The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-07-26

border. All her leaders are incompe
tent and impossible.
| An American protectorate, Mr.. Scot
thinks; is the only solution of the Men
lean roblem. We should go int
Mexico not to exploit, but to redeem
The missionary spirit lies at the bacl
of Mr.. SCOTS remedy. Going in thus
a representative Mexican told MI
Scott, eighty per cent of Mexican
would be with the United States, ant
the venture would create a real re
public to be our neighbor in the south
Cheers were frequent and heart,
lduring Mr.. SCOTS address.
W. J. Bryan's Speech.
Following the short musical pro
gram in the evening, Hon. w. J. Bry
an was introduced by Superintendent,
Sawyer, In opening his address Mr.
Bryan stated that he felt at home il
Denison, having made speeches hero
on so many occasions that he felt per
sonally acquainted with everyone. T.
Mr.. Bryan used the platform tol
a trenchant and passionate appea
against preparedness in the United
States. ...-.. ......
1t is difficult in paragraph to out
line Mr.. Bryan's argument against
preparedness. His theme was Les
sons Growing Out Of the European
War" and he painted the horrors OF
the biggest of all wars with a master
brush. He tells the audience that the
United States suffers more than all
other neutrals. After the war inter.
national law should be rewritten. Now
1t seems to be framed in the interest
of belligerents, but it must be changed
so as to serve the nations who in time
Of war remain at peace. Both sides of
the European war have injured us, and
neither side wished to do us harm. 1t
is not a war of race, religion or of
dynasty. Seeking the cause of the
war, Mr.. Bryan rightly finds it to be
the false philosophy that might makes
right. The moral rules which govern
private life must be applied to inter.
national affairs. Naboth's viz eyard
was used to unfold the moral atrocity
of coveting another's territory, and
was thinking of Belgium and Serbia
Mr. Bryan says that the American
people are a unit in wishing to keep
out OF war, but acknowledges that they
are much divided upon the method of
procedure. Some are for prepared.
ness and some are pacifists, and Mr..
Bryan throws his weight against the
former. He thinks that preparedness
leads to war. If the country were at
tackled, he thinks that it should fight
to defend itself, but he neglects to
tell the audience how nation can
fight when it is not prepared Neither
q navy nor an army can be created
over night, as the experience of the
allies clearly shows. 3@
The, jingoes of the country Mr. Bry.
IN lists as, Cd the manufacturers of
CO the professional sol:
Tiers, and (3) big employers of labor,
who wish a professional army SO that
hey may intimidate labor in times Of
strikes. The third assumption is sol
sratuitous and without substantial ev-
dence for support that one feels that
even an Oratorical temperament ought
not to have been betrayed into making
t.
{ Mr.. Bryan handles the expense &C.
count Of preparedness with great skill
His reference to the pain limit" in
The mind was one when large millions
Of money are being talked about, was
1ne of the finest hits in lecture full
If hits. both fine and palpable When
lie comes to the way out, Mr.. Bryan
rankly advocates the Bryan treaties
IS the only road that leads to inter-
rational peace. He even stands aside
hat he may contemplate President
name and his own linked to-
sether by posterity as benefactors oil
he ages. Thirty peace treaties wereI
Effected by Mr.. Bryan when he was
'ecretary of state, and beyond doubt
hey are steps in the right direction
But Mr.. Bryan does not tell the audi
ance what power is in the treaties toll
prevent any or all of them from be-
coming mere scraps of paper in the!
svent that national interest should sol
demand.
The lecture closed with the enum.
GRAFTON of three reasons why the Unit
ed States should not allow itself to bel
lrawn into the European war. First,
The tremendous cost In money: sec
Dnd. the awful cost in human life;
third, that If we were to become in
volved in the war we would have toI