Arizona republican., 1921-06-07
TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE '. 1921.
Anyone mag do Q cdsudl act ot good nature; but e continuation of them shoaOs tt part of the temperd- nsent.
 -Sterne
The Next War

One of the comparatively few great books which have appeared in recent months-one grain in the great mass of chaff which has been discharged from the presses of publishers Will Irwins "The Next war" to which reference was recently made in an ,rticIe in The Republican by Dr. Frank Crane.
 lGr Irwin is always writer with a definite pur- pose-either to instruct entertain and he has never yet failed to accomplish his purpose. -The Next war. lately issued by E. P. Dutton and Com pany came suddenly. in advance think of the vchedule, but wherever it has appeared 1t has been ueised upon with avidity.
 .'The Next War; is an appeal to common sense. It indulges in no theories It contains no argument for or against sthe' "any" League of Nations Mr. Irwin is not those who believe that the world is weary of war that it will never enter another for he sees in Europe preparation for the uext war"
 He deals only briefly with the last which horrible and expressing as it was, is past and holds significance to the future. The worlds attitude toward war is unchanged
 We may not agree with ssThe Next War" in it's entirety. We may believe that MT. Irwin leans too much toward internationalsm. We may think that tho commercial and economic concessions he advo- cates are too great
 But his warning to his countrymen against too great reliance upon the favorable position in which the war left them is striking Under the title, -rhe Tempter" he writes:
 Nov. my America, will take you to an ex- ceeding high mountain; VIII show you all the kinedoms of the world and the glory of them. What an opportunity we have in this year 1921 Here we ait the midst of continent, great and rich as all Western Europe. Almost are unscathed by the war; while the others which Powers but six year ago struggle with anarchy and bankruptcy. The power of Powers has been given into hands,
 The Tempter proceeds show how easily
 
 Britain helpless; with our position. wealth of material we may create an army powerful than he combined armies of Europe how riches and inventive genius may enable to surpass in the manufacture engines and agencies of destruction; by diplomacy backed by military power we may seize upon all the countries to the south of us in our financial grip.
 And The Tempter goes Why not. Is not our civilization that of Mexico and Guate mala? win not the inhabitants be higher and bet ter if we take over their responsibilities and make them Amercans?'
 The Tempter shows Canada within grasp and adds: What national greatness what glory! Domin- ion palm and pine.-why, shall hold dominion Arctic tundra and tropical jungle With what thrill may the school boy of 1850 salute our flag the symbol of such power and as never was history began"
 But that only side. The other is presented:
 ~Ah. but the tempter lets you to the end of the chapter; shows you the whole pic ture. Behind these gorgeous visions floating in ths rosy mist turk death :. poverty $. star vation despair civilization, be offal ashes e does not show you these he knows that he is at with the purposes o extermity.
 Though not miarist Mir. Irwin is not an un reasoning pacfst. He seeks only to effect al agreement between them: between those who beliey in that next war; and those who grope toward tn abolition of war He holds that the task of tn Twentieth Century is limit and eliminate an that it is the duty the United States sronges nation in the world enter upon tn consolidation of the not only of America. bu of the world.