The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-06-21

should be Of vital interest to every
fair-minded person. The Ency-
clopedia britannica says: ''Toler-
ance means allowance of freedom
Of action or Judgment to other
people" In short, it means, "To
Eye ard let live"-to appreciate
tte other mans viewpoint
The din and roar of cannon
Of the late World War is still
fresh in our minds. Time has not
yet healed the cruel misery and
the fatherless homes that resulted
from the most terrible of all wars
the world has ever known. 1t will
take years and years of labor to
help rebuild what the few years
Of war have undone-and even
then, we cannot make complete
job. All this came about just be-
cause some nation was greedy and
arrOgant-it did not want to live
and let live.
The subject Of Tolerance is
usually thought of as applying to
religion, but it is a broad topic,
and also applies to everything we
do in life. Tolerance is needed in
industry. Labor and Capital
should be considerable of each
other; they should remember that
each is an essential element in
production. Tolerance should not
only be applied to the people in
ones own country, but to other
nations, and lastly, to all man
kind. If nations would learn to
be tolerant to each other in the
same way as individuals should,
much of the Misunderstanding
which eliminate in wars, with the
resulting misery, would be greatly
lessened. We are beginning to
realize, as never before, that we
cannot live to ourselves, but what
affects other nations, has a direct
effect upon us. The establish
ment of the World Court, to which
we have agreed to become mem
Der, is step in the right direction.
II is "a realization that we are all
rnembers of one big human family.
ID is an enlargement of our hori-
zon 10 include the world.
II is in Religion that Intolerance
has been greatest. Oh Religion,
what crimes have been committed
in thy name! From time imme-
mortal, massacres and wholesale
butchery Of communities have
been carried out with carefully
made plans-all because of differ
ences in some minor details in
ereeds. What an inspiring spec
taelei Is God such a jealous ruler
that such small and petty differ
enees would justify the taking of
life?
A certain ring was an heirloom
in family--the wearer of it pos
sessed admirable qualities. The
father who owned it had three
sons; he had two exact duplicates
made upon his death-bed, he gave
a ring to each Of his sons and told
each that it was the original ring.
. Who had the true one? We don't
know; ii is immaterial. And so
il is with the question of which
religion is the best. One fellow
was asked "Why are you a Cath
olic?" He replied, "Why are you
q Protestant" Why should not
the Christian, jew or Moham-
medan worship according to the
religion he believes in? After all,
these three great religions are
based on the belief in one God.
% The thing TO do is to follow odr
own respective religions and try
10 make the best of ito lead a
clean life and treat your fellow
men fairly and justly. True Reli-
gion is a seeking after great
things-it is a desire to serve hu-
nlanity, 10 create, to produce, TO
go forward.
America is a cosmopolitan coun-
try--this country was built by
people of numerous nations hav-
ing a great diversity of ideas. AS
President Coolidge recently re-
marked. whether ones ancestors
came over in the Mayflower 800
years ago. or in the steerage three
years ago. makes no difference
We are all in the same boat now,
working for a greater and better
country. Uniformity of opinions
% and thoughts do not make for
progress. America cannot afford
60 lose those fine traits of the
Scotehman, which has made his
country famous for its thrift: the
German his industry; the Italian
bis love for music, and the French
man his love for art and litera-
ture. This Is analogous TO the