The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-25

n mediate but for the remote fu-
ma was reused at the 203d meeting
a, the sohoolmasters Association OF
Nsv York and Vicinity. held In con-
junction with an early dinner at the
- Cuh ON Friday. April is, 1915.
The speaker was Hamilton Holt, edi-
"a, of the Independent. His address was
,hs result OF many years OF careful
rudy OF projects for peace and of wide
sxperience In this connection, especially
N Japan and at the Hague conferences.
Mr. Holt urged a League OF Peace for
mutual defence, formed by four or Ave
a, the eight chief and half a dozen OF
the secondary Powers: tho privilege of
membership freely open 10 all; pro rata
disarmament within the league to an ag-
rreeate strength slightly superior to
that OF any nation or alliance likely to
menace its integrity. and tho gradual
,nlareement Of the league by an ad-
mission Of new nations. until II becomes
uterally a world federation.
peace "a the outcome Of Justice, Jus
~ Of law and law of political organizA-
Am" said Mr.. Holt. political organ
I,A,,on. therefore. Is the first step toward
mace and II now seems as though the
matted States Ia destined TO play the
ssd,ne role after the great war N over
N bringing this world political organ
station about. A the United States 10
,ssalf the greatest league Of peace known
20 history, study OF its formation.
6rst BY a confederation and then In our
present federation. furnishes the clue as
70 how the nations are most likely TO
bring about world unity"
The mob hysteria" for increased
armament within the United States Mr..
Ho,, deplored in the strongest terms.
The argument that the enginery of
var 10 becoming 80 terrible that It will
s,oo war through very horror. and its
csrollary that war can be stopped by
making people afraid OF IL. are great
,ailacIes" he said. Courage we all
,hare IN common with the brutes. and
% long as men are not afraid 10 die.
armaments will serve only to beget
counter ornaments. and to provoke
var" However much protection they
AFFORD 10 a nation when war is in prog
ress. they are none the less instrumental
IN bringing that war about
A great increase OF ornaments Tor the
United States would for three reasons
10 particularly unwise at this time.
IN the first place the great nations OF
the world. Japan alone excepted. will he
completely exhausted at the end of the
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posed toward us. they would. except
japan, be In no condition to attack.
And Japan Is leaving no stone unturned
70 retain our friendship. I have learned
that in Japan myself" said the speaker.
In the second place. ornaments, even
II necessary. would be useless expense
until the military lessons OF the war
are better learned. shall We build more
ba;,eships? There is some evidence that
% ha not
Japan ha, just announced she will build
no dreadnoughts this year Shall We
build forts? Forts no longer protect
men Men have to protect forts, as
witness verdun shall we build air
craft and submarines? Possibly But
no wise man would advise plunging In
this respect until the lessons of the
war are better understood.
Lastly and most important. the United
States would by increasing her arma-
u.nts forfeit the position of leadership
he'd BY her throughout the history OF
ne peace movement and by present cir
rumstances made one Of peculiar oppof'
unity. We cannot both foster militar'
isn and advocate peace. at that supreme
moment when We are called in 10 me-
date at the wars end.
Mr. Holt concluded by arguing thai
T. seemed to be the destiny OF the
United States TO lead in the politica
organization of the world. Every Pres
den. OF the United states said he
has advocated peace through justice
Al from the first great Virg-nian TO th'
last great Virginian have abhorred wha
Thomas jefferson has called the great
e.' scourge Of mankind
"why might not Woodrow Wilson
therefore. do for the world after the
Great War something similar to whs
George Washington did for continen
after the Revolutionary War If M
does this he will have added TO th'
declaration OF independence declara
''or OF interdependence."
VIVA, has preceded II but brief sum
mary Of Mr. Hollis thesis In the cours
NJ his remarks. however. he made son'
striking statements For example, m
pointed out that in the present war 10.
100000 men are engaged, the Hover +"
the world In Germany, for instanc"
every able bodied man ts now drafted
and .he strange thing is tnat none know
why he IL hshtlng. The Allies nov sa!
l. 10 crush militsrism, and Germany
Austria and Turkey assert that 1t IL 10
heir existence. Neither side at the be
ginning gave these reasons as the ca us
Of the war.
Already 100000 men are killed o
crippled for life. and II appears a
'hough 5000, 900 more were TO follow
You cannot take that many men fror
humanity without lowering the Who'll
level OF civilization. Think OF the feld
rot ploughed, Think OF the loss ever
way. II IL significant to remember /
'nts connection that all wars are wage
chiefly upon women and children. Tn
stste feeds. clothes and cares for me
when war breaks out but what nato
40 a nation Is doing anything Tor IN
women Ono of the most appalltn
facts OF the retreat from Belgium Is tn
birth Of seventy children on the wa
out ~ Antwerp. There are now 1900
100 Widows. and there are 100000 girl
who will marry inferior men.
David starr Jordan, the president
Leland Stanford Junior University. RI
emily made an exhaustive investigate
n certain sections of the South, who's
best men went at once into the civil va
and we're lost at tho end the weake'
were conscripted. He found that thei
was a clear depreciation, and he believe
NAT one of tho reasons why the Sou'
has not now quarter OF the inhuent
u once had is that Its best men wei
slain in the civil war
Ono Of the difficulties Of the pea
movement has been that until 1899
had been an anti-war AFFAIR. and nothir
y constructively accomplished by an
parties II has now become pro-part
pro-law. pro-order. pro-5ustice.
Emmanuel Kant said In 1898: w
can never have universal peace until u
people rule" This remains doubly tr'
to-day, When we rid our hearts OF nj
uonal hatred the people themselves