New-York tribune., 1919-06-20

before-human History was full of it
but never had anything fallen upon
men comparable to the scientific,
wholesale atrocities carried on by Ger
many, by which not merely individ-
uals but entire communities were sub
jected to the most hideous sufferings
and the most utter ruin which highly
trained minds, entirely destitute of hu-
manity. could devise.
Varnish of Civilization
1T was appalling to see how thin
was the varnish of civilization in one
OF the great western nations, how close
the wolf in man was to the surface
which looked so fair. We were nearer
IN reality to primitive man than any
one had imagined. AS for treaties
and laws, they went in the fierce fame
OF war as quickly as the dry leaves Of
autumn when spark falls upon
them, and were as of little worth.
"The beautiful scheme of making
mankind suddenly virtuous by a stat
ute or written convention was once
more exhibited in all it's weakness 1t
is melancholy reflection that the best
assurance Of the future peace OF the
world lies in the destruction of the
German T. war power, Which is worth ali
il cost.
"The object to which you soldiers Of
the war. masters Of the future, must
address yourselves, to which all righ-
thinking men and women ought to ad-
dress themselves, is to reduce so far as
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fering and urharpiness.
Let Us not endanger the possibility
so full of hope ard help by striving
vainly for a giitterirg impossbility
We can do much, / say, and it is to
you, you coming generations, led by tn,
mer who fought the war, to make these
advances. But you must ever re-
member that the only advances VIII. ci
have been maintained and kept secure
are those which were made slowly.
Warning in Russia
Before your very eyes you have
the warning. 1t is there in Russia
Designing adventurers, men without q
country, convinced an ignorant people
that if they were allowed to abolish
all property, to take from men the
right to own what they had earned and
saved and to wreck civilization all
would be we'll.
"They have applied their panacea.
Instead of diminishing human suffer
ing they have caused great misery to
more human beings than the war itself.
mo one will ever know how many
thousands of farmers, workers, shop
keepers, innocent people have pershed
by murder, by pestilence and famine
since the present Bolshevik rule
in letters of fire this Russian scene
says to US, who are passing from the
stage and to you who are stepping
forward to take control of American
destinies: This way at least points
ruin
Turn your eyes then from that
stricken country and let them rest
upon your own. Does it not say to
you in tones which cannot be misun-
derstood, Whatever our shortcomings,
whatever our mistakes, the principles
of order, liberty, which our fathers
founded and which we maintained have
brought greater degree of happiness
to the average man and woman in the
OiilICO SIetteo lIdll III any OLUGE COuu-
try?' And if we advance along those
lines, ever progressing and broadening,
as we come to understand the situation
better we shall lessen ever more and
more the great sum of human poverty,
unhappinsss and suffering"
Roosevelt's Views on Reds
In his address Lieutenant Colonel
Roosevelt discussed Bolshevism.
81 do not fear Bolshevism," he said
"but do fear the reaction which, if it
were undisputed, would play into the
hands of the Bolshevists.
81 regard Bolshevists, red flag So
cialists and I. W. Ws. as simple crimi-
nails, and think that the same methods
should be used in dealing with them
as you cannot deal with them or rea,
son with them academically."
After discussing the need of create,
facilities for the Naval War College
of which he is president, Rear Admiral
Sims turned to the censorship, declar-
ing that England made mistake in
not taking the public into her conf
dence concerning the brilliant results
achieved by her army and navy.
Rear Admiral Sims, Major General
Enoch H. Crowder, Henry P Dawson