Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-17

Of the greatest points Of strain upot
me II may be permitted to point i
( out, was this:
There are two REASONS why the
chief wish OF Americans Is for peace
ono is that they love peace ana have
nothing TO do with the present quar-
rel and the other is that they believe
the present quarrel has carried those
engaged In II SO far that they cannot
be held to ordinary standards or re-
sponsibilty and that, therefore, as
some mon have expressed It 10 me,
since the rest Of the world Is mad.
why should we not simply refuse to
have anything 10 do with the rest OF
the world Ia the ordinary channels OF
action Why not let the storm pass,
aud then when Il IL All over, nave the
rcckonings2
Americas Responsibility.
knowing that from both these two
points of view tie passion of America
was for peace. ] was neNeftnelehs
aware that America Is one OF the ma 2
tions Of the world one Of the chief
nations of the world--a nation that
grows more and more powerful, al
most In spite Of herself; that grows
morally more and more influential
even when she Is not aware Of II, and
that II she Is to play the part which
she most eovets, II is necessary that
she should act more or less from the
point Of view Of the rest of the world.
II cannot retain my moral Influence
over q man except by occasionally
knocking him down, II that " the only
basis upon which he win respect me.
then for the sake Of his soul ] have
have got occasionally TO knock him
down
you know how we have read in,
isn't it In Ralph Corners stories OF
Western Life In Canada that all
his sky pilots are ready for "A fracas
at any time, ana how the ultimate
salvation Of the souls Of their parish
toner's depends upon their using their
fists occasionally. If a man VIII not
listen 10 you quietly In seat, sit on
his neck and make him listen, just
az | have always maintained, partic-
ularly in view of certain experiences
OF mine, that the shortest road To a
boys moral sense Is through his cuti-
Gle There is a direct, and. II | may
he permitted the pun, Fundamental
connection between the surface Of his
skin and his moral CONSEQUENCES You
arrest his attention first IN that way
and then get the moral lesson convey
ed 20 him in milder ways mat, II he
were grown up. would be the only
ways you would use.
Burden Of Choice His
80 | say that ! have been aware
that In order to do the very thing
that we are proudest of the ability TO
do, there nigh come time when we
would have TO do IT In Il way that we
would prefer not to do IT, and the
great burden on my spirits, gentle
men, has been that II has been up to
me to choose when that time came
Can you imagine Il thing more calcu-
lated TO keep man awake ut nights
than that? Because, just because |
aid not feel that / was the whole
thing and was aware that my duty
was a duty OF Interpretation, how
could be sure that | have the right
clements of information by which to
interpret truly?
What we are now talking about Is
largely spiritual You say, all the
people out my way think SO and so.
NOW, I know perfectly well that YOU
have not talked with all the people
out your way. / find that out again
and again. And so YOU arc taken by
surprise. The people of the United