Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1917-06-13
THE GREAT WAR AND WHY.
Gel. D, J. Knots Analizes the Cause
and Results of the Great
European Conflict.

To The Dispatch-News:
Frequent references to the lniqul-
ty of war and the many terrors OF
the great war are told in frlght1ul
terms, justly and truly and SO tar
that is all alas too true. But allo"
me to break the monotony of this view
of thought by suggesting that wars IN
every age nave been the developers
of human society and the final upllft-
ers of human governments. In this
light the history of our race and the
Inspired Bible both write IN CIV
ing revolutions a necessary place IN
progress and civilization. Nebuchad-
nezzer is called "My Servant for
punishment and Cyrus is 'My Shep-
herd and Assyria and Egypt are
rods Of correction
Physiology teaches that boils, ul-
GERS and all kinds of eruptions are but
evidences of a diseased system and
that these are only the purifiers OF
the system and the highways
through and over which the filth and
maladies of our system must depart,
and when this has been done there
is no further use for them and they
heal over and quit hurting US. The
political world is in a sad condition
and the great surgeon is only devel-
oping ad purging these human condl-
tions for higher and better living and
and far greater and better progress
and these great monsters in human
governments; these great conflicts
and convulsions are only incidents
pointing to this necessary renova-
tion required before quiet and order
can be secured and then the German
Kaiser, the Russian Czar, the Sultan
of Turkey, the Emperor of Austria,
will all have filled their destiny, lived
out their life of usefulness and will
all rest side by side beneath the
willows and peace can only
come when the shackles and fetters
of the middle ages have been stricken
from the manhood Of that entire !
distressed European country and
it's entire territory, England not ex-
cepted, will be as dismantled and
desolated if so much shall be needed
to make the future brighter and the
worlds pathway easier by eliminating
these customs and fetters of the feu-
dalism of the middle ages which are
so retarding to mems happiness and
In 1860 our South land went to
war and although many offers and
concessions of peace were offered
5hey were all reje cted and the sequel
proved that it's refusal turned to be /
very wise for no. till 1865 were all
the barriers brc =. own and all the
abuses and misfoi lines which me-
naced our future abated and then
in Gods sovereignty our Civil war
closd and closed forever, and peace
now in Europe would be the greatest
curse and misfortune possible to
;hese governments till a complete re-
1ovation can take place.
The entrance of cur Republic into
his struggle it seems to me can have
out one end or result, it will prolong
he struggle till paralysis prostration
AN work their proper mission and
oring about such an exhaustion and
that future war will be
both unthinkable and impossi-
ole.
Our mission is to give our consti-
uticn and ideas to these struggling
people and it likely seems best to en-
;er this contest and for a good pur-
>ose we all trust.
Russia's stand has given fair no.