Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-06-27
NO ROOM FOR POLITICS OR
Personal PREJUDICES

In the consideration of the ques-
ton of joining the proposed league
of nations to enforce peace, all polit-
ical and personal prejudices must be
eliminated. The decision is too mo-
mentous to permit any person to al
low partisanship or individual likes
or dislikes to influence his or her
judgment.
This attempt to eliminate war is
the most far-reaching step in his
tory toward carrying out the doctrine
of peace on earth, good will to
men," which Jesus Christ taught and
for which he died. The effect which
it will have on the fortunes of any
political party or of any public lead
er are too trivial details to be worthy
of consideration. The one vital ques-
ton at issue is will the league tend
to diminish the number of wars and
to foster permanent peace?" If it
will then it should be given a fair
trial; if it. will not, then it should
be rejected
Some people are obscuring the is
sue by discussing it from the stand
point of their admiration for or them
hostility to President Wilson. He
is not factor in the solution of the
problem. 1t is bigger than any man
or any nation, for it involves the well
fare Of the world and of generations
of human beings yet unborn.
Still others are trying to obscure
the issue because of the effect 1t will
have on their financial and political
interests. In so doing they are
adopting the plan of Demetrius of
Ephesus. 1t is recorded in Holy
Writ that when St. Paul reached
Ephesus, preaching the doctrine "
he made such a profound impression
upon the people, that Demetrius, a
business man who manufactured siL
yer shrines for Diana. became
alarmed. He therefore called the sill
yer craftsmen of the city together
and warned them that if the people
accepted PauP3 teaching it would de-
stroy their industry of making in.
ages of Diana. in which there was
inf
and, going out on the streets, raised
great uproar and confusion by
shouting Great is Diana CT the
Ephesians. Great is Diana of the
Ephesians! By so doing they divert
eG the thought and attention of the
people from the vital truths which
Paul was preaching.
There are certain classes of men in
the United States who make money
out of war. The diminution or elm
ination of wars would decrease the
profits of the manufacturers of war
naval vessels They know it and
are trying to divert attention from
the real vital issues in the league of
nations problem by shouting through
the press and from the rostrum
Great is the United States; Great
are the traditions of this nation"
There is another class of men, in
Guiding certain ambitious politicians,
who think that they can gain pres
tige for themselves by championing
the system of universal military
training and posing as super patriots.
They know that if the league of ma
tons becomes reality with the as
sistance of the United States. there
Will be no need or possibility OF
universal military training in this
country and little opportunity for
them to use their talents as jingoes,
and so they are trying to obscure the
issue by going forth and shouting
Great is the policy of isolation!
Gyeat is the danger of surrendering
our sovereignty"
All this arguing and shouting may
confuse the minds of the people fol-
the time being, but in the quiet OF
their homes, when they are trying
to decide the great question fairly
and honestly, above all the din raised
by the modern followers of De
metrius, they will hear and heed the
still small voice of the lowly Naz
arene, whispering Blessed are The
poacemakers; for they shall be called
the children of God"
WIN. GOODYEAR.