The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-04-19
HOLES POSITION
ANSWERS CRITIC
OF PEACE STAND

Professor Allen D. Hole. president OF
the American Friends Peace Society
who was assailed as an obstruction
list" IN an open letter written by Al
pheus l.. Baldwin, refuses to issue a
statement in reply.
Idon't believe l should engage In q
controversy at this time" he said this
mqrning. "My attitude Is represented
truly by my position as head Of the
committee to prepare all Earlham col
Iege men for whatever service they
prefer
1--WE are trying to do the construct;
i've thing at this crisis and am heart
and soul In the movement to prepare
all our people for the unreserved serv'
ice of their country"
" Has Not Received Letter.
Professor Hole said he had not re
cetved a copy of the letter from Bald
win and that the first knowledge he
had Of 1t was when he saw It In print
Baldwin, who is q widely known
Qugker and prominent farmer Of the
Webster neighborhood. wrote the let.
ter in reply to an editorial in the
Messenger of Peace" Friend publ
cation, edited by Hole.
In this letter he refers to the Quak.
er policy of non-resistance as fanatic
al" and says 1T must be renowned
5ust as their extreme and fanatical
ideas of dress and music and recrea.
ton already have been renounced.'
The letter follows:
Dlseontinues Peace Paper.
Il respectfully request that you dis
continue the Messenger Of Peace to
my address, for the reason that l am
entirely out OF sympathy with the
extreme position on the subject OF
peace taken by the Messenger OF
Peace, and by few Friends, viz:
Peace at any price," as it is usually
expressed. l wish to lend all support
and aidSin my power to foster and pro.
mote peace In every way, except by
acquiescent submission to gross in.
justice, and to this end / formerly
secured several subscriptions to your
paper. .
4 believe 1t Is right and necessary
and therefore Christian. to have po
lice force to preserve order and to
protect persons and property, and
believe you would phone police head
quarters just as quickly as l would If
your property or family should be at
tackled by robbers. Said police should
perform their duty with as little bod.
lily harm to the robbers as possible.
but to ask or expect those police to
submit to grevious wounds and to
sacrifice sereval Of their own lives to
avoid shedding blood or killing some
of the burglars, would be monumental
Stiffness IL 1t were not so outrageously
unjust and un-Christian. The moral
Christian duty Of the police Is to arrest
eible to any one, but protect the state
hy protecting themselves, even to for.
feiting the life of the criminal.
Lincoln Used His Police.
M one offender, two policemen
might suffice. Two offenders would
require several police, five would re-
ouire many. and mob might require
/. Whole regiment OF philosophers. If
ydn X will pardon the tautology, for
there is no essential difference be-
Abraham Lincoln sent his police south
OF Mason and Dixon's line to take pos
session of the property belonging to
they did their duty. Civilization some
IllESs ilutS Ou pOWucI NdIl. luc
blessings of freedom and civilization
have been bought at terrible cost Of
blood and treasure. and mans slow
progress from savagry to his present
condition could not have come to pass
liz any other way. 1t Is Gods way, a
part OF the evolutionary process.
Believes War Unjust.
Il join with you in thinking war be.
tween civilized nations should cease;