The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-11

VueS'IoH tne wal mas TdlSeu. vi. JUS
serand takes the side OF civilization
against barbarians and proves that
war Is not only not a necessity to man
but Is "A positive and unalleviated evil
and that peace is the condition Of
progress.
Nature or Providence has already
seen to II that man need not fear I'M
due multiplication of individuals: the
general decrease Of the rate Of repro
auction throughout the world Is al
ready doing all that Is required In that
line. Nor Is war an unavoidable fate.
The chief danger in the present as In
the past does not result from an in
eluctable fate. but from the private
disposition Of men and their leaders.
Former histories. NJ. Jusserand says,
were wont to mentions: THE King
went to the wars in the season." much
as they might say a man went a-fsh-
ing In the spring. In vain did the
saints and the artists and the think
ers protest; war. that human mall
ady," as Montaiene called 1t, was con-
sidered AZ irremediable as the rabies
until the day when a Pasteur came.
Protests were raised as soon as men
began to believe that the time might
come when all would he equal before
the law. For nothing is SO conducive
to mercy as equality. According to
Tocqueville. THE warrior passions
Will become more rare and less alive
as conditions become more equal"
And again he says: when the
principle OF equality is developed
nor nplts IL o~n a-r Ann l.
several neighboring nations .
they will conceive a like love for peace
and they will end nv consid-
ering war as much a calamity for the
victor as for the vanquished.' Yet,
continues the writer. Whatever taste
the nations may have for peace IL Is
none the less necessary that they
should hold themselves ready to
suppress war; In other terms they
should have an army Indeed all the
men who In the course OF the cen-
turtles have led men to the conuuests
OF their rights as individuals can
claim to he the intellectual ancestors
of the present promoters OF peace.
AS early as 1.I the AhNo de Sslnt.
Pierre was writing his "Projet pour
- t''iN l'i NuNllV tu uIODe
The first conception OF the Hague tri-
hunal Of 1898. considered so dubious a
move at the time and afterward so
Fundamentally accepted. has been
frustrated: yet the memory Of that
e~ndeavor, preceding the rebirth Of bar
barism, still remains and men will
return to IL with renewed vigor from
the ashes and destruction OF the pres
ent.
In 1898 We read in the Russian Cir
cular:
The maintenance NJ genera, r.ac. and q
possible reduction OF tn. excessive arms.
ments which weigh upon all nations pre-
sent themselves In the actual situation OF
the world, as tn. Ideal toward which
should tend the efforts OF all Governments.
The ever increasing financial ex.
pens. touches public prosperity a. lts
very source. the intellectual and physical
powers Of peoples. labor and CO pi,al are.
most o. It. turned aside from their natural
functions and consumed unproduc,ivrly
To PAT an end to those Cease!ess
armamentS and 70 Tri means for prevent
Ing the cslami''"s which threaten the en-
-" word. .lrh IL Thu supreme duty which
.u-day Hes upon ali the States
Until such time as wider spread edu-
cation and a greater measure of equal
iiN obtain among men humanity
VIII be liable from time to time Ia
,hese periods OF destruction. not only
of all civilized ideals, but Of all the
patiently constructed works OF ciylli-
2ation. lntil that time. too. total dis
armament seems only a vague dream.
The former president Of the French
delegation at The Hague wrote In May,
1913:
No ono more than myself a.plor.s tina,
folly Of ornaments to which Europe IS
welding. and ! DO not forget that T. wa.
! who In 1893 At the nrst Hague confer
snce drew IN and defended the resolution
n favor 81 a limitation NJ the military losi
NC Ching on the vorll. But I d. no, FOR.
GO either What 7 said h-for. he Senat.
IN 1905. after the second conference. As
for Us confirmed psrtisln. O, arbitration
ana peace d!sarmamsnt T. a consequence
NOT 4 preparation For d~'sarmam.nt to h.
possible one must hrs, f.el that on. rlsh,
: setut" Tn" security Of right i whs;
mus, I've organized hrst ~ al BEHIND
ihaf ranpart alone nations VIII be able "a
- down their arms let us h.
pacific but let Ne be- strong And lot u,
know how To walt. Tao very rNte.s OF the
Dad weighing on Europe VII originate
sooner than i sometimes b.l,,ed. that
irre-.Stlhl" movement az opinion which Nil
cause q policy ~ wisdom, mutus' resrec,
and real security Ia become n'uusyoidah.e
neocss!ty.
Tn. peace Of the world. understand
ing by means Of and cdica-
tiOn and the growing sense of the
rights of man, this must still ue IN.
goal toward which men strive. cheer
.ng themselves 10y the dream and the
hope despite the awful shattcrinC ui
ideals in the present. In 1856 Wash.
iu"iuu wrote To LaiiA cite.
>tl"urh pro.cmI % No peculiar I'm.
formation 'c,pocting ~,oums~,ia' arairs
nor amy foresight into the -, u.s ar u
inrity, Vet a. Tho member 81 an Infant
empire. =. = phi'anthroris' las character
and ~ | may he allowed tho expression,
as a citizen Of the great r"puhli, nj
humanity at large. | cannot help turning
my attention sometimes 10 this subject.
would he understood % mean that | can.
not hep rejecting with pleasure on III,
probable. influence that may
hereafter have on human manner. and
society in general. On these occasions
consider how mankind may h" connected
like one Rrcat family In fraternal ties
indulge = fond. perhaps an enthusiast,
,ilca. that a. the world Ia evidently less
harlmrous than It has heen. its anchor.
tinn must still he progressive that uttiun'
AZ" becoming more humsnlacd in thci'
policy, that the subjects OF am'ttIou and
causes FOR hostility ar" diminishing and
f. tue that the period is not very remote
vhcu the hencfts ~ n liberal and free
commerce viii pretty generally succeed