Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-22
SENDS MONEY TO H|LLQU|T
INSTEAD OF BUYING BONDS
director of school of journalism al
University Declares Himself
PacifiSt.
SAYS RUSSIA HAS RIGHT IDEA
Thinks VIC. As Practical People,
Should Tr, New. Even Visionary.
Methods OF Securing Peace - DC
mocracy Not Safe in America
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I>po"ial TO 'rbc Times Dispatch.l
SWEET HEiNE. Va. November 2l.-
Il am = pari't-, for The plain lcsica
reason that var just docs no, work
War docs not remove the menace Of
aut"cra".. o. maze the world safe for
d.tlooraoy. or "vru protect our own
democracy. Thcroforr peace * only A
"o'umon-s"nsc alternative. aud We. as
ura"Jir.I people. should be busy trying
r"w. uohl". cyru visionary, methods Of
occurring peace with The results W. say
Sc sc"k.
This view ~as stated ~ Professor
Icon Whipp'c, director OF tho school
of journalism OF the University Of vir-
cjrin. in an address on The Meaning
~ racir>m" before tho Current Events
club OF sweet Eriar College yesterday
evening Mr.. Whipplc was an editorial
writer IN i;ichmoud znd Washington.
ana has he"n prominent in social ser
vice movements i'm Virginia, as we'll as
- contributor 20 Leading magazines. lie
N-rVod in til" publicity department OF
The Peoples Council-ihc leading paci-
0st orGauization-this summer
-" believe to worl. for peace. most
of all during war. is tho highest hu-
nautty." continued Mr. Whippic. That
is why ] Ga,r money to the cause OF
Norris Iillqvj, instead or investing in
Liberty bonds az per cent. was
moved by tn. same spirit. hope. that
made two Of my ancestors sign the
Declaration or independence. and my
grandfather enlist under .Jcb' Stuart
Tha; spiri, today serves freedom by
peace. not war.
Il believe W. can still make this
United states glorious by it's stand for
peace. despite the fact that the nation
sacrificed It's greatest opportunity when
it entered the war. II lost this because
VIC did not have the courage to remain
100 sensible to fsh., and because We
could not welcome with brains and
vision any substitute for war. War is
The easiest way. for IL is conventional.
commonplace. while the creation o..
new ideals is hard and dangerous. But
We can begin everywhere to take ad-
vantage OF ways toward peace. for the
least OF them is better than war. which
gets nowhere AT all
RUSSIA SPIRITUAL LEADER
OF COMING GENERATION
Russia las had the courage and
vision VIC failed TO reveal. She is not
afraid to try new hopes. in her own
life and toward all the peoples of earth.
She will he the spiritual leader OF the
next genera lion, because she has faith.
No real catastrophe ca n happen to Rus
sia-her inner spirit protects her. and
will convert even the Germans who
may invade her. You cannot exploit
4 nations soul
Cries OF treason. suppression Of free
speech and press cannot stop the peace
labors Compare the spirit OF Jane
Addams, Herbert Bigelow. David Starr
Jordan. lives dedicated for years to
human service. with the spirit Of the
politicians. money-mastcrs and exploit
crs who are now loudest for war and
democracy while they were before its
aravest pcrils. Which will win?
1t is silly and futile for pacitists
10 talk about resisting conscrption.
am conscripted. Every time send
"a word OF love by mail to my mother
give an extra cent to help kill some
other mothers sons. The only way
| can escape is by dying. My con-
science cannot protect me from shar-
ing in this slaughter. But il can keep
me from acUuiescing.
"Is democracy safe in Amemioa when
women may be called to face this
that a sen he ordered to France to
die in the trenches to make the world
safe for democracy. while at the same
tirre his mother. whose home he seeks
10 protcC.. is thrown into jail with
criminals because she asks the first
right OF any 6cmocracy-the right OF
suffrage: Do you wonder women are
pacifists?
Peace without victory is still the
only peace for all others are truces
before worse wars. We might eNter-
inmate ,hc German nation. or wall
them in with armed men. but thus
they wonld still defeat us by making
ua autocrats. We can win only by
! freeing the spirit OF democracy In the
Germans by good will, not war