Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-11
JAP AN PEACE
MOVEMENT HAS
SOUND BASIS
Nations Ought Not to Be Al
lowed to Drift Into Strife,
for Which Race Prejudice
Is Blamed.
t,..ocinted Press Correspondence. =,

Toxic. Feb. 22.-1wo commentar-
los on the war, one by Viscount Ken
faro Kaneko, of the privy council,
and the other by DR. Sanae Takata.
minister of education. have been given
considerable publicity in Japan and
have been printed in The Japan
Peace Movement, the organ of the
japan Peace society and the Amerl-
can Peace Society of Japan.
Viscount Kaneko, who went to the
United states in a semi-official ca
pacitv during the Russell Japanese
war discusses the subject of interna-
tonal organization after the war. He
submits his conclusion that the eX
periences of the present war have
bcen so bitter that when peace is re-
stored the nations of Europe will be
morally and economically compelled
10 devise some means of international
co-o1eration to prevent the recur-
renee of such Il conflict. 1t seemed
10 him. he writes, that in bringing tho
different races and nations into fell
lowship and mutual understanding,
the element of religion must play an
important part. He conceived that
religious organizations need to bring
their spiritual forces TO bear in break
ing down the barriers which keep the
nations apart
Common Meeting Ground.
lie said when ! was student in
the United States many years ago, |
used to spend my summer vacation in
the country and there | saw at the
village church the humble people and
the millionaires from the great cities
knecling together side by side, with
out any feeling Of separation. 1t is in
the region Of these higher moral
spiritual ideas that people of differ
ent races and civilizations must find
common meeting ground. Here the
main thought is not what each can
get: It is rather that of sharing with
each other and helping the weaker
and more backward peoples in THEN
struggles for development and en-
largemcnt of life.
My work is in the field of politics
and craftsmanship, but ] believe that
there is a power above the sphere OF
craftsmanship which will make fol
higher sense of international broth
erhood than the world has yet seen
am glad to see men giving them
selves unselfislly to educational ant
religious work with the great idea OF
lifting people to higher planes of Iiv-
ing, where the barriers Of language
race and social position disappear IL
the true oneness of the human race
This Is the true hope for humanity
Viseount Kaneko concluded; Ever
while the great war RACES, men o.
good will and worldwide vision
should be giving time and thought t
the far distant future. The nations
ought not to be allowed to drift on II
ways Of life which will again delug'
the world in blood. The hour has nov
come to think definitely on plans 70
world in which international goot
will and cooperation will play a larg
er part"
Lessons Pointed Out.
Minister Takata in his contribution
seeks to apply to his own country les
sons derived from the present war
To his mind the principal reason 10
the outbreak of the war was the ex
istence of racial prejudice. If on
wished to secure the future peace o
the world and receive the blessing 0
humanity. the first important prob
lem to be solved was how to weakci
and destroy the power of racial pref
pdice. Japan, he said, had tasted tn