Goldsboro weekly argus., 1915-11-11
THE WAR in EUROPE
WITHOUT Sponsor OR CAUSE

crippling the carrying trade OF the
ocean. Because of lack of ships and
because of the increased risks OF the
sea it has sometimes cost seven times
as much to send bale of cotton across
the ocean as it cost in normal times.
When on the Pacific Coast a few
weeks ago, learned that it then cost
nearly three times as much to trans
port a bushel of wheat to Europe as 1t
cost in time OF, peace. These are some
of the burdens which neutral nations
are bearing; and, in addition to these,
all of them are in danger OF being
drawn into this war, although none OF
them desire to take part in it.
I have called attention to the out
standing features of this war that you
might comprehend it's magnitude; and
| have mentioned some of the injuries
suffered by neutrals that you might
understand how earnestly the neutral
nations long for the return of peace,
but l can not conclude this part OF my
address without impressing upon your
minds two facts which it is necessary
for us to keep in mind. If all the
newspapers had obeyed the President
and observed neutrality his tasks
would not have been so delicate and
the people would have been better in
formed. But while most of the news
papers have tried to be neutral, we
have had two unneutral groups-the
pro-a1ly group and the pro-German
group. The pro-ally group has en-
phasized our disputes with both; we
have protested to Germany against
the use she has made of submarines,
and to Great Britain against inter
ference with our trade with neutrals.
If you will read the notes which our
Government has sent, you will fad
that our rights, as we understand
those rights, have been violated, not
by one side only, but by both sides,
and that injuries have come to us
| from both sides.
This is the first fact which we must
keep in mind, and the second is re-
/ lated to it; namely, that while both
sides have injured us, neither side has
desired to do so. The injuries which
we have suffered have not been intend
ed against US, but have been incident
to the injury which each has intended
against the other. They are like two
men shooting at each other in the
street, who are too much interested in
killing each other to pay any attention
to the bystanders who get the stray
bullets from both sides. In order te
deal patiently with the problems pre-
sented by this war it is necessary that
we should understand both of these
facts-I repeat the statement of then
namely, that both sides have injured
us, but that neither side desired te
do so. 1t would be unfortunate enough
for us to go to war with a nation tha
: hated us and wanted war with US
God forbid that we shall ever compe
nation to go to war with us if it il
not an enemy and does not want wa
) with the United States. -
u I have tried to find the cause of thi
war, and, if my analysis of the situa
ton is correct, the cause is to be foun
in false philosophy-in the doctrin
that might makes right" This doc
trine was formerly proclaimed, quit
publicly; now it is no 1onge
openly proclaimed, but it is some
: times practiced when the tempta
ton is sufficient. Before you becom
excited-while you can yet reason,
g appeal to you to set the seal of you
!; condmenation against this brutal bal
y barous doctrine that might make
e right" And that you may see MOI
e clearly the Importance of reaching
u conclusion and proc1aiming it, 1 ca
y your attention to the fact that the1
u is but one code of morals know
% among men and that is the code tn;
regulates individual life. If this coo
ID of morals is not to be applied to n;
le tions, then there is no moral COO
le which can be invoked for the regul
g ton of international affairs.
N If / were an. artist, 1 would carr
IS with me canvas and reproduce upe
Y it one of McCutcheon's recent ca
at toons. He represents war and ana
os chy by two brutal looking human Fl
+, ures. Across-the breast of war he b
Of written might is right and aero
I'd the breast of anarchy the words sd
d, Mantle is right" I challenge you
re draw a line between the two doctrine
ne The nation that takes the positi,
er that it is at liberty to seize whatev
rs it has the power to seize, and to he
N whatever it has the strength to ho1
n, the nation that plants itself upon t
to doctrine that might makes right, b
he no system of logic with which to a
IS. dress itself to citizen or subject WI
to as against his neighbor or as again