The sun., 1918-07-17

'diheu HiOsl VI tne proposals for i'm
proving 1t look rather to increase
than to diminished state control
But in less civilized parts Of II,
world individuals have not reached III,
point of view from which this ord,.
OF things seems desirable. There 10
story OF a native chief In Africa vh.
protested to a British official ag,,,,,
having to pay any taxes. The Briii..
official explained. no doubt in the b.,
modern manner. that these taxes uos.
used to keep order in the ro,n,r,
with the result that men and womt,
and the fiocks and herds and nosso.'
sions Of every tribe were safe ,nd
each could live in Its own terri,or,
without fear or disturbance. and ,h,,
the payment Of taxes was for tho ,oos
Of all. The effect OF this explanatIo,
was to make the chief very ans,,
Before the British came, he said h.
could raid neighbor. return with co,
tives and captures Of all sorts and b,
received In triumph by the women ana
the rest Of his tribe when he returned
The need for protecting his own ,-Ihs
from similar raids he was willing :,
undertake himself. Now" he s,id
you come here and tell me that
ought to like to pay taxes TO be rr..
vented from doing this, and th,,
makes me mad"
Law Sanctioned by Majority.
The analogy between states and IN.
dividuals or groups Of individual, ,s
not perfect, but there is suf,ctsn,
analogy to make II not quite Irre,s.
want to ask whether after this wa
the view held by great states OF the
relations desirable between thern.elv.,
will be that of the African chief A.
that Of individuals in what We call
civilized nations. Nothing but e1pe
rience convinced individuals that lsn
was better than anarchy to settle the
relations between themselves. And
the sanction that maintains law ia the
application Of force with the supper,
of the great majority of individuals
behind it. Is II possible that the es.
perience Of this war will produce
settled opinion Of the same sor. 10
regulate the relations OF states witt
each other and safeguard the world
from war. which Is In fact anarchy?
What does the experience OF thl,
war amount to? Our minds canno.
grasp It all. Thought il crushed BY
the accumulated suffering that the
war has caused and Is still causing
We cannot utter all that We feel, and
IL II were not that our feelings are In
way stunned by the very vioenc.
of the catastrophe. as physical nerves
are to some extent numbed by great
blows. the human heart could no,
bear up and live under the trial Of
this war, Great must be the effect o.
all this: greater after even than
during the war on the working o.
mems minds. and on human nature
itself; but this is not what ! Intend
to urge here. / will urge only one
point and one that is for the head
rather than the heart.
We are now in the fourth year n
the war; the application Of scientific
knowledge and the inventions OF SCI.
ence during the war have made Il
more and more terrible and des,ruc-
tive each year. The Germans have
abrogated all previously accepted rules
OF warfare. The use OF poisonous gas
the firing from the sea upon open IN.
defended towns, the indiscrimlrate
bombing OF big cities from the air we're
all introduced into the war Ivy Ger.
many. 1t was long before the Allies
adopted any of these practices oven rs
reprisals; but the Germans have
forced a ruthless and unlimited april.
cation OF scientific discovery To- m
destruction Of human life. combatar'
and non -combatant. They have show
the world that now and hencetortt
war means this and nothing less tia
this. II there is to be another WAY
twenty or thirty years time what "
1t be like? II there is to he concentr7's
preparations for more war, the
searches Of science will be devo'"
henceforth to discovering method,
which the human race can u, Il
stroyed These discoveries canro.
confined to one IL. ion and thew
ject vt wholesale destruction WI,
much more completely achieved l'-
after even than in this war. The O.
mans are not blind to this, but as %
as ! can see their rulers propose
avoid future wars by establishing
domination of Germany for c.rr
Peace can never be secured b, -.
domination of one country securing
power and prosperity by the Sl'l.,-
sion and disadvantage OF others p'l
the German idea of a world pea r. So
cured by the power OF German nal.
tarism is impractlcable as well rs ,"-
fair and abhorrent to other ra,,',
1t IS as intolerable and imposs...' .
the world as despotism would 'e ',r'
or in the United States, In opposite"
10 this idea OF Germany the Mice
should set forth. as President N'~.g
has already set forth. the idea ~ a
peace secured by mutual regar. .,-
tween states for tho rights ~ o,ct
and determination 10 stamp ~ Hr.
attempt at war as they would
plague that threatened the dos'r,D. oa
OF all
Must Learn or Suffer.
When those who accept It's 'ie'
and this sort OF peace can in word ard
deed speak for Germany We shat be
within sight OF good peace
Tho establishment and maintenance
OF League OF Nations such NJ Pres
ident Wilson has advocated IS more
important and essential to a sc'Hr"
peace than any OF the actual terms ?
peace that may conclude the war y
will transcend them all. The best =
them will be worth little unless '''
future relations OF states are - -
on n basis that will proven; a ro,Hr'
renee of militarism in any stat"
Learn by experience or srcr Is