New Britain herald., 1917-09-08
THE PEOPLE, NOT THE PURPLE

THE PEOPLE, NOT THE PURPLE.
There is as Sir Edward Carson
sees fit to put, "a great deal Of very
loose and mischievous talk about
peace" There are those who, ac-
cording to the British Premier, seem
to imagine that all to be done now
is for the Entente Allies and the
United States to- conclude a treaty
over. Granted that such a treaty
were entered into at the present mo-
ment the Premier asks, What Is to
come after?"
That is the serious question which
bespoils all attempts to talk peace at
this time. What is to come after?
This is the manner in which the Brit
ish statesman formulates the reply, a
question in answer to question:
Are the nations of the world to
proceed with PREPARATIONS for the
next conf1ict-to pursue their re-
searches in science to the expansion
and creation of still more deadly
weapons of war for destruction; to
spend their resources in the creation
Of enormous fleets Of airplanes and
submarines for the destruction of UNI
fortified towns and the murder of the
innocent women and children that in
| habit them; to take advantage of the
| Improvement of lethal and poisonous
| gases for the destruction Of human
| ity? And are we TO live in daily ter
| ror that at any moment another cop-
| flict may arise which might almost
| lead to the extinction of civilization
| itself?"
| This war is either one thing or the
| other,--it is the last great war of its
kind the world will ever know, Or it
| is but the first stepping stone to a
series of even more colossal strug-
| giles to come after. What has hap
| pened in the past three years is al
new to the human race SO far as
| frightfulness and war go. What
has taken place between the
| dates of August 4, 1914, and
August 4, 1917. would if dimly
prophesied by any novelist before
that period, be branded as the widest
fiction. The world is now so weary
Of war that it would like to talk
peace; but can it afford to talk peace
when the ultimate future Is consid.
ered,-that is, a peace that Is any
thing short of a permanent peace
''The truth u.s." continues England's
| spokesman in his statement printed
Yesterday, "a treaty of peace does not
necessarily secure peace in the only
sense wherein it can be of any rea
use to progress and humanity. We
talk platitudes about a league of ma.
tions to enforce peace without con
sidering conditions essential to it:
| success, but there was a league o,
nations to protect Belgium-thert
:, we're solemn treaties and conventions
at The Hague to apply the principle!
OF humanity DIS IaI Dis pOSSIDlo Ill wa
and give effect to international law
How did these avail on the outbreal
of the war?'
That too Is fair question and on,
worthy of the deepest consideration
It's answer will show In a momen
just how much chance there is 0
setting up a permanent peace SEIZED
ule so long as the Hapsburss and tn
, Hohenzollerns are the persons will
, | whom the world powers must con
| clude treaties. On the very day tina
Sir Edward Carson, in England, pro
= nounced the previous question, Gas
r ton de Leval, of the Bar of Brussels
2 stood before the convention of tn
, | American Bar Association in session
$ at Saratoga Springs, New York, AM
/ | told the story Of three years German
{ violation of covenants of The HaSu