when no
one had an nklnE of the awful
slauEnter now raging in Europe, was
inspi ed by a national day of prayer in
this country to urge the ratification Of
various peace treaties that We're nd
ing the national congress.
Following is the editorial I'm Ques-
tion. which is especially worthy OF re-
production and thought at this time:
Above the entrance to the tomb Of
Gen. ULYSSES $. Grant one reads the
inscription, Let us have pCICc!'
These words from the lips of one Of
the greatest generals of recent times
accom- plishcd in the arts Of war, con-
tain within themselves tremendous
import and significance. They mean
that one who knew the horrors Of
war from actual and personal expert
ence, louged for peace.
Through the enthusiastic efforts
and personal solicitation Of Mrs. HI
mCr Black tauthOr of 'Civili2c the Ma
tiCns'D the Clcry of every denomin-
alton in the United states will offer
up prayers and deliver sermons today
for the ratification of treaties now
before the senate for the ending of
wars among civilized nations by inter
national arbitration and the fulfill
ment Of the divine injunction. Peace
on earth and good viii to all men
Centuries of time have been con-
sumcd in the growth of this move
mcnt for universal peace, and the
pdrds of eminent statesmen and
thinkers have been concentrated upon
it problems for many generations;
the first peace temple known to his
tory being dedicated by Numa Pom
I,lius, the Oldest Roman iicty.
No War in Christ'e Time.
The Founder Jf Christianity said
nothing about war. although His de
sire for peace is plainly expressed
IN the following quotations: my
Loacc | give unto YOU. and my peace
leave with YOU. st John, The Lord
will bless His people with peace. 49,
Psalms Il, n. Il; seek peace aid pur-
sue it.'-Psalms a. v "A, Peace
will reign in heaven and on earth
ST I'M
His oft-repeated words about the
brotherhood of man. became as seeds
implanted IN the hearts or humanity
forever ana spelled the end OF war,
but II remained Cor the great scholar
of the sixteenth century, Erasmus, to
make men hear and think
The, idca IF arbitration amCug con-
tending nations seems to have orig
mated in the brilliant mind of the
young Hollander Hugo Grotius, whose
Imprisonment for religious heresy
brought forth his powerful book.
"Ihe Rights OF Peace ana War the
al pearance OF when IN 1879 marked
a new era in the history OF the W"rld.
Grotius set the world thinking, but
y required the intellectual conttlbu-
tons of Locke and Kant; of Penn,
Iutendorf, Nattel Montesquieu and
olherS, the verses OF Lesslng ana Her
DER the poWertul lnNectlNe ct Iolstol
and the mastery novel OF Baroness
Won Suttner, Lay Down Your Arms
70 popularHe the movement lof Arol-
tralloh treatl2s
Arbitration Popular.
From Lant's tirne tbe arbitration
idco heg1n 70 be widely discussed
tn ore5t ToIetoi nrnachcd If for fiftv
wears ana won many converts John
Bright and Richard Golden kept it
before the minds OF england all their
lives Jean de Blooms 'Future OF
War inspired scientists and states
men, and Victor Hugo created a pro-
found impression in France by his
famous address, in which he expressed
the sentiment that the DAY Woulu
sometime come when people would
gaze upon cannon in museums as now
they gaze upon instruments ~ torture.
Washington, Adams, Jefferson,
Frantlin and summer wrote earnest
protests against W>Lr. ana IN lSV9
David i. Dodge pubusheu Inc Medl-
tator's Kingdom Not cf This World,
Followed by war inconsistent win
the Religion of Jesus CHRIST. IN
1914 a sermon by Or. Moan worcester
OF Boston "A Soldiers Review OF the
Customs OF war, proved the most et-
reCttvt utterance up to that time.
The cost OF keeping our army ana
navy prepared for war IS appalling
and requires too lengthy description
f'r newspaper summary. sufflce II
that in the navy alone, aside from the
first cost Of modern battleship, It's
up-keep requires an outlay annually
OF SSOO,OOO or SzS,OOOOO Tor the
twenty years before 1t goes to the
scrap-heap
War VIII Continue.
We glance through the pages of his
tory and find there a vast succession
of wars which left their trail of blood
ard devastation and the slaughter
e+ul coptiniias at TrinoH and peltin