The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1922-11-30

from the merchants Of other ma
tons. Our own congress
through the tariff, is trying ts
reduce foreign commerce to ths
lowest minimum. Do you know
what is at the bottom of the
trouble in Mexico? 1t is Brit
ish and American oil interests
trying to force each other out
of the field. This conflict is con
stantly threatening to engul1
this nation in another war with
Mexico. What is at the bottom
of the trouble in California II
is commercial rivalry between
the white race and the yellow
race. The white laborer can not
compete with the yellow laborer
This contention will inevitably
force war between Japan and
America.
(d( Philosophy. Then we
thought that education would
eliminate war. Education has
become standardized. India,
China and Japan have adopted
western standards in education
Europe, Asia and America are
exchanging professors. Men are
beginning to think alike. Men
like Kant and Eucken have be.
come the worlds great philos-
ophers. Their teachings have
been accepted by the world s
leaders as good philosophy But
the very nation that gave us
Kant and Eucken also gave us
Treitschke and Nietzsche, whose
teachings are responsible for the
late war in Europe. And the
tragedies of that war have now
convinced the world that philos-
ophy cannot prevent war.
lei Art. If philosophy
failed us, we thought that art
would bind the nations together
into a bond Of international fell
lowship. Each nation has made
every other nation its debtor by
its peculiar contribution to So
ciety. Greece gave us poetry
that lifted the soul heavenward.
Rome poited the way to peace
by creating a new and admir-
able system of laws. Universal
conformity to law, we thought,
would bring peace. Germany s
contribution was music, so great
as to lift the masses into the
very presence of God. England
produced the peer Of all great
poets, Shakespeare, and she has
furnished statesmen like Pitt
and Gladstone. Great statesmen,
we thought, would bring peace
by resort to diplomacy.
Then we had the Hague trib-
unal. 1t was so successful as
to effect an amicable settlement
Of the Venezuela boundary dis
pute. Hope ran high. The pan
acea for war had at last been
found
Just then high school boy
in the Austrian Empire fired a
pistol, a prince. fell dead, and
chaos reigned once more.
III. If we are to have peace,
we must adopt new principles.
The old ones have failed.
A new school Of scholars,
thank God, have appeared on
the scene, seeking to lay the
foundation for these principles.
Up to the present time, we have
reasoned form the standpoint Of
the individual or the group.
Civilization is now organized on
this basis, which is that Of the
savage. Our present system of
commerce is a striking example
of this truth. Selfish CONNER
cial interests are exploiting the
worlds natural resources for
purely private ends. God ere.
ated oil, gas, coal and other nat
ural products for the common
good of all the race, not for the
private benefit of certain groups
Of men. What the world needs
to learn is that God did not
create the forests of Idaho for
the private monopoly of the big
timber trusts, that the oil efilds
Of Texas, Oklahoma and Calf
Ornia were not created for the
oil trusts, that the iron in Mich
lgan was not created for the
steel trusts, that the ocean was
not made for the express bene-
tit of England, Gremany or
America. No! The worlds re-
sources were created for the
benefit of all humanity, not for|
certain groups of men, to use
Is they see fit.
Peace must be preceded by a |
recognition of our common hui
nanity. So long as the selfish
interests of one group conflict |
With the selfish interests of an
'ther group, so long will the
world have war. So long as one