Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-23
Bradley Pleads for
Nation Brotherhood


Chicago. held the rapt attention of
The members OF the Rock Island
Ncmaa's club. meeting Saturday
afternoon at Masonic temple in reg
ulAT December session, speaking on
the subject The United States of
Tomorrow.
Dr. Bradley made an eloquent
plea for education as the basic ele-
ment in the construction of the new
countries that are reborn with the
closing Of the war. He denounced
petty politics in no uncertain terms
and heaped shame upon those mem
beTs OF the senate who he said are
taking opportunity of the times TO
play them to the disgrace Of the
American nation He deCTied the
tusidious pro-Germanism that in
sists upon spTinging up at every
turn and ardently urged against its
acceptance and cautioned asain-t
It's insidiOus1ess. He upheld with
high praise the part President VII
son has played In the present world
crisis, finding only good IN the acts
Cf the president, done always with
the best interests OF the country at
heart He advocated the repeal OF
the Monroe doctrine, saying that
medicine that was good for the child
IS not so good for the man; that
laws created IN the infancy OF the
country have been Outgrown IN the
maturer nation.
DR.. Bradley was n Paris at the
outbreak OF the great conflict IN
p 1914. He viewed many Of the i'm
po-tant features Of the war and
has seen It stripped Of its romance.
War has been instrumental IN drtv-
ing the nations back TO the basic
and fundamental principles; 1t has
stripped the world which now
stands born anew. This, he said, is
& moment OF tremendous impor-
lance and a period when tempta-
tions are everywhere; the day OF
sobTlety has come through the pro-
cess Of VAT, but there remains many
victories and battlehelds Of peace
yet 10 be won.
Democracy" DR.. Bradley said.
as & dangerous thing IN the mouths
Of the unframed. II Is not a thing:
It Is q way; II Is a vital thing that
has come down from far-off centur-
les past, and will be & light to guide
centuries yet unborn, Democracy
was not born with any flag, and the
war lust fought has not been for
democracy as q new thing; It Is the
thing that people since the begin
ming OF civilization have fought for.
Democracy IS potentially a thing Of
the heart"
In speaking Of the repeal Of the
]. Monroe doctrine, DR.. Bradley said,
81 There is no future for any coun-
Y try that does not have relations
with every other country on the
globe. No nation can live to itself
alone. Narrow country boundaries
must be wiped out, bigoted nation
alism must be erased, America must
get in line and show its place IN
the world II would be a tremen-
dous mistake. he said, for the Unit
ed States to refuse to become q
member Of the league OF nations,
for IN SO doing it would damn
itself
The great responsibility today, he
said. is the education of the foreign
born; it is a duty that devolves
upon the people Of the nation and
one that must he undertaken. It
is greater than charity, he said, for
no one is just now particularly anx-
ious for charity. The money that
saved it because she gave it away,
and the only way to enjoy it is to be
able to give it away.
Dr. Bradley fervently plead for
& great brotherhood of nations in
stead Of the competition of nations,
ana he prOphesied that if the nation
returns TO its policy of individual
competition another war will have
to be fought in the next hundred
years. so long as one king reigns
the world will not be a safe place
fer democracy; likewise, the world
Will not be safe as long as chance
Of birth places the ruler at the head
CT & nation" Dr.. Bradley said.
IL closing, DR.. Bradley warned
against the cheap sersimentalism
that would forgive Germany for its
part II the war He denounced in
positive terms the individual part
Of the German kaiser and his fam
lily u lords, and said that the gen
erals OF the last war should demand
from Holland the bodies Of the
kaiser ana his son, that they may
be punished in accordance with the
acts that they have committed or
have allowed TO be perpetrated.
lie pleaded Tor an enlarged view .
POINT OF those who are to meet the .
returning boys, for a vision that
they might see with the boys the
realism that has grown out OF the
conflict
aJ the business session announce
ueut was made of the appointment
by the executive board Of Mrs. +.
q. Van Calder, Mrs. J. g. Ray and
Miss Mary Carter as delegates to
tla Illinois conference Of equal suf-
frage. Department reports were
given by Mrs X T. Anderson for
thr city welfare and Miss Claire
Van Calder for the music
The secretary, MIS- Jay ClarksCn,
reported that the fund collected last
year for the establishment Of fur
Tough homes in France was not
used for that purpose. because of
the fact that other organizations
had taken upon themselves the re
sgo-s-bi}Uy Of providing suitable
places OF rest for the men il
France The money. total OF 1927.
Was therefore turned over for the
purpose Of sending 100 women TO
work in the rest homes already es-
ta5Nshcd .n France Each state is
tO be represented by two women
and these are already preparing
and some have gone 70 take up their