Arizona republican., 1922-01-17

civilization. The Napoleonic wars
weakened France enormously and
are said to have reduced the average
height of E'renchmen several inches.
The Franco Prussian war was a fur
ther blow. France has not, in any
line of human endeavor. reached the
greatness she had before those wars.
The civil war in it's effect on our
own South is one of the most strik-
ing examples of the result of pro-
longed conflict. But all of these
wars were minor affairs compared to
the one just passed. We know that
1t killed ten million good young men,
that 1t crippled the principal Euro
pean nations in every. department of
human endeavor, and that it left
them all in a backwash of reaction
by destroying the young blood which
is the only possible source of prog
ress; but its full effects are yet to
be seen. Furthermore, these nations
are now steadily moving toward an
other war. and one which will inevi-
tably be far more destructive than
the last. What win be their strength
and status after the next world war?
Peoples Who Won't Fight
Meantime, the inferior peoples"
vitality by killing each other. The
Chinese. for example, simply will not
fight. They are supposed to be car
rying on a civil war now. but It Is
so mild that few men are killed in It,
while communications and business
are not interfered with. During the
world war these Chinese were used
as laborers, but 1t was found impos-
sible to make combat troops out OF
| them. The Chinese in some respects
show great courage, but the murder
OF their fellow humans Is simply q
business for which they have no
| stomach.
Among the East Indians there is
more of a warlike tradition, but the
present non-co-operative movement
OF Gandhi has for it's basis that force
| must not be used. that the enemy s
blood must not be spilled. The in
vader must be expelled by simply re-
fusing to obey any of his commands
or to cooperate in his undertakings.
In addition to escaping the scourge
Of war. these oppressed peoples have
held aloof from the industrial sys-
tenn. In China there is said to be
strong feeling against its intro
duction. and in favor of building up
ancient foundation, so to speak. The
Gandhi movement in India Is also to
some extent a revolt against the In
dustrial system. For example. the
people are urged not to buy factory
made clothing but 10 return to the
| making of their native fabrics by
hand.
There can be little doubt but that
| the industrial system, as at present
| constituted, is like war, a source oil
race weakness to the dominant ma
tions. 1t has improved greatly In
the past fifty years, and ii may ye'
| be made sound basis for civilized
development, but at the present mo-
| nlent, as anyone may see for himself
it is in a badly disorganized state
In the first place. II has produced 6
class consciousness which results II
an ever growing social unrest, Will
immense waste OF life and energy
through strikes and revolutions. II
the second place. It has become badl,
entangled in its own mechanism. 81
that all of the industrial nations ar,
subject to periodical spells OF "harC
times,' due to the failure of the sys
tenn to work properly. The whole
occidental world is now thrown on
of gear BY the failure of the indus
trial system to function.
Thus the oppressed peoples. beini
largely free from organized war anc
organized industry, have advantages
in the conservation of their racia
vitality, which are already telling anC
which will tell even more in the fu
ture. 1t would seem that the domi
nant nations had better learn some
thing from the nnnrasGad ones whiIt
the learning is still good. A coupl
more world wars. and the old Bibli
cal prophecy may come TO have
new and vivid meaning: blessed ar
the meek, for they shall inherit th
earth"