Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-24
PEACE MEET is
NOT ALL PEACE
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Otner nation are dll Ill dCCOTu Will
the actions of their government in
times of war. The English repre-
sentatives have changed front at the
Geneva conference since the last cleo
ton when labor was partially de-
feated in England.
Quoting Norman Angel the speaker
said, international war is possible
because we have nations" Each ma
ton is a law unto itself-a fruitful
source of conflict, these independent
sovereign units, said Mr. Renaud.
Nations must abandon some of their
independence, he advocated. adding
that when each nation is law unto
itself there is in effect no lava
state of anarchy exists. The prOvin-
cial view of the different peoples must
be changed, especially in the vigor-
ously self-asserted nations. Each ma
ton is now prosecutor, judge and jury
in itself
Japan has a good example of mill
tary government. The mikado is all
powerful and very autocratic. He
must be treated as a little god, shades
are pulled down when he passes on
the street, and he must not be
touched.
Every Nation "Always Right"
Unfortunately every nation has al
ways been right in every war. Read
your history. admonished the speaker.
Voltaire said, God is always on the
of hn hot
Mr.. Renaud advocated American
membership in the World Court. stat
ing that we cannot get anywhere until
we make a start. The U. S. Senate
is called the worlds greatest debat-
ing body while the House is more on
the rubber stamp order The Senate
believes in isolation-stay away from
'entangling alliances" This was also
the stand taken by the country's first
president, George Washington. How
ever, said the speaker, that was long
ago when the country's population was
only one-thirtieth of what it is today.
1. was likely good advice then. but
il does not necessarily hold true today.
The world is much smaller today
than 200 years ago-made so by tele-
graph. cablegrams, the railroad,
automobiles. airplanes. newspapers
and radio We cannot avoid ''entangl-
ing alliances Though rich in nat
ural resources the United States must
import among other products vast
quantities of rubber. Keeping aloOf
of other nations politically means lack
of cooperation to combat war.
Presence of ornaments perpetuateS
the old war traditions. If peace nego-
tiationS are not effective right away
it is so handy to turn to the bayonet
when men are ready to go. There is
lack of a superior agency to say which
nation is right and which is wrong
in a controversy. The prerequisite
of war is that people of one nation are
taught to hate those of another ma
ton, and hating they want to fight.
The world should be educated for
peace and not for war, said the speak
er, and told of how effectively even
a newspaper cartoon can be used to
incite hatred. During the World war
cartoon published in American
newspapers pictured a German in
America carrying a bomb and asking:
We're is dat ammunition factory"
with effective propaganda and plenty
of hate created the slightest spark
can set the world afire. Even ex-
pressions like these this afternoon in
war days would make a man a can
didate for Leavenworth, said the
speaker.
Militarists i'm the Saddle.
A popular referendum on war would
do some good but it would be diff
militariSts, the thousands who make
their bread and butter in that serv-
ice, and remembering also that the
federal government spends more than
80 cents of every dollar it collects on
past. present and future war. The
u S. Senate should accept its just
share and responsibility in world af-
fairs. If the United States acted in
conjunction with England and France
in the League of Nations it would be
more effective, said the speaker, and
concluded his address by stating that
if war is to be reduced to the abso-
Lutte minimum America must adopt a
more international point of view
The chairman of the meeting, Mr.
Olsen, then asked if there were any
questions any one desired to ask Mr.
Renaud or if there were any who
differed with what he had said.
Slight Difference of Opinion.
At this point A. NJ. Simonsen, com
mander of the American Legion post
at Askov, came forward and de.
nounced the peace meetings sponsored
by the Young Peoples Society and
the speakers who had addressed them
He said that the Legion could easily
import speakers to combat such tall
but it was their desire to get along
with their neighbors in small com.
munity like this.
Mr.. Simonsen then read part of 6
circular sent out to post commanders
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