Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-03-29
WAR NOT WANTED.

Capper's Weekly gives "isoDS
the European situation, wrlcn Is
vortb reading and study. Do the Am
ar;can people want a repetition ol
this, even though on smaller scare
n would seem that this is the poih'
towards which this country Is moving
:. fast az the counsels of evil-minoeo'
graphing and rapacious men can s'0o.
:. p,as Wilson was elected Oh
pssce platform. and the women u
california decided the wheel Oh ~,
.rna should turn his way. Is he stanu-
inc to this platform today II ho''
Who are the ceunsellors who persoaue
h;m 20 ;ssue these calls for men anu
arms. or to persist in An insane oes't0
m have an open sea. SomeDouy 40
suono;b,e for this war mania that ls
hro.kinU over the country like storm
olord and if 1t is not PRESIDENT
Wilson. who is it, The peoplo VI
America want no war with aernAny
ar any other nation. Let tne wal
plotters be exposed. ,o
Below il the article from Capper D.
ESTIMATES of what the European war
bs. cost in dollars and cents are DE-
yopd the mower Of the mind to COM
nrebsnd. except feebly by comparison
Actual expenditures of money plus
nronerty destroyed exceed to date 1oo
billion dollars. ..
In 1Ao wears of development OF the
.rsatsst natural resources on eafIn
tho United States has not accumulated
snythins approaching that sum OF
wealth.
There are peoples in Europe thou
sar6 years old, but no European ma
+;on WAS "worth" anything near tnat
ann when war began, with all the ac'
cnmulations of ages of toll ana saw
ing. ,ar
;+v as this to civilized life, expendi-
tures and property destruction great
as thew are, do not represent the cnlel
coat This ia recognized. SO far the
numbers of young men actually kii'so
are about ~ millions. b.
An English estimate makes IL
millions.
More than 21b millions more have
been Totally disabled.
Not less than million young men,
averaging under "a years OF age art
a,ther dead or mutilated permanently
More than million OF the mos
rromisinu future fathers OF the rac'
ara TO be a burden laid upon It's oacK
something Of the industrial cos
alone can be apprehended IN such
holocaust of youth, aud these hgure
do NOT include civilians murdered O
starved, in Poland, Armenia bsl
oium Serbia and elsewhere; but moth
inc can be grasped of the meaning o
their sacrificial death and mutlla
t;on TO the physical, mental and spir
itual stamina of the next dozen gen
erations of men.
For yea1s in Europe, the feeble elf
ments of the population have steadi'
been gaining on the strong elements
The largest families Of all are thos
of which one parent ls leeoio Hin"o.
Such tendency is prodigiously &c
vauced by the sweeping sacrifice or
millions of the best male youth !
war.
Neyer was Europe or the world
such roor condition to stand snch
loss of its best blood.
In the face of such consideration
frivolous sneers at 'pscifists an
their soft opinions are reflection a.
GU toe intelligence of those who Ign
" give voice to them. who laziiy PIC
M the catch words of glib talk
which is the one substantial hacker
armies ana of war in every part
the world. War can be abolisne
Whatever the popular will'to bei'e'
resolves upon in world politics can
effected.
The truly great and patriotic pr
iect is the adjustment OF the Sup
spicide of war between nations.