The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-03-25

finite directions and they come to ! the point with candor that the Ma | chiavellian diplomatists gifted with | the dexterities of deceiving speech l contemptuously term the bluntness of the soldier.
 But what could be more correct than the cause of war as assigned by this journal from which the ar ticle is quoted? Trade rivalries-- class antagonism-racial and religi- ous antiquities?
 In that the Army and Navy Jour nal has mentioned every possible direct cause of war and very clever ly and pointedly and directly asks which of these pacific1sIs are goins to promote the abolition of these war-producing conditions in modern society.
 1 Who planes the soldier profession al or conscripted for insisting that the army be increased? He knows that his safety lies, as well as in national solidarity, in trained num- bers. It is immaterial to him that wars should have some ethical justi- fication. All wars to the soldier are just wars.
 But he sees a clear inconsistency in those who have been profittins by a social and ethical condition now prevails in crying peace, peace
 when there is no peace. And that article suggests that to be sincere In the pacificist movement, Its pro- moters must not conf1ne it to one )place or time but make it universal and begin right at home where they can function most properly as we'll as most effectively.
 The military critic of the pact- ficists pierces the buncombe of sen timent with which they surround their acts, and insists that to pro- mote perfection among others, they themselves must first be perfect.
 It's easy enough to murmur at and
 criticize the mote in our ncighbors
 eyes and to overlook the beam in our own. But our neighbors are in
 the same position precisely and over
 ook their beams to point out our
 notes. There has been no lofty
 spirit in transforming the blood that
 came to the United States from
 other lands to make this country s
 massive wealth.
 If there has, where has it been
 in evidence? Not in Colorado, not
 in Lawrence, not in Patterson, no;
 in Youngstown, not in Michigan.
 not in West Virginia.
 In all that has been written con-
 corning the building up of American trade which of those writers have dwelt upon the necessity of doing
 so because it increased the welfare of the masses of the people here? Which of them have urged that the . first thought should be to have the masses comfortable and happy and well paid-well instructed and edu- cated, prosperous and with fine leisure to still further improve their : lives toward the highest ideals? No' single one of them. But dozens , of the leading men have declared that the workers must accept 2 lower standard of living, have in , sisted that they must become more and more thrifty and that a smaller
 scale of wages which would enable
 American industries to compete with , foreign trade after the war, mus' become realized as the sine qua nor of national commercial success. And whose the benefit? Th' great masses of the people? Or Wal , Street? These are days when every one is talking preparedness. Int 1 only ineligible position is that O
 the soldier. He knows that he vii 3 be called upon with a paucity O
 numbers to oppose possibly g. grea B army of invasion that may amour : to myriads. He doesn't like th' y prospect and agitates accordingly = He wants more m that in the mas y of trained and efficient soldiers the. - will be safe themselves. Such pc : sition Is logical as well as being in - stinctive-for the soldier.
 u But what of the rest of the peo ,, lple? The great propertied interest d and the employers want their none 3 making plants protected and thed . trade unrestricted, but they them