The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-16

SNes o. the past week was that de-
rca oy Hon. William {. Redheld
retAry of commerce, before tho
Ahscn board OF trade on Wednes-
night Choosing as his theme the
etton, What Lies Deepest" Mr.
aneio spoke II part ga follows:
nave chosen as my subject the
etaon What Lies Deepest p that
may briefly think together of the
serving causes of the great war
whioh NE are taking part and
v understand the reason for the
pSrAtive call II makes to every one
" Tor sacrifices and for effort. The
(rds every one Of us are used
posslT for u Aeen,s 10 me true tina;
deep causes Sof the contest are
Ph ~ will, when they are clearly
~, call as imperativeiy upon the
cthst and the socialist as they do
Pm the rest. of our people, Let n
for the moment agreed that the
piAhst and pscifstf sincerely seek
>se ideals which their names imp,y
that IL so, then the Issues .n this
= are such ns for the sake OF thoe
~ things 10 call them into action,
acs il a noble ideal save when
ice means death. The aocial solid :
~, the decentralization OF the SO
List has In &c strains OF a fine ideal
n IS o fsifc sham II concelvahly
can be imposed BIZ force on an UNI
ling world. The fine flower of
mar happiness which socialist and
cifist alike claim to seek does not
w or: Of. cannot be nurtured by
bruta. Doctrine of blood and IRON
may .oosd respect the tsAsals that
ialists ard pacifists seek. hut must
spiy rsgret the lack of vision which
vents their seeing realities through
mist OF war
IT can hardly be neadful "a recite
various phaAss twhich led stop
step to our taking our Inevitable
r. in the struggle. The series OF
kat state papers he the president
the secretary of state that the
rid read With admiration and with
wing conviction give sound rea-
Is for our course. The series or
|cking events out of which these
snents arose were q sufficient call
arms If every nation had Just
De TOR battle II is We We may
lax TO one another on this theme
bout mental reserves We stand
ahose wh0 are thrice hiest. having
&. quarrel Just. on the face of
r~cora in tbe fare cf the dea,Is
80 s~e do we'll to fight
Eehind these more visible provo
tora ~ ,,.,r there ltor a aaener
$50 Tba things wa x.v and soc
Mr.. the outward ana vis,t,e sigma
az 5nward sd ,,onlnapf evil. The
80 AZ which we sh1ader the
,e,s fse.s 80 so-caua7 frtob+e,,r.
,,eS az ,hev 80 a4o y1ot The
~, vb~ war, ea,rrgea an I'm ver.,.
~ hv carmnp,. within our own
a.rs ,re,,ia s,,t vearalv friendly. Nav.
In rentnr a,,,l home I'm the ere
!, e-,hassts n.d fts ael4 Of action
vsr[.. rrest cifv was M, the deem
o4e@nse a. which wa might Ia ke
,r ~ - s,.a serious. ,nan either
NE f1-sI-t, ~ ,r,,lch thean arc f,,t
evfsaaSe--.bh prasanre ~ The
r,a of ths rnslIrn .unwa, that rave
10 h3r,b rhe a,snateh IRON, Arcen-
.net s,,spaSted Sinking without
tho Tsn,,aya+, dextr,,nt,or ~
f,,.tsarIa long MANNED In ad-
ea 4be affacEs On hnsnital ships
h,,,,st,tias ~, rro,ser, the cruelty
shttaran The contempt TOR a ma
riasgad vars these are enough
at,r u,an 70 dean resentment ave
ssar la, thesa things ronttnus
~ sra suferiant 10 arou@a tba ma
~,r,,h vr,, t,,x. a. .be f-ra.tor
s-aa.s- .ban he thinr cres Ted
srv rsusa il greater than ,sa eff
- Il re e,,,I xntrt. o,,f ..f which
81 ss;nga 4. :isSs RI sin9,ap fTrasly
.s.nya-o,,s IN inc vnr,a than The
~. sh~use,ves Yer w~ know
ia, tn..n rrs-,,es ara rot an-
sr,at hut setsh.r.ta Thev are ,hs
r.ssior - ~ viii ara n,rrose
rc~.r i, bigh n,sces ana nv ,hern
rowar show4 i,s hone ana man
,arro,,s. n,.n,tpa pea,de tha
ttrr n,r,oaa ara nc,xrs,. thus "a
k,er ~ ncr,nal ~ srtrev,e act,on
,,.,,ai are the crirs oe those
asu .n..aa na..a, x~ren ,nar@
- $3.50. ~ tbosa ,rao srsaL ~
Aaaritv in the very nrasenes Of n,,r.
k~f,,1 dsIihrrate ,nhumanitv
3.Great movern.nts vh..he~ for
IA or evfl reveal themselves SLOWLY.
ltnat Ionr wars Tor fhe wron~ ~
vary "a sren into the conxctenre
tn nation. Tho f,oyc az deem waters
more powerful than that OF Draw
= hrookx. n 10 aIso more silent
ideal Of Democracy FOR A free
brla has had a tho1isand wears Of
- .rA 4. ~, ye, ran ~rown
n ara s,cw To ss. the almo., in
mn. ncwera which rares,,,l,, con-
| / ebe,nan,vea th-o,,p,, q iorr evo,u.
a hshsna r,s. .e~n,. snail th,nys
shirA roant te one p.rnr,.a ira
la M Iarg heard 81 nan 1rsar-,, n.
N,,t .,yvh.nr 40 aYtrsr,. ne 81 en-.
Ers6 10 81 made no apneaT "a our
mmon scnse. The p,,blic,at. ~