The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-07-17
America Must Take
Lead Says Hobson
WantOnness and Cruelty Must he
Observation-Disclosures Not De-
structiOn Wanted.
lRv Richard p. Hobsonl

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allies conducting the war by the
scientific method, consisting OF three
parts: First part, to define II keep
in view the objective; second part TO
determine and e%valuate the FACTORS IN
volved; third part, to prepare and
execute the plans.
In the same article we laid the
foundation for determining the OBJ
jects of the war by establishing the
Great Objective of nature, namely, the
maximum advance of the human spe-
cies in the line of it's evolution, in its
average standard of character, in in
tellectual, moral and spiritual attrib-
utes.
In this article, wish to lay the
foundation for determining the factors
involved in attaining the Great OBJ
j~ective.
! The human race consists of some
fifteen or sixteen hundred millions Of
individuals. The standard for the
race is determined by the Indignation,
or totaling. of the attribute of all the
individuals, and dividing this total by
the number Of individuals. The great
war must be interpreted from the
standpoint of the whole race. Now
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whole race is bound together by cir
culatory and -ervous systems into
great living organism, men in general
and those directing the affairs of great
nations in particular, must think in
terms of the whole race.
Each one of the hundreds of mil
lions of individuals making up the
race is passing through a certain life
history, whose earthly span owe
but a few decades. To the individual
passing through this brief span his
W happiness, naturally appears up
permost in importance, and the devel-
opment of the individual is of great
Importance to the race, but in the
thousands of years of the life of the
race the renewaA of life in it's full
integrity from generation to genera
ton is the primary factor. The scien-
tific aspect of an individual is that of
a link in a chain or a mesh in a net
of life that nature expects to run
through the generations till the end
of time.
In harmony with natures purposes.
therefore, the great war should be
conducted so as to attain its main re-
suit with the minimum of sacrifice of
human life of friend or foe. The
principle of conservation should run
through the prosecution of war.
Evidently this requires that justice
and right should determine the OBJ
jects of the war, and the war policies,
and should have a command the very
maximum of power, so that self-inter-
est would d. tate early acquiescence
on the part of the self-seeking.
The manifest dedication is that dis
interested America should take lead
ership in the councils of the allies
and with all dispatch should develop
its very maximum of preparedness.
The conservation principle must be
applied to reducing to a minimum not
only the numbers killed on the battle
field. but also the numbers sacrificed
to disease and wounds. The Red
Cross and the scieIce of medicine and
surgery and of sanitation should
bring to bear all their human agen-
cies. The same principle should APP
ply to the treatment of prisoners.
America, the blood kinsman of all
the peoples including enemy peoples,
entering the war without any inherit
ed hatreds, s-Ould establish a high
water mark and new precedents for
the humanitarian conduct of war. AS
a nation, officially and unofficially, we
should offer to care for all prisoners
of war held by ally or enemy. The
military effect would be about balanc-
ed. If all prisoners were transferred
to America and given the attention
and hospitality of the big heart of the
nation, there would result a tremen-
dous gain in human conservation,
from the ravages of consumption in
particular. The uplifting reaction
upon the nation and upon the world
would constitute a tremendous moral
gain.
We remember what a happy result
( came from our generous treatment of
Spanish prisoners. 1t is not a theory
or an ideal, but a concrete fact that
ito give is 'etter than to receive"
The scientific application of the
conservation p .fnciple demands par
ticular attention to the question of the
renewal of life. Nations abroad are
ameliorating the condition of, if not
encouraging. illigitimacy. All human
history shows that the true conditions
for the renewal of life, for the reac-
tiOn Upon the parents as well as pro.
tecting the children, are those of we'd
lock and the institution of the home
This should be recognized in the ap.
p~lication of the draft. Bache Jrs VI
to fifty should all be sent to the from
before any married men are taken
When married men are taken only
those without children should be con.
.dered at all. The same principl,
should be applied to ONE selected
for wartime work to take the place o.
men.
I In keeping with the principle o.
conservation whic' scientific methods
dictate in the prosecution of war, the
institution presiding over the renew
al of life. the home, should be safe
guarded against dangers peculiar 10
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