Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-04-20
PEACE AND WAR IS
TOPIC Of Lecture
BY DAVID GOLDSTE|N
"RELiGiON,' HE SAYS, WOULD
BRING ABOUT A WORLD WIDE
pEACE."-MANY HEAR BRIL-
LIANT ADDRESS.

DAVID GOiuSteln. prominent lecturer
who has toured all parts OF the United
States and Canada last evening al
dressed about 200 people at the Gay
city theatre. Mr.. Goldstein was intro
duced to his audience by II. NJ. Kelly.
Ills talk on Peace and War was
greatly valued and was indeed very.
interesting
Mr.. Goldstein dealt with the subject
of peace and war as it applies to the
individual, the family. the industrial
life and governmental relationships
giving the Christian position in con
trast to that held by radicals. In deal
ing with national and international
peace Mr.. Goldctel said in part: Bad
will, denying Gods law and setting up
our own in our domestic and CONNER
cial relations, Is no foundation for in
ternational peace. Just so long as
there is national greed, envy and jeal-
Cusy, just so long shall the clash OF
arms be heard and the only peace we
shall have will be armed peace with
its ever increasing burden of taxation.
This being 50, the maintenance Of an
army ald navy is a necessity today
But every time we see a regiment or
a battleship ii should be a reminder Of
our personal and national disobedience
to the law of Christ. II is indeed an
evidence of mans inhumanity to NAH
that makes countless millions mourn
He said
The world will not have peace at
the price Of peace. and so nations are
deluged with blood Ever since the
outbreak Of the European war, ] have
been frequently questioned as to the
ccntradition between the law OF the
Catholic church and the acts of Catho-
lies They want to know how it Is
that the Catholic church says, Thou
shalt not kill and yet, in the armies
OF the opposing nations ut war, Catho'
lies are found killing one another?
Why, as the law of the Catholic
church is against killing does not
Rome put stop to the war by calling
upon the Catholics of the several ma
tions at war to refuse to fight?
Questions Of this oharacter as often
show u sincere ignorance OF the Law
and the power of the church as they
do hostility to her. What seems to
gomo genuine lovers of peace to be a
pain contradiction to a COmnon-sense
pointed out to them. OF course the
insincere man holds the sclf-same per
verse opinion even after the plaineSt
Of answers. Thou shalt not XIII Is
indeed the law Of God, and the church
Is the divine Interpreter OF the law
The church says, Thou shalt not Kill.
Put, interpreting the law, the church
SAYS that you and | have a right to
our life that. if an enemy, out OF re
vengc. or if q madman threatens our
existence, we may cut him down and
/ tho law Thou shalt not kill is not VIC
ated. The church teaches that the
state has a right to its life, that the
/ state has right to maintain and &c
perfect that life. If then, the state
takes in battle the life of an invader
the law Thou shalt not kill Is no
violated. The state may enter thf
territory Of her enemy. making war U
compel the settlement of her jus
claims, and the law Thou shalt no
kil is not violated. So it is that th'
Interpretation Of Gods law meets will
the assent OF right minded men. Fo
il rests upon the principle of justice
not upon sentimentality more or les
sound or sickly. The mind Of tn
Catholic church is robust, wholesome
sound
is the European war a Just war
The church has no answer The righ
to answer belongs to the state, Th
Justice of her resort to arms the stat
herself must determine. The churc
will not be tempted. II was the en'
mics of Christ who asked Shall W
pay tribute to Caesar? -temptin
Him, Just so docs the enemy 1ue'
tion the church today. And the sam
answer is given that her Divine fount
er gave nearly twenty centuries age
Render to Caesar the things that ar
Caesars. nad to God the things thu
Iiare Gods.
1T Is the irony Of fate that tho til
enemy processes to see in the ma
! who gives allegiance to the Pope
Rome traitor to his country Il
|, Catholic church teaches the highe
c possible order Of patriotism.
d "Thc Catholic church holds the kt
It to world peace today Just as 81
4 brings peace to the soul Of the reper
n ent sinner, Just MS she reconcllcs u
g differences between man and wife,
0 has she settled disputes between XII
and King, nation and nation!
y 1T Ia most significant that tho
n powers who have SO long ignor
Is Rome arc now sending ENJOYS TO h
ID Court, and who shall say that If El
land Russia France. Turkey, G
IL many and all the other nations M
of engaged in war, had, before the W