The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-12-28
AND THE NEW HATES

SItItIS AND IhE NE w nAIES
When De Quincy wrote his pleas
ant little treatise on refined throat
cutting he spent his amiable talent on
the study OF an effect, when he might
have profited his fellow-men better
by indicting a cause. Notwithstanding
his delicious irony, murder can nev
be a fine art. 1t is always the clumi-
est possible way of solving a problem
to merely remove 1t physically; and
that Is what all murderers do. There
is nothing fine or artistic about muir
der, even the delicate methods of
homicide practised by De Quincey's
celebrated club. But there is some
thing artistic about the cultivation of
the progenitor of murder and all
things violent-Hatred.
Since Christmas is essentially the
season of robust love among Christian
men and of good-fellowship for all, 1t
is appropriate to dwell upon the anti
Christmas and anti-C Christmas and
anti Christian cult of hate which is
having far too much influence in the
affairs of mankind. American visitors
returning from Europe report the pre-
valence of hatred among the nations
overseas-hatred so violent and point
ed that it appears 10 be intelligently
.hengendered and directed. France hat
es Germany, Germany hates France,
Russia hates Poland, the Balkan ma
lions hate one another with especial
~ferocity and England manages to curb
hate, but 70 suspect most scientifically
where her statesmen believe that anti
pathy is a better policy than sym
patty. Unless these hatreds are ex-
ploded and the peoples of these ma
lions convinced that the problem OF
human sustenance and the cause OF
human m are common factors
in civilization, other wars will come
upon us.
Americans, on the whole, are totally
uniformed concerning the institution
Of hatred as II Is made to serve the
purposes of high diplomacy. From
the very cradle the citizens OF n race
and nation are taught to suspect and
loathe those of another ace and ma
ton. Little braggart pri~ncipalities of
the Balkans roar bl~ood-thirsty an
thems which narrate their immense
superiority to every empire that ever
existed. and the virtue Of patriotism
III LlIueS VI pcdCc appears W oNe
tie contempt for the honesty
prowess of other peoples. Combina-
/ tions Of haters, who modify or suspend
hatred of each other in order to focus
their common hatred on somebody else
result in the alliances and ententes
that are born in diplomatic drawing
rooms and come to full fruition on the
| battlefelds. And the people, misin-
formed and certainly misled. accept
as their destiny and interest what
their statesmen prescribe, when he
ony blessed destiny any nation can
have Is to serve humanity by first
serving its own national, by improv-
ing the physical and spiritual condi-
ton of a certain section OF humanity
so that the example may benefit the
entire race. Which doctrine may have
a flavor in internationalism; but ev-
erything positively beneficial to hui
mainly. such as the Christian religion
and the celebration OF Christmas,
should be international. 1t is when
internationalism becomes a political
term that il offers class patriotism as
a substitute for that infinitely finer
thing. a mans love for the soil that is
his.
Take as a Christmas reflection the
almost unanimous hatred which the
~so-called Christian nations have for
the Turk. The fact is that Turkey In
Europe il and will always be a distinct
menace to Europe. Yet, what happen-
ed when one Christian nation under
took some decades ago to restrict
Turkey to Asia. where an Asiatic ma
ton truy belongs and where 1t car
fulfill its national destiny without
hindrance to European nations? Two
other Christian nations-England and
France-joined hands. to defeat Rus
sia's purpose The pagan propositior
of the balance of power far outweigh
ed the consideration of an exclusivel,
Christian hegemnny. The Turks arr
not a particularly Noteworthy nation
hey are somewhat old-fashioned II
their name of disposing OF thei
enemies. internal and external; bu