Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-27

the men who are ready to n=ht II
there il lighting to do. or TO work
ii there il work to do.
The professional soldier gets us
into war. but we will always have
% look to the volunteer to get
Us ont
III we adopt n miIitariSt policy
now. we will be admitting that we
have been wrong all these years
and Europe has been right.
III we transplant the tree OF
hatred 10 this continent we must
expect to eat OF its fruits.
Fifteen hundred people yesterday
afternoon sweltered in temperature
Of 102 in the shade to hear Hon. Will
liam Jennings Bryan. former score
tary Of state, tell what he thinks Of
preparedness Whether they agreed
with his views in the beginning or
not. they had 10 Concede the IN
ansWerabie logic of most of the points
he made. and "a whole lot Of them who
thought they did not agree before
hearing the great COmmOner were
ready 10 admit afrCrward that they
were mistaken and that the speaker
had voiced their own sentiments per
fectly
And when one comes to simmer
down the facts and arguments set
forth by MI Bryan il is found that
they coincide very largely with those
which have been presented vigorously
in his government manufacture cam
paign conducted for the last two
years by Congressman Clyde II. Tav-
enner in his place in the national
house and through the columns of
The Argus and other newspapers for
which he writes.
Tribute to TayCnner.
Mr.. Bryan paid a fine tribute to the
work OF Congressman Tavenner.
Speaking Of the work Of the Navy
league. the speaker declared il is in
ternationaI in character and goes
about trying 70 brighten nations into
extravagaut expenditure by pointing
to the armament il has induced some
other nation TO provide itself with
Then he added: And no one has done
more effective work in exposing the
workings Of the Navy league than
your own congressman, Clyde H IaY-
enner' Applause greeted the state
ment.
The \ebraskan was presented by
Justice George A. Cooke of AledO, who
pointed out that that gentleman does
not really need Introduction 10 any
American audience. Mr.. Cooke had
been presented by William McEniry,
head of the committee which escorted
Mr. Bryan from the station TO the
Chautauqua grounds.
AIr. BRYAN said he liked these chau-
taudua tours because they enabled
him TO keep in touch with the people
he had become acquainted with dur
ing the score Of years he had been IN
national politics. He had decided 10
speak on the war in Europe ana It's
lesson. because that is what people
all over the country now want TO near
Though his time was short he would
eudeav0r To so cOndense it as 70 get
his more important ideas before his
hearers. He divided what he had to
say into three parts, one dealing with
the war and its effect on neurals, an
other on the false philosophy when
caused war. it's nature and results,
and the other the way out, or the road
70 permanent peace.
Cost i PrOdigiOus.
The present war is the biggest ever
engaged in bv man. This is true from
svery standpoint. Nations waging It
are sDending every two weeks as much
as il cost the United States TO dig the
Panama canal, which IS the lar BeSl
single undertaking Of ours. Already a
hundred times the cost Of this canal
has been used up in this war. The
bonded debt incurred is already
greater than the debt handed down
from all the wars Of the past II IS
The most barbarOus Of wars, made so
1v the modern engines Of destruction
and vet il is not being waged by heath
ans. but by civilized peoples VINO Wor-
ship the same God, rising from lher
snees 70 take each others ives
Dangers and hardships are not borne
oy beIligerents alone, but neutEtis are
also suffering and the United states
gill be one Of the heaviest losers IN
he long run. We are made 10 pay
sxorbitant ocean freights and the dan
ger Of being drawn into the conflict Is
ever present
Since the struggle started We nave
earned that international law appar-
emily was written for the beneht OF
nations at war rather than Tor neu-
rails. The latter are free 10 DO as
hey please so long as IL does not IN
erfere with the fighting. rms IS one
II the things that must be changed.
Peace and not war, must be recognized
Internationally as the normal state OF
| peop4e. Both sides have injured US
repeatedly and violated our rights, but
Z no case has there been deliberate
purpose 10 do this. Always the am