Omaha daily bee., 1916-08-01
We need to develop the instrumen-
talities of conciliation.
Must Be Ready for War.

Must Be Ready for War.
"And behind this international Or
ganization, if it is to be effective,
must be the cooperation OF the ma
tions to prevent resort to hostilities
before the appropriate agencies OF
peaceful settlement have been util-
lied. If the peace of the world is
to be maintained, it must be through
the preventive power of a common
purpose. Without this, it will still re-
main not only possible, but practical
Bile to disregard international obliga-
tions, to override the rights of states,
particularly of small states, to ignore
principles, to violate rules. And ii
is only through international coop
Grafton giving a reasonable assurance
of peace that we may hope for the
limitation of armaments. 1t is to be
expected that nations will continue
to arm in defense OF their respective
interests, as they are conceived, and
nothing will avail to diminish this
burden save some practical guarantee
of international order. We, in this
country, can, and should, maitain our
fortunate freedom from entangle-
ments with interests and policies
which do not concern US. But there
is no national isolation in the world
of the twentieth century. If at the
close of the present war the nations
are ready to undertake practicable
measures in the common interest in
order to secure international justice
we cannot fail to recognize our IN
ternational duty The peace OF the
world is our interest, as well as the
interest OF others, and in developing
the necessary agents for the preven-
ton of war we shall be glad to have
an appropriate share. And our pre-
paredness will have proper relation to
this end as we'll as to our own imme-
diate security.
Industry and Trade-A FOOLS Para
disc.
"When we contemplate industrial
and commercial conditions, we see
that we are living in a FOOLS paradise
The temporary prosperity to which
our opponents point has been created
by the abnormal conditions incident
to the war. With the end Of the war
there will be the new conditions de-
termined by new Europe: Millions
of men in the trenches will then re-
turn to work. The energies of each
of the now belligerent nations, highly
trained, will then be turned to produc'
ton. These are days of terrible dis
cipline for the nations at war, but II
must not be forgotten that each is
developing a national solidarity, a
knowledge of method, realization Of
capacity hitherto unapproached, In
each, the lessons of cooperation now
being learned will never be forgotten
Friction and waste have been reduced
to a minimum; labor and capital have
better understanding, business or.
ganization is more highly developed
and more intelligently directed than
ever before. We see in each of these
nations a marvellous national eff
cheney. Let it not be supposed that
this efficiency will not count when
Europe once more at peace pushes
its productive powers to the utmost
limit.
"On the other hand, in this country
with the stoppage of the manufacture
of munitions, host of men will be
turned out of employment. We mus
meet the most severe competition ir
industry. We are undisciplined, de-
fective in organization, loosely knit
industrially unprepared.
What the Democrats Really Did.
Our opponents promised to reduce
the cost of living. This they have
failed to do; but they did reduce thu
opportunities of making a living. Lee
US not forget the conditions that ex
listed in this country under the new
tariff prior to the outbreak of tht
war. Production had decreased, busi
ness was languishing; new enter
prises were not undertaken, instead o
expansion there was curtailment, ant