White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-30
rs DISARMAMENT POSSIBLE

IS DISARMAMENT POSSIBLE
As We begin the new year we w5ul,
be glad To eliminate some of the per
picking problems that have heretofore
bafled all attempts 10 harrnonize with
the spirit OF progress and Internationa,
Interest.
The great world war fought for a
principle that seems TO ave vanished
under a cloud or human deprav.ty.
A little more than two years ago the
world was optimistic. II looked for.
ward to a speedy settlement of inter-
national questions ard disputes and the
formation OF an International alliance
that would forever Danish war and
every form of niiIitarism: but today
there are wars and rumors of wars.
propaganda for disarmament. urgent
arguments for more effective armament
organizations for permanent peace. al
iiances fer mutual protection and vari-
GUS other features of world movements
which show little else than that the
world has been turned upside down
and international chaos prevails. Every
where there is a spirit Of mist.ustfal-
ness. Nations cannot agree. and n
stead of peace on earth we are pre-
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The United States IL increasing its
army and navy and is thereby becoming
an object of suspicion. Other nations
must do the same and thus. 2fter an
enormous sacrifice of human energy
and an expenditure Of treasure that has
bankrupt the world. we find ourselves
back TO the starting point with our
war spirit in the ascendeney. armies
and nQufac an fla sR1raaca - 18th
ing in sight that looks like an early
settlement of the great international
problems that have for their base the
greed of human Kind.
There is unrest in the Industrial
world. ag%itators are frantieally urging
for unions and the rights of labor.
employers seeking 10 cut down the scale
of wages, agrleulturlsts olamoring for
living prices for raw materials. con-
sumers skepticas in regard 10 values.
and everywhere a spirit of unrest and
suspicion.
We read IN almost any paper OF inc
number of starving children that might
be fed with the cost of the building
Of one battleship. and yet the battle
ship is built.
No nation seems to want war. All
are exhausted AID all are suspicious.
The world has been an armed camp
for so mary centuries that ii is hard
to get awav from existing conditions.
II is hard to bring the nations of the
world together upon a omnlon basis
TO formulate plans for common inter
est. Some nations are bloodthirsty and
all are jealous. some are fierce and
others meek. II is the meekness of the
~lawablding Armcnians that has made
them an object OF persecution by tho
Tul ks. Lack OF honor and lack of
forbearance are other great obstacles
to an agreement to disarm. There is
still among nations a burning desire
TO redress real or faneied wrongs by
military force.
Advocates of peace urge that the
teachings % the Christian religion for
ninteen hundred years arc a failure If
the teachings OF Christ cannot now be
applied in the settlemont OF the worlds
difficulties.
The United states has with one haad
shown the most practical demonstra-
ton az the teachings of Jesus in its
works of mercy In feeding the hungry
Of many lands, in taking the blessings
of medical science 10 plagne-stricken
peoples. relieving suffering from fire
and famine. war ar1 pestilonoe while
with the other hand we are construct
ing a bigger nav and bigger %nilitarl
institution.
When a nation must carry Christian
mercy in me hand and Il sword of de-
fense IN the Other. how viii il be pos
sible for tie nations to disarm.
Disarmament cannot be successfully
carried out with any degree Of safety
by any one nation. There must be a
mutual agreement. and that mutual
agreement cannot be mad or executed
until there Is a desire for peace and
the establishment of confidence among
the nations. x the Christian religion
Is good for men ID Is good for nations,
and In Ii will be found the elements
of an international peace and total
disarmament. When shall we begin
the millennium,