The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1917-08-24
WORLD WAR To Be
HELP TO HUMANITY
Noted Journalist Says Intellect
Finds Difficulty in Grasping
Its Full Meaning.

Walter Wellman, the we'll known
journalist, is using his efforts to
bring the American people to a realiza-
ton of the tremendous task which
they have undertaken in the present
war with Germany His virile pen is
being used to point out the tremendous
results which will come from America
winning the present war. According
to Mr. Wellman, the war will prove
to be of incalculable value to human
tty. Mr.. Wellman sums up the situa-
ton in these words:
The outcome of the World War is
to be a blessing to humanity of such
vast proportions that even now, with
the end not far off, the intellect finds
difficulty in grasping its full meaning,
fixed habits of thought give the
minds eye little power to visualize its
mighty sweeping away of old and
hurtful things, the very men whose in
formation and reasoning tell them it
is inevitable often pause in mistrust of
their own faculties and fear OF the
cynical skepticism of others, while
the world at large will be incredulous
as to it's advent and reality till long
after 1t has Jecome accomplished fact
For 1t is to be nothing less than
The end of war altogether and for
always.
The end, not only of the present
great war, but of all great wars be-
tween great nations.
The end of the whole system of mil
itarism, of physical force as final ar
bitter in the affairs of nations.
The end of armies and navies save
as police for the preservation of law
and order, national and international.
The end of all the burdens of the
war system-armaments taxes, debts,
service and sacrifice voluntary or in
voluntary, tyranny of authority, social
disruption, diversion of vast energies
and resources from their natural
functions of promoting human well
fare.
The end of the whole system out
of which wars have sprung through
centuries-the ancient theory that
government is Force, that rulers are
absolute masters and their peoples
mere pawns in princely game OF
rivalry for Power.
The coming of a new era for our civ
ilization-the era of universal democ'
racy, the people the only source OF
political authority, public opinion the
only sovereign, service of the people
the only function of government, the
greatest possible happiness of the
greatest number the supreme end of
the state.
A new era in which the political or
ganization of the world is at last
brought into belated harmony with
the civilization and moral codes which
the people have themselves created
through operation of their natural
propensities, civilization from which
the savage's use of physical force by
one individual or unit to selfishly
coerce OF compel another has wholly
disappeared in all the contracts of the
people except only that maintained
by their governments.
Formal, effective organization OF a
community of nations individual
units sovereign at home but in all out
ward contracts only members of the
community, subject to community law
in those contracts, equal in rights re
gardless of size OF brute strength, for
hidden to take law into their own
hands, guaranteed community protec
ton in all lawful rights, obligatory
tribunals to determine those rights,
justice of contention as judged by the
moral standards of world society re-
placing self-determined prerogative
enforced by private might
Power as against neighbor no
longer useful, armament and Force no
longer needed, an end of rivalry for
the power of physical strength, no ma
ton may use its might to coerce an
other. any nation attempting this vic
lates community law and is dis
ciplined by the community, first by
ostracism. non-intercourse, then by
force if necessary, the only lawful
right of compulsion through arms
resting in the community for the