Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-04-17
PEACE is SIMPLE
COLDSTEIN HOLDS
rauId Quickly BE Restored II We De.
sired It. Declares Catholic
Lecturer in Address.
,srsT PAT THE PRICE, HOWEVER
SAYS Obedience 70 Law Of Christ Is
Only Cost-Heard at knights
Columbus Hall.

a0h. +. IS az simple as can be: if
no want peace in our hearts, peace In
-rrzgu.es. peace In our industries. and
raara tl our governments, we must
Fav The price The price is the Obedi-
srss 20 the Jaw Of Christ"
Draw.us attention TO the early his
.arv Ut Illinois. which preceded in set
ling the landing of The famous May
saver aggregation, David Goldstein in
FL lecture. Peace and War" given
order the auspices Of Aiiouez council,
knights ~ columbus, at its hall last
rtgHt. turned TO the IaboFg OF Mar
sgerss and Joliet as only two among
.hs numbers 90 plant the seed of Chris
family lu this country, and spoke as
g.au OF the .a5ors Of the Franciscan
Fathers q lower California 81 the same
period.
r. H. Sexton introduced Mr. Cold
staEH in appropriate manner. telling OF
.4a good Lae lecturer had accomplished
III his clear expectations Of current
evs-gs. when everything and every
body appear I'D be 80 sadly muddled
.Nr Ce.lste.a Is a Catholic convert, a
Young man OF Jewish extraction, OF
most pleasing appearance and his ad-
dress was filed with the meat Of pa
tent research. He said in part:
Bad Will. denying Gods law and
setting uD our own ID our domestic
and commercial relations is no foun-
aati0u of International peace. just SO
long as there lis national jealousy. just
SO long shall the clash of arms be
heard and The only peace we shall
have ts armed peace with its ever in
g-sasiHg burden Of taxation. This be-
ing so. The maintenance of the army
and naE is IA necessity today But
every time ne see a regiment or a bat
t.es1ip il should be q reminder OF our
personal and national disobedieuce to
Tie law Of Christ. 1t is. indeed. an
evidence of mans inbumanIty TO man
that makes countless millions mourn
rs the European war a Just
war; The church Of every creed has
no answer. The right to answer be-
longs ra -aa state The Justice Of her
resort 30 arms the state herself must
Geteru ne. The church viii not be
tempted by this question. Il was the
enemies lE Christ. who asked. Shall
we par tribute to Caesar. tempting
Him
Besides. 31 is most interesting to
note that those who have cried the
iguassL that man cannot be g loyal
Eng. sGmau. Frenchnau, German or
American and also pay tribute to the
head az the church because IL is sup
posed taat Rome luterTeres with mat
rers of state. are now insistently ask
ing. nav even demanding that the
church interfere and stop The war.
The -lgTch's strict neutrality throws
hack the insult that # is a political
machine And this patriotism OF Cath
ollgs. irrespective Of origin, should 81
lsucs for all time their traducers.
Catholics are Loyalty and heroIcaliy
giving up their lives in hehe-r Of the
many countries now at war"
Much more of timely import was
brought cut by Mr.. Goldstein and he
closed his lecture with this beautiful
example taken from South America;
Countries at Peace.
ut vas but yester- year that the
world saw an example or international
peace established in the name Of our
Lord. Argentina and Chile had long
guarreled over their boundary line,
when at length the eloquent protest
Of the bishop Of Argentina brought
these tive southern republics from the