The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-06-09

Dor unnarmed. lie grows TO realize
that savage attacks are met by savage
attacks; that respect for the rights of
others secures a corresponding respect
for his own. Brute force teaches him
the necessity of living at peace with
his brother-man if he wishes to pur-
u his w affairs unmolested.
lnstinctively he longs for the beau
tiful in his belongings, in his environ
ment. His soul gradually learns to
value spiritual things above all else.
His heart seeks ever finer, bigger,
ideals than he knew before.
The parallelism in the development
of the individual and the race is ap-
parent to all, but the point of re-
semblance in which our interest chief
ly lies is this.
At first the boy settles his quarrels
with his fists. AS a man and a gen.
tleman, he does not resort to such un-
dignified methods. He has learned
after many a hard experience that a
better way exists. better for himself
and all others.
So, too. the world in its infancy
settled all its difficulties by physical
force, by war. Gradually, however,
man learned to live at peace with his
tribe, next with his state, next with
his nation. The peace group keeps
growing always larger and larger.
At present he is trying to master the
lesson of living at peace with all ma
tions. He has learned the principles
of peace among f~orty-eight states.
He must now solve the next difficult
problem of peace among forty-eight
countries.
Perhaps some one may be thinking
that this is impossible. Is it any
more so than that which has already
been accomplished? The United
States of America, the most nearly
perfect example of federation, CON
tains within itself members of all the
eight states from East to West, from
North to South, w territory and
interests as wide and varied as those
of all Europe. Yet for the last fifty
two years all our internal differences
have been settled without force. Each
state controls itself, and the general
government is concerned chiefly with
matters affecting the states as a
whole. Why then is it impossible for
Europe, for the world, to form just
such a federation?
Long before the present world-war
a poet wrote these prophetic lines:
"Then | dipt into the future far as
human eye could see.
Saw the vision of the world and all
the wonder that would be;
Heard the heavens fill with shouting
and there rained a CHASTITY dew
From the nations airy navies Crap
ping in the central blue,
Then, the war drum throbbed no lon
ger, and the battle flags were furled
In the Parliament of Man. the FEEDER
alton of the World"
No doubt there were thousands in
that age who ridiculed the poets
dream of a war carried on by the ma
tons airy navies. Today the war air.
ship is a frightful reality, one that is
playing no small part in the horrors
of the present moment. 4.
Today, too, there are thousands of
doubling Thomases who laugh at the
idea of a World-Peace, of a Parlia-
ment of Man, a Federation of the
World. This, however, is the condi-
ton that we believe will be realized as
a result of the present international
battle. 1t is a war that will end wars.
In the language of President Wilson's
address to Congress, April 2, 1917:
eve shall fight for a universal do
minion of right by such a concert of
free peoples as shall bring peace and
safety to all nations and make the
world itself at last free"
For this great world-ideal America
has again sounded the call to arms!
To end the reign of militarism. the
reign of Kaisers. the reign of War,
she has again unfurled her flaming
stars! May success crown her efforts
May she win the victory both for her
self and for the world. May she has
ten the advance of civilization,-the
reign of self-control under conditions
of peace and friendliness,-tha final
glory of all men and nations!
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