The Sentinel=record., 1916-12-16

Washington, nec 15.-"The task of the American people is to keep one single issue burning into the general human consciousness: That the world can and must find some other way to settle differences of opinion than by the slaughter of men and the starving of women and children" de- clared Arthur Camper, governor of Kansas, here today in an address be-
 fore the annual conference of gover- nors on the subject Our Duty and Responsibility at the Close of the World War"
 'Never before since the dawn of history has such an opportunity been presented to any nation as now comes to ours" Governor Capper said. "The only danger is that we ! may lose our unique opportunity through the scattering of our ener- gies, through becoming confused and ensnared in the multitude of .cOnsid- erations and possibilities which the war brings to the minds of thinking men and women.
 'I-et in the light and publicity will cure the most of the worlds interna-
 tional issues. No war can be waged successfully without the support of
 public opinion. It demands a right
 eous cause, just issue and the use
 of all other means first Let the
 people really know why they go to
 war; let them see the petty grounds
 of the quarrel; let them appreciate the justice of the compromise that is
 offered as way out of wars of re-
 venge, of greed. of jealousy. become
 impossible.
 In speaking of the program of the
 League of Nations, Governor Capper
 pointed out that the league has in it's
 proposed economic boycott a weapon
 almost as powerful as war itself.
 Few nations could withstand it's pressure for long Money, the stock exchanges, the cables, the wireless,
 the postal service, all are internation- al forces without which no nation
 could long make war, even if it
 could provide it's own munitions and provender," he said. And if this should fail it is not inconsistent
 with the highest ideals of peace to
 create a police foHce to maintain or
 compel peace"
 Domestic problems of vital con- sequence and importance will con-
 front the American people at the
 close of the European war;" contin-
 ued Governor Capper. Many of them
 can be foreseen and prepared for. Others perhaps now undreamed of, will arise to test the statesmanship
 of our leaders and the patriotism of our people. Economic conditions in
 the United States will change. The duration of the war; the final out
 come; the terms of peace; the vital ity left in the contending nations
 and their powers of recuperation, all will affect, in one way or other, the commerce, the industry, the finan- cial condition of this country, and the national life of our people, The
 question of tariffs, the problem of immigration, the maintenance and extension of our foreign markets, our fiscal problem, will engage our l most serious attention. But above all our domestic problems will loom
 the great responsibility that America
 owes to our own people. no less than
 to the world. of establishing among the nations of the earth a permanent peace that shall never again be bro ken by the insanity of war and the deformity of militarism.
 "One need be neither a believer in the red-blood school of philosophy which defies brute force. nor
 nambypamby sentimentalist, to hold | the belief that in the end some good | to humanity will result from the hell
 that is now devastating so large part of the civilized world.
 1 Whether we look upon this war as
 inevitahle-the produce Of irresist- | ible tendencies-or consider it as
 the result of tho deliberate machi- nations of scheming rulers crazed by