Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-26
The Menace Of War

IEe menace OF war
Another great war cloud hangs over
Europe. The whole world looks on in
dread and terror lest another butchcry
of the human family, another great
carnage. is to be initiated. If such
happens it would seem almost mir
acle should we escape IA complete
break down of the whole vast struc-
Indignation of the moral forces Of 50
cicty. Literally language cannot be
gin to portray the destructive and
deadly effect of another great war. Can
discourage it: think something can
be done. think the Christian world
can raise its voice on behalf of justice
to those people against whom we are
now asked to prepare for war.
During the war France solcmnly,
publicly, repeatedly promised liberty
and independence to Syria. England
promised like program for the people
of Egypt and MeSopotamia When The
war closed all this territory and all
lhese pconle were divided up. parcclled
out and the white race the Christian
race, began to shoot down and XIII and
murder the people of Syria and Mcso-
Dotamia and Egypt and India and to
make ready to exploit their oil fields
ana their natural wealth. II the story
or the trcachcry and the BETRAYAL of
ihcse people since the war could he laid
pare ltNWould make story of cruelty
and treachcry nowhere surpassed in
the history of wars. The result was
OF course that all Islam was aroused
10 resentment to which was easily add
ca, on account of Constantincplc, re-
liglous fanaticism which, when once
aroused. who can tell the conse-
QuenccS,
Then came tho playing of England
ana Franco against one another for adj
vantage in that region where foreign
intrigue and 1pfcrna1I1inr, 81
perialistic schemes have hatchcd war
for 9u0 years. 1t is the same old game
OF me strong powers melting these
small but crowded nations to intrigue
ana aggression each strong nation
counseling and encouraging and furn-
lshlng arms and munitions for war.
Inc whole miserable mess as it now
llonaces the world is the legitimate
1rd't OF broken promises, Of intrigue.
@: imperialistic policies Of these
strong nations since the armistice.
SO I say, instead of the white people,
the Christian people, preparing to
make war, let them first prepare to do
justice to these people. That will;
stop war quicker than anything else.
Instead of arousing tho fear and pas
sion of the Christian world that viii!
send their sons TO rot in that eternal
slauShtcrhouse, let thcm raise a unit
cd voice in favor Of righting the
wrong which has been practiced upon
fruit of unconscionabe imperialism, of
indefcnSiblc exploitation, of jcalously
among the great powers which we are
now about to gather in the shape of
another world war. Instead of con-
niving a these policies ! am in favor
Of saying in unmistakable terms to
France and England: Your policies
are condemned by the conscience of
the Christian world and against such
policies the moral forces of an aroused
public opinion will contend. If by such
policies you bring on war YOU shall
find no sympathy nor succor in this
The policies of tic Allies and the
attempt to dismcmber Germany perma
ncntly. OUTLAW Russia. to reduce syria
and MeSopotamia and all those re-
gions to hclplessness, the covert threat
against the whole of Islam, these are
the things which have kept the world
in Torment, have sown broadcast the
seeds Of another war. From the time
Europe rejected everything offered by
Mr.. Wilson for incorporation into the
Versailles treaty having tendency to
mollify the destructive forces until the
present time these policies of dismem
berment. of Imperialism. have been
pushed to the front. America ought
not to leave it in doubt as to how she
feels about them. If America has to
fight again let her fight for justice, for
principle. not for injustice not for cX-
ploitation. not for imperialism
We arc now being deluged with state