Deming graphic., 1921-04-19
PROMOTING PEACE

II any living human being could be
found who would declare for war in
preference 20 peace. that person would
he held anathema--a monster Of hide
Gus instincts and dcpraved inclinations,
Such a person is yet 10 be found I;
everyone agrees that peace II the one
desirable state of society.
Yet we have wars almost continually.
aud the propaganda OF war thrives In
a world almost Frustrated by the de
struetion wrought by world conflict.
Indeed, while the peoples of the world
enlarge on the advantages Of peace,
they and their rulers industriously SOW
the seeds OF dissention and battle.
Eagerly they spring to arms 10 nc
complish by force the advantages they
have not the patience to gain by peace
ful industry.
Plainly the peoples Of the earth are
insincere: whether or not their in
sincerity is irrational Is questionable.
The more cynical would hold the pro-
testations Of IeacCful motives cutie
consistent In n Camlaign 10 gain advan-
tagcR In war.
II has been a. ID that the worst kind
OF treachery and double dealing is per
missible In war; certainly these mega
tive virtues are largely practiced by
rival military powers, A peace propa-
ganda is therefore the compliment of
war propaganda the main difference
seems 10 be that one Is frank and open
the other subtle and covered.
IL has been demonstrated that eco
nomic warfare is generally the open
ing phase Of military operations; and
we now have the spectacle OF the world
conflict supposedly closed by peace
treaty degenerating into guerrilla fight
ing by small nations aud economic
bushwhacking by all nations. Is IL toI
he doubted whether or not the world
ever is really at peace. Apparent
peace has never been accomplished eN-
tept when military control fell into
strong hands and became too prepon'
derating to be openly questioned. The
foundations OF such a peace are always
rotten and the little mice OF unrest and
indirect opposition soon undermine II
and bring down the imposing hut false
structure.
Efforts, therefore, OF peace propa-
gandists are under suspicion. They are
either impractical dreamers with eyes
closed 10 human motives. or they are
harp schemers striving to use the
finer human instincts TO mask their
dark designs OF conquest II is con
ccivable that they unite the virtue of
peacemakers and war breeders in a
sort OF DIR. Jekyall and Mr.. Hyde com
hination. But essentially their philoso-
ply is false and has proven altogether
without effect.
How then can the world achieve
peacey IL cannot achieve II. hut II
can progress toward il. in normal,
natural way. accepting the burden of
war, no. as desease Of society, but as
a process Of growth and development
Perhaps war Is necessity OF life; Ger
tainly II marks all human progress
the expression Of Independence Of
world -despotism that would certainly
arrest the development OF the race
mentally and spiritually.
When every effort fails to earn for the
Individual or nation a place in the sun
there IL left the privilege OF making
war. That privilege Is God-given.
The futllity OF the peace propaganda
is well illustrated by efforts persistent
ly proposed 10 emasculate history,
expurgating the story Of wars and
laying stress on the achievements OF
peace. They forget that history began
with the telling Of the half-mythical
battles and that not only history but
all literature and art as well found In
reptiOn In warfare-nOt directly per
laps, but war-inspired.
The story OF an invention. however
FAR reaching its beneficent effects,
acks In dramatic Qualities-the story
n the inventors poverty and his con-
nict with stubborn nature supplies
Of the absent qualities be-
.ause the inventor has fought part OF
the general war on chaos-chaos that
is not by any means vanquished' When
il Il theF all conflict Will cease-men
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