Evening star., 1937-07-18
AUTOPSY OF NEXT WAR
REVEALS NO SOLUTION
Thinkers and Practical Persons of
Affairs See Only FutiIity in
Pre.(Iinic.


habits we have and our method Of
perpetuating them. All our history
and our music and our art and liter.
ature and family traditions ar. tied
up with war The men in Congress
who had war habits. regardless OF how
much their intellect told them thev
should not 60 to war, when the
emergency came, voted for war. I
voted for the same reason. had
peace habits instead OF war habits.
and In the emergency I used nv
peace habits"
Allegedly specific causes which
threaten war In the world TODAY were
cited by various speakers. Adolph
Hitler came in for some harsh vords.
such as those Of DR. Wolfgang Hall.
garten, exlled by the Nazis becar>s. hs
says, he made scientific study Of
Germany's heavy industries"
The Nazi strength today. he holds.
Is a combination Of essentially tn,
same elements as those OF the old
German empire-the "younkers" Ar
nobility, and the middle casses-both
opposed 10 labor, but with conflicting
interests. The younkers are satisf,.d
They have the army and Jobs for their
sons The other element must b.
provided with jobs and war is one vay
Of doing it.
Currency ReprisaIs Blamed.
Ut W. w. Cumberland, New York
economist found potent cause Of
war III the almost world wide cur
rency instability.
Mere failure OF one country IN
MAINTAIN sound financial structure
he said may well cause more loss
and hardship to third country than
acts OF armed aggression. No impor-
tant nation can for long outwit others
III currency matters or obtain sp%cial
advantages. Attempts to do so Demon
stfate that one nation is willing TO be
unfair 10 It's neighbors. Such attempt,
invite reprisals"
The basic trouble. 1t was stressed
by DR.. Frank Kingdom. president of
the University Of Newark. IA that the
world lags so far politically behind
It's material progress The political
set-ups which did very we'll for ,
world OF steamships and mounted
couriers don't work for world
OF airplanes and trans ns-oceanic tele-
phones
He saw the best hope in 9Th.
organization of q valid world court
with power to summon nation. Ia tic
tribunal. At present. no nation has
any recourse under injustice but 10
appeal 70 arms. "
Frederic r. Coudert, New York
lawyer. found the great obstacle in
'PrussIan mentalty''-e general term.
however, for something which " found
throughout the world The World
War propaganda pinned the adjective
'PruSsian" to it.
Ideas Lead to Killing.
The world today" he said ~a>en.
somewhat in the condition OF Europe
IN the sixteenth century. or similar
10 the time of the French Revolution
"here the clash of ideas led to tho
general clash of arms through n>Arlv
generation. Men kill each other for
'oeas more readily than they do for
| economic interests. The Spanish War
| Is illustrative of what we have not
| perhaps seen since the sixteenth cen.
tury-a conflict OF ideas so bitterly in
opposition that each side believed the
salvation OF its own cause to reo,,ir.
n ~
iessed contrary doctrines.
The dogma of race supremacy and
force IN the past has prevailed in
varying degree among all nations.
lhls mystic and fanstical doctrin.
was not mere fad of certain school
OF thought, but lay back OF a great
deal OF the German self justification
for the war and all the appeals 10 the
instincts and militant qualities OF the
German people. 1t is no longer a
dangerous philosophy held BY few.
| put is a popular gospel enthusiastica llv
shared by the masses in certain pre.t
nations. II carried to the end IL
would lead TO the destruction OF the
| present Europe. 1t is a powerful.
mystic doctrine for which men are
willing to fight and die 1t has tn.
compelling force which enabled the
Mohammedans at various epochs To
oVerrun the greater part OF Europe.
| whether 1t takes the form OF a mystic
nationsllsm or the form of commit
nism, the result is the Totalitarisn
state and the triumph of an intolerant,
fanatical mentality
Wars Futility Cited.
The futility Of war was stressed by
Senator Ebert D. Thomas OF Utah:
War today is useless because all
wars. excepting wars Of conquest or Of
revolution. are ended by the neeoti-
atoms at the peace table. and once the
| peace table Is reached the binding
custom OF nations furnishes the rules
! for the settlement. Thus the war
stage Is without point. II the law Of
| nations governs after the war is
ended In the making OF the peace why
should resort not be had to the war
OF nations for overcoming the differ
! ences?
There have developed in the world
| international habits. rules for neeoti-
alton, conference. consulta ton OF pro-
cedure for the settlement Of differ
ences. Is it then merely the dream of
foolish idealist to suggest their use
at all times?"
AS for the next war. said Repre-
sentative Jerry Voorhis OF California:
Only generals will have 4 reason-
ably good chance to live through It.
which may explain one reason for
their comparative enthusiasm about
preparation for It,"
One Absolute Cure"
He went on to quote an absolute
cure for war submitted by q friend
Of mine Mr.. Voorhis' friend"
many will feel was about 100 per cent
right. 1t consists Of proposed law:
That all Congressman and Senators
voting for war. be given the choice of
enlistlng in the shock troops or being
Oh :