The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-12-14
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Pacis'sts At the Hague.

Paeifsts at the Hague.
Over al The Hague MEET
ing In In progress to proinofe peace
IN the world. Some eight or ten
women representatives OF
u wonnn's league for peace are
taking pnrt In the conference WASH
ington takes only feeble Interest IN
this particular meeting because 70
generally understood tina, the women
participants therein have declared
that their influence viii be- use,i in any
future war IT, prevent women fr"m
taking any part therein. even ~ hu-
ma. - helper.s--and this no matter h"w
jus, the cause may be for which their
country fights
This little matter In brought In here
only because u shows to what an ex-
IRENE some NJ the pleaders for peace
on earth are willing to 20. There
are women In this tow who say that
" the teachings OF some " their sex
were to he followed. no woman could
he found In the world to bind up the
wounds ~ soldier who wa- fighting
In her defense. Mos. Of The women
do not lik, this sort of thing any more
Than the men do.
This leads up to the Washington
viewpoint ~ 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. ana
II was discovered during the great
war that active In some Of them were
persons whose desire II was to con-
vert all America to the peace doc
trine. not for the sake Of America hut
for the sake Of some country which
one day might make war IN 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 Ii
much In evidence In Washington. much
more In evidence than II was before
the great war. Everybody wants
peace" Of course is a bromide. but
Washington learns day by day that
there are scores Of different viewpoints
as to how peace on earth Ii to be Sc
cured.
In the congress peace talks are
given. Most Of the takers think that
peace for America can he 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 seml-occasiOnal occurrence on the
other side. There are men here, who
do moi say much about II In public he
cause they think their viewpoint may
be unpopular. who think the best way
to keep peace In the world 10 for the
United States to enter into all the con-
ferences In Europe and to WELD its
influence In behalf Of this measure or
that measure. even at the expense Of
being charged with willingness to
become entangled In those things
against which Washington warned.
The present trouble over Turkey has
brought out curious condition Of AZ
fairs In the United Statea The ad-
ministration has received many letters
coming from all parts Of the Unifsti
States urging that this country shall
help with an armed force to save the
Christians from the danger Of massa-
ere by the Turks. Nov the curious
feature Of this IL that generally these
letters have come from members of 40
cieties and Of ciiurches which have
been strongest ,sr peace In the world
and which have made known from
time to time their utter dlsb~lsef In
anything like preparedness for war on
the part Of the United States.
PseIflsts Not censistsnG
Oficials In Washington have not
been SLOW TO point out the Inconsistency
Of q large part Of the American peo-
pie In this matter. Friends az the
administration have called attention to
II directly. and General perxhing has
spoken to the point on the same mat
ter within q few days. So II seems
that some Of the strongest advocates
for peace. men and women who have
heen declaring that war IL not justin
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 do
clare that war IN no case In jcstifimble
are now saying that In some cases II
Is justifiable.
There are. however. In this town to-
day representatives Of certain organ.
izatiOns which do not believe In wal
In any circumstances. moi even to pro.
!, tect the innocent from slaughter These
people are those who believe In non
resistance. One Of these non-re~ist
ants was asked during the war what
he would do II an army would land
on tLsse shores on c0nqnering bent
He said with perfect seriousness tina,
he world gather together hand OF