The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-01
LORD LANsDOWNEs LETTER


 HE PEACE proposals of Lord Lansdowne are very lit
 tie real consequence since they he,suggesions of man speaking in his private capacity His proposal for an nernaonal court of compulsory arbitration doubt might contribute to make difficult if the court could be establish ed There is nothing in sight to indicate that the project is rsalizable.
 James w. Gerard former American ambassador to Ger many agrees with Lord Lansdowne that the annhiaion of Germany great not advisable, if indeed it is pos 1tbie. MT. Gerard says:
 we let the end of the Germany with in creased territory and increased power" The truth inherent this statement will be apparent to who knows history History the story of the rise of Comparatively small and warke nations, to world domin Repeatedly such Empires have arisen, have lived out their lives and have perished. numerous, from the days of Babylon and Egypt to require enumeration.
 half century ago there German Empire, but only group of little states which welded together by Bismarck and the tendencies of his times
 Yet these little states, with brief history, have been able to withstand the forces of mankind.
 What will be their future if the end of the should find e in the possession of more man power and more terrory Rome did not win to Empire by war; but by many Rome was not destroyed by one war, but by many
 In forty Germany would be able to bring under her discipline people she might acquire The eff ny people does not consist in great differences of nd ua mental power but in the institutions that surround them The United States proves the essential truth of this statement Hlher from all parts of the civilized world, who take the characteristics inherent in climate in food in Institutions and other environment
 So Germany, if could obtain the control of hundred million Asiaic would have little difficulty in making fair
 an of them by the time the second generation of children should be born.
 Germany with population of less than could M but overthrow the civilized world what could Germany do, which had population of 170,000,00O?
 The rest of the world would not again be caught mapping Perhaps not but there proof they would lapse again o carelesness If they alert the price would be eedngly great Every nation would become military camp The spirit of would be bred into the very brain tissue of the children yet be born No institution could remain was in safety.
 It is not easy to remake institutions Nations acquire certain habits adopt certain customs travel by certain roues and find it difficult to change.
 The necessities of have produced many changes in the United States such the partial socazaon of railroads the control of food supplies the control of fuel and coa the t0 conscript the bodies of the people.
 All of these matters less disturbing to comfort They thought of transient due to the Almost any will say that when the over things will go back 10 the old way and go just they did before.
 is this going back to the old way this expectancy that nothing will be permanently changed that makes the danger
 Efficiency consists in maintaining the best social machinery all 0l the time.
 nation manages to keep all it's parts hundred per cent useful and each part in coordination with each other time of peace will always be better equipped for than the nation which lets things happen they chance happen and relies upon the impetus of war to set matters right
 preparation made after begun will never as efficient equal preparation time of peace
 These of the presenting themselves to Thoughtful minds proving that the time for peace has not arrived 2ssSss
 Every brief presentation of great question is bound to less sided There facors to be sure which point to the possibility of permanent peace but these factors new the weight of them not be justly estimated They belong to the uur rather than to the present History holds record of them for instance working class mind of the world should enter into the channels of thought there might be But there is proof Russia experiment which scarcely begun
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