The Washington herald., 1921-11-06

ical and economic system OF Europe
as laid down In the Treaty Of Yer.
sailies was divinely Inspired BY
Heaven sent messengers named
Wilson. Lloyd George and Clemen-
ceau, and therefore unsiterabie By
human effort without Erfevous sin.
I do not believe that men and
women are neapable Of simple
reasoning. add Of actions which
may preserve them from oehervise
certain famine, disease. slauEhter
and determination
Youth nay Aeeept-
1T is not too much 70 ash youth
TO accept these negations, after =
littie argument and q cain for sv1-
dence- Indeed. my own belief fs
that the younger generation 10 sat-
ished with the evidence, and has
already cleared all that useless
lumber out OF its mind. Az far as
I know some Of these younger men.
they do not believe that war IN a
reasonable way Of argument.
There n one man In Europe to-
day-not belonging 70 the battalion
Of youth, yet never one Of the old
men. though he stood among them.
aghast At their stupidity. Indignant
with their wickedness-who has
marked out the goal for the young
er generation OF the English-s peaE-
ing world. IN the neld Of foreign
policy. That is Gen. Smuts. who
looks forward with courage, ana
not in q cowsrdly way. backward
Tt should be. the main-ln
fact the only-ob5ect Of the Britt
ish policy" said Gen smuts. TO
secure real peace for the empire
and the world generally. The cues
ton Of repsrations, which was. per
haps, the most dificult and tntri-
cate with which we had to deal IN
Paris. has finally been eliminated.
in a settlement. which venture
to hope, viii prove final and work
able. That IL q very great advance
( The other great advance that has
been made-and 70 IL an enormous
advances the nnai disarmament
Of Germany. That the greatest
military. empire that ever existed IA
history should be reduced 20 a peac.
establishment Of 100, 900 men il
something which I considered prac-
tica1ly impossible. II Is grear
achievement. 80 far reaching. in
deed that IL ought TO become the
basis of a new departure In world
policy
-. .Undoubtedly the scene has
shifted away from Europe 60 the
Far East and 90 the Pacific. There
Europe. Asia and America are meet
Ing. and there, I believe. the next
1 great chapter IN human history will
be enacted. I ask myself what will
be the character Of that history
1T Is perhaps possible that youth
may reconstruct society on a more
spiritual basis which would tend
to abolish jungle conflict between
classes and individuals by the mod
incation OF human greed. and by .
union OF interests instead Of open
warfare. within the nation. In homo
, AFFAIRS as well as in international
politics, warfare has been PROVED
! q senseless form OF argument, ana
very wastefuL
Force Has Failed
Force has failed definitely, for
Just AZ in wars between modern ns-
tons victory hurts as much as de-
feat, because energy given 20 de
struction has no productive value.
. 80 in Industrial warfare successful
STRIKES or successful strike breaking
means unsuccessful trade TO both
sides All these sectional conflicts
: lessen the wealth OF q people, which
ever way they go, and at a time
, now, when, after the exhaustion OF
! war. there is no energy at all for
waste.
Science must be the servant Of
, youth. and not its master; mschin-
cry must not overpower men In the
. last war human courage. physics
excellence, the highest virtue OF
, manhood. were at the mercy OF bis
engines At the tug Of a str ne
) twenty miles away by some low
: browed churI in charge Of a gun, =
knight sans peur ct sans reprochs
, was made into a mass OF blood and
/ pulp. without a chance OF se'f-lH-
. tense, without warning OF his PERI
as he lay asleep in cottage. 81
licked over q bowl Of soup