Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-12-14
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Pacifsts at the Hague.

Over at The Hague meet
ing is in progress to promote peace
in the world. Some eight or ten
American women representatives Of
a woman's league for peace are
taking part in the conference. Wash
ington takes only a feeble interest in
this particular meeting because it is
generally understood that the women
participants therein have declared
that their influence will be used in any
future war to prevent women from
taking any part therein, even as hui
name heipers-and this no m2tter hoy
country fights.
This little matter is brought in here
only because it shows to what an ex-
IRENE some of the pIeaders for peace.
on earth are willing to go. There
are women in this towr who say that
if the teachings of some of their sex
We're to be followed, no woman could
be found in the world to bind up the
wounds of a soldier who was fighting
in her defense. Most of the women
do not like this sort of thing any more
than the men do.
This leads up to the Washington
viewpoint of peace generally. There.
are all kinds of organizations in the
United States whose object in life is
to prevent the countries of the world
from warning on one another in the
future. Some of these organizations
have been in existence for years, and
it was discovered during the great
war that active in some of them were
persons whose desire it was to con-.
vert all America to the peace doc
trine, not for the sake of arerica but
for the sake of some country which
one day might make war on America
Some of the American peace makers.
found that they had a sprinkling of
queer comradeship in their olive
branch work.
Much Talk About Peace.
Propaganda in behalf of peace is.
much in evidence in Washington, much
more in evidence than it was before
the great war. Everybody wants
peace" of course is a bromide, butt
Washington learns day by day that
there are scores of different Viewpoints.
as to how peace on earth is to be se-
cured.
In the congress peace talks are
given. Most Of the takers think that
peace for America can be secured by
keeping out of European entangle-
ments, that is, by not taking active
part in any of the conference doings
or other things which are of more
than semi-occasionaI occurrence on the
other side. There are men here. who
do not say much about it in public be-
cause they think their viewpoint may
be unpopular who think the best way
to keep peace in the world is for the
United States to enter into all the con-
ferences in Europe and to WELD it's
influence in behalf of this measure or
that measure, even at the expense Of
being charged with a willingness to
become entangled in those things
against which Washington warned.
The present trouble over Turkey has
brought out a curious condition of af-
fairs in the United States. The adj
ministration has received many letters
coming from all parts of the United
States urging that this country shall
help with an armed force to save the
Christians from the danger of NASSAU
ere by the Turks. Now the curious
feature of this is that generally these
letters have come from members of So
cieties and of churches which have
been strongest ler peace in the world
and which have made known from
time to time their utter DISBELIEF in
anything like preparedness for war on
the part of the United States.
Pacifists Not Consistent.
officials in Washington have not
been slow to point out the inconsistency
of large part of the American peo-
pie in this matter. Friends of the
administration have called attention to
it directly, and General Pershing has
spoken to the point on the same mat
ter within a few days. So it seems
that some of the strongest advocates
for peace, men and women who have
been declaring that war is not justif-
able on any ground, are now plead
ing for war or what is tantamount to
war, in order to save certain peoples
in Europe from threatened destruction.
In other words, many people who de-
clare that war in no case is justifable
are now saying that in some cases it
is justifable.
There are, however, in this town to-
day representatives of certain organ
izations which do not believe in war
In any circumstances, not even to pro-
tect the innocent from slaughter These
people are those who believe in nom
resistance. One of these non-resist-
ants was asked during the war what
he would do If an army would land
on these shores on conquering bent.
He said with perfect seriousness that
he would gather together a band of
men and women, meet the enemy and
ask him to turn away his wrath. The
questioned one seemed to be perfect
ly satisfied that an invading army thus
could be turned back.
Puzzle to the New Generation.
G. A. McKenney of WinterpOrt has
had a corn crib built on his premises