The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-23
Foreign Representatives
SMALL, SPENCER, BREWER
Qncorporated
CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON
Disarming Human Nature

Disarming Human Nature
The dawn of history found man
with club in his hand.
1t was weapon used both for de-
Tense and for obtaining the rude fare
to exc out an existence. He swung
it with equal vigor upon the animals
he sought to kill for food and those
other semi-savage humans who Pc
riodically attacked his cave, killed or
captured his children and dragged
his women into captivity.
Essentially he was fighter. He
had to be to live, and those who were
unskillful or unlucky did not survive.
The result was to give those succeed
ing generations of human beings, who
in time we're to call themselves civil
lized, background of blood and bat
tie from which it is hard for us to
escape now.
The trickeries and deceits of the
enemies which abounded for everyone
bred new deceits and new trickeries
together with universal distrusts. We
see this phase Of human nature at
work in the pitiable failure of various
disarmament conferences to achieve
worthwhile results.
Only in the Man Of Galilee do we
find an instance where nations have
been conquered other than by the
sword. There have been peaceful in
vasions Of other countries but the
records show few of them and, in the
main. they were not peaceful for long.
The baser elements of human nature
lie too close to the surface for us all
to abandon the protection of our
homes and lives by disnissing our po-
lice force or by casting aside our de-
history the defenseless have been
slaughtered.
Begin anywhere you choose and the
human story is one of carnage and
conquerors. The Old T est m n
abounds with stories of conflict be-
tween the Hebrews and the Philistines
and others of their neighbors. The
doctrines there expounded are I'M
lovely, when viewed in the light OF
present-day peace propaganda, but
we have modern counterparts for
them and they still are applied in
times of crisis.
Turn few pages of history in
other lands and you see Alexander
oonquering the world. With the torch
of justice and brotherly love? Not at
all. He used sword red to the hilt
with the blood Of the conquered.
Rome rises to the zenith and we
have the Punic wars and the sack Of
Carthage. Did scipio recognize any
thing other than lust for destruction
and the right of might?
We have Egypt subdued and the
conqueror conquered by another lust
which is as old as the human race
also.
In time the visigoths swept down
on a Rome weakened by her vices
and excuses, and the conquerors
were conquered.
A few more pages and we see the
Saracens charging up from the south
to impose new civilization upon
parts Of southern Europe and, had it
not been for the preparedness and
ability Of the defenders we might to-
day be living under an Asiatic con-
cept Of civilization.
Pass on to the Mongol invasion of
Europe when the Klaans subdued de-
fenseless peoples and might have con-
quered the entire continent but for
the difficulties imposed by length
ening line Of communication.
These are all ancient examples but
there are others, many of them mod
ern.
Had the Indian been prepared to
defend himself, the country in which
we live would not now be under white
control. Was this land which we now
claim Is ours conquered by the arts
ef peace7
Look up the record. Few more hor-
rible pages exist in history than those
which relate the white mans domino
ton Of the indian and occasionally
his butchery Of women and children.
Do we need q more up-to-date ex-
ample3
Cast your eyes across the Pacific
into Manchuria where men, women
and children were driven from their
homes, many Of them slain, by . con-
querins invader. The business still is
going GA and the walls Of the van