Evening journal., 1916-06-10
RABBI Wise Gives
reasons FOR VAR
One of These is That Women
Have Had No Share in
Government
SPEAKS AGAINST
PREPAREDNESS IDEA

Taking a stand against the general
idea OF preparedness to preserve
peace. and asserting himself in favor
OF suffragism Rabbi Stephen S. Wise,
of New York, lectured at the Chau-
tauqua last evening. His address was
a strong one. appealing for the eiiml-
mating of the predominating idea OF
preparedness for peace that OF
huge defenses.
Or. Wise pointed out three reasons
which, in his opinion. he declared TO
be the cause OF war. He said the be
lief that war has always been. and
always will be. produces minds TO
this extent He urged that the old
style diplomacy be gotten rid Of He
declared that Europe has been laugh
ing for more than century at our
shirt sleeve diplomacy, but that is
what is keeping us out Of the pres
ent war. even II Il is great crime
for man to take off his coat once i'm
a while" His third reason was that
women have had no share in govern
ment
"lf the people Of the warning ma
tions had known what was going on
I'm their respective councils before
war broke out they would have risen
en- masse and gone TO their rulers
and said: II war must be, YOU Che
rulers) fight Il out we want TO live D"
Speaking Of the economic side Of the
war, he said that so far it had cost
between forty and fifty billions OF
dollars, then added This may not
seem much money in Wilmington but
is seems an awful lot in New York"
In talking against the folly OF pre-
paredness to preserve peace" his ad-
dress was especially strong He said
Europe before this war was armed
10 the teeth; il was prepared lm-
agine Europe one great Carney Point
with men tramping around in hob
nailed boots and pies in their mouths
and you see why there is war there
now. America is now in the throes OF
a preparedness campaign and will
make her another vast Carney Point
and there are plenty OF hob-nailed,
pipe-smOking jingo-seeing militarists
in the country mot TO mention VIII
liam Randolph Hearst and Richmond
p Hobson) to send the country to
war"
IL suppose that you people OF Will
mington, like the citizens Of New
York. look under the bed 20 see If
the Kaiser is hidden there and I'm the
closet TO make sure the Mikado OF
Japan isn't in there"
Further, he said. Gentlemen, we
haven't had war because we weren't
prepared for war and because We
never took war as way out Of our
difficulties We,hayent had war with
Canada, not because we speak the
same language. but because we
haven't any forts facing the border
and no dreadnoughts frowning on
each others coast There are no In
domitablesl' UncOnquerablesr I'm
manageables and 'unsteerables' on
the British side of the Great Lakes
facing the 'Eat-em-Alives' 'Kill-em-
Quicks' and Knock-em Deads' on the
American side. Preparedness means
militarism and militarism means
war"
Dr. Wise brought his address TO
an impressive close. His closing
words were
"Men OF Wilmington, are we not
accustomed to say that what cannot
be cured must be endured2 Why not
say that what cannot be endured
must be cured War is not cureless.
Furthermore, It cannot be endured,
for mentally, physically and morally
it is uncomfortable. War can be and
must be done away with.
Prior 10 Rabbi Wise's address the
Parker trio ave several musical So
lections.