Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1931-12-17
THURSDAY, DECEMBER II, 1881
WORLD PEACE " OR AMERICAN PEACE?
By GEORGE B. LOCKWOOD

On the matter Of peace, dear to the heart of every
thwhile and woman there two distinct schools of
thought One is for the peace of the United States with
protection from the horrors Of for our people
The other is for peace as world principle if it must
be maintained at the sacrifice Of the peace OF the United
States
Our last fought to bring peace to the world at
the sacrifice of American peace. Itwas 'war to end
war; thruout the world How sensible it to believe
that by going into European war we could end war is
clear enough, @ta9H -
When the war was over the selfstyed pacfists inter
esed peace as abstraction rather than in peace for
our people, attempted to involve i'll world super
government which authorized n the League of Ma
ons covenant to wage war to preserve world peace An
attempt made to pledge this nation to conscrpt its
to fight had part in fomenting, on the
theory that thereby could keep the worlds peace
The founders of this nation opposed the involve
met of this nation in European They had the
colonies become involved in between England and
France which had to be fought here the French and
Indian war. They knew that colonies Of European
power they were destined to be involved in every Euro
pean of the future But for the achievement of Am
ercan independence the Napoeonc would have been
fought also soil. e4
Glad for their escape from such fate, Washington and
his great associates laid down the fundamental policy Of
avoiding involvement in European "colluslons and col
sons They knew that the way to keep out of was
to keep Of Europe The Monroe Doctrine great
peace policy 1t declared against the establishment in
this hemisphere Of the European system of balance OF
power with it's frequent clashes at What it said
to Europe, in effect You keep your own side Of
the street and will keep ours 1t is just sound
and sensible policy when it was first proclaimed.
But the so-caled peace movement in this country is
chiefly in the hands Of both theoretical deamers and in
ternatona pawn brokers who insist that this country
stake its peace and it's prosperity the peace and
prosperity Of the rest of the world If Europe goes broke
must 60 broke; if Europe runs amuck we must run
amuck We told that this is duty and that If
we fail to proceed along this line will break the heart
of the world We have already pretty well broken
pocEetbooks trying to keep up with these world
who seem to have forgotten the Biblical injunction
that he who looks not out for his household is
worse than an infidel.
Why should be readily assumed that if the rest Of
the world insist on fightng must fight their battles
Why is it insisted that Uncle Sans beat policeman
the whole earth? Why it necessary for A1ner
cans to sacrifice the fruits Of their labor and enterprise
exerted under avorng institutions and without the ham
dicap of ageold rivares, ambitions and hatreds in or
der protect other nations from the consequences of their
own folly?
Yet this idea has been preached, ard to extent
ractced until thru this sacrifical policy without help