South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-11-20
HOLDS AMERICA
NEEDS BIC WAR
Rabbi Leibert Says 1t Can Be
BlOOdIeSS If Fought in the
Right Way.

America needs great war TO OBJ
tain peace, declared Rabbi Julius
Leibert yesterday morning at Tenn
pie BETHEL
But it need not be a war Of shot
and she'll. he said. The advantages
Of ultimate peace. can be Sc
cured without the shedding Of a
drop OF blood, ne asserted. His
scheme is to enlist ali the belli-
cose instincts of man in a war of
determination OF the cause Of war"
IN part Rabbi Leibert said:
If BY the term peace we mean
perfect rest and cessation from
strife. then peace is not far from
our reach. We may obtain it
through death; we might obtain IL
through brutishness; and we might
obtain IL through self-delusiOn.
Peace is obtained through death.
for death. is the all too current be-
lief. the great lover Of peace There
is then peace in death - only its
price is too eNhorbitant.
we may again obtain peace
through brutishness. All we have
20 do is TO stife every human i'm
stinct in US; to turn our souls into
adamant and our hearts into flint.
There is then peace IN brutishness
only not all OF MS are eager TO
sink TO the level Of the brute.
And we may obtain peace
through self-delusion. Indeed since
time immemorial there has been
false prophets crying, peace
peace" though there was no peace
And at all times there have been
men, who ostrich-like. have turned
their heads away from danger and
men who have had as their slogan.
III ignorance is bliss. then it is
folly 10 be wise" Then there is
peace i'm enthusiastically not all
Of US are happy i'm a fools paradise.
True Peace - Wanting.
These are all of the forms of
peace prevalent today in our midst
The true and genuine form OF peace.
however. is still i'm the embryo. A
bloody war. for example. is tearing
humanity asunder Everywhere we
hear loud condemnations OF legal
lzed bloodshed and equally loud
are heard crys of peace
But we OF the American nation.
in spite OF our crying peace. peace,
peace-we of the American nation
are far. far. from peace; and I viii
show YOU how hollow our claims
of peace are. over two score and
ten years ago the north fought the
south over the cause Of the union
The north conquered. but the Inion
did not Sectionalism is as rampant
today as il ever was You've heard
the echo or il in the recent cam
paign-and you have seen # i'm ev-
cry national election. I believe i'll
the democratic party chose "a gor-
riIla as their leader the solid south
would vote for him-and similarly
81 an Orang-outang were 20 lead the
republican party. some sections of
the north would vote for him.
And so with our own fruitage Of
suspicion. prejudice and spite we
may conclude that we are far from
peace. harmony and union. More
over the fierce strife between capi-
tai and labor that is raging. is an
other refutation OF our vaUDted ma
tiOnal peace. CAL then. IL YOU dare.
The conditions under which two
thirds OF humanity are decaying the
conditions OF peace. and pray for
their perpetuation.
War Has Advantages
And so then. let MS have war
war by land. sea. or air. rather
than the peace of pusillanimity and
pettiness. True war has many dis
advantages but who will deny that
that 10 also possesses advantages Of
the highest Importance. is not war
the great democratlzer the great
leveler-down Of all snubbery. all ar