The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-03-02

law upon the theory that peace, and
not war, is the FORMAL relation be-
tween nations amendments which
seems to now; namely, that nations
at peace may attend 70 their own
business so long as they do not inter
fere with the fight; but viii provide
that nations that do fight must not
disturb the peace, the commerce, or
the prosperity of the nations that pre-
fer to substitute reason for force IN
the settlement of their international
differences.
'Tf you will read the notes which
our government has sent, you will
find 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.
Both InIure Us; Neither Means To-
''This Is the first fact which must
be kept in mind, and the second Is
related 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 In
tended against us, but have been In
cidental to the injury which each has
intended against the other. They are
Ike two men shooting at each other
in the street, who are too much in
terested in killing each other TO pay
any attention to the bystanders who
get in the way of stray bullets from
both sides. In order to deal patiently
with the problems presented by this
war it is necessary that We should
understand both of these facts-I re.
peat the statement of then-namely
that both sides have injured US, but
that neither side desired to do so. Il
would be unfortunate enough for u;
ITO 90 to war with a nation that hatec
us>and wanted war with us; God for,
bid that-we shall ever compel a nation
to go to war with us if it is not ar
enemy and dess not want war with
the United States.
"And now allow me to ask you Il
consider the false philosophy out Of
which this war has grown and the
natural results of that false philoso'
phy. Before speaking of the rea
cause, it is worth while to note that
some of the causes which have pro.
duced the war in the past are not re,
sponsible for this war. There have
been race wars in history-wars thai
have been the outgrowth of race pre-.
JUDGES which have been sometimes
extended through centuries. But this
is not a race war; the races are al
mixed up in this war. Saxon anc
Slav are allies; Latin and French are
allies; Teutons and Turk are allies
And now, since Bulgaria has entered
the war, Slav is fighting Slav, and il
is not yet known whether the Greek
If he enters the war, win side will
Turk or Roman. The races are mex
plicably mixed.
Is Not a Religious War.
cit is not a religious war. Their,
have been religious wars, although
we can not understand how a wa
could arise over a religious differ
ence. We have learned to believe tina
the right to worship God according t
the dictates OF ones conscience is al
inalienable right, and it would nevel
occur to us that a man would kill an
other in order to prove that his relg
ion is better than the other mans re
ligion. According to our theory, i
q man desires to proves the superior
ity of his religion, he lives it, for WI
do not count religion as worthy o,
the name if it does not manifest it
self in the life. There have, however
been religious wars, but this is no
one of them. On the Bosphorous thu
crescent and TIE cross float above thu
same legions; Protestant empero'
of Germany is the ally of Catholi
emperor of Austria; and you will fint
fighting in the same army corps rep
resentatives of three great branches
Of the Christian church, Catholics
Members of the Church Of Englan,
ard members of the Greek church
The religions are as badly mixed il
this war as the races.
-And it is not a family war. Then
have been family wars-wars tina
have had their origin in family feud
or IN family greed, but in this war tn
families are mixed. The emperor o
Germany, the king of England, an
the car Of Russia are cousins, mem
bers of one royal family, althoug
you would never suspect from tn
way they treat each other that the