Evening star., 1937-10-05

Perhaps We foresee time when men,
exultant in the technique of homicide
will rage so hotly over the world that
every precious thing will be in dan
ger, every book and pict,Se and har-
mony, every treasure garnered through
two milleniums, the small, the deli
cate, the defenseless-all will be lost
or wrecked or utterly destroyed"
II those things come to pass In other
parts of the world, let no one ina agine
that America will escape, that it may
expect mercy, that this Western Hemi-
sphere will not be attacked and that
1t will continue TRANQUILITY and peace
fully to carry on the ethics and the
arts Of civilization.
Only Chaos Certain.
II those days come there will be
no safety by arms, no help from au-
thority, no answer in science. The
storm will rage till every flower OF
culture is trampled and all human
beings are leveled In vast chaos"
If those days are not to come tc
pass-if we are to have a world in
which we can breathe freely and live
in amity without fear-the peace
loving nations must make a concerted
effort to uphold laws and principles
on which alone peace can rest secure
The peace-loving nations mus,
make concerted effort In opposition
to those violations of treaties anc
those ignorings Of humane instinct.
which today are creating a state oi
international anarchy and instability
from which there is no escape through
mere isolation or neutrality.
Those who cherish their freedom
and recognize and respect the equa
right of their neighbors to be FREE
and live in peace must work together
for the triumph of law and mora
principles in order that peace, justice
and confidence may prevail in the
world. There must be a return to a
belief in the pledged word, in the
value Of signed treaty There must
be recognition of the fact that ma
tional morality is as vital as pri-
vate morality.
A Bishop Voices Hope.
A bishop wrote me the other day:
1T seems to me that something greatly
needs to be said in behalf OF ordinary
humanity against the present practice
OF carrying the horrors Of war to
helpless civilians, especially women
and children. 1t may be that such q
protest might be regarded by many
who claim to be realists. as futile, but
may it not be that the heart of man.
kind is so filled with horror at the
present needless suffering that that
force could be modified in sufficient
volume to lessen such cruelty in the
days ahead. Even though it may
take 20 years, which God forbid. for
civilization to make effective its cor
porate protest against this barbarism
surely strong voices may hasten the
day."
There Is solidarity and interde-
pendence about the modern world.
both technically and morally, which
makes it impossible for any nation
completely to isolate itself from eco
nomic and political upheavals In the
rest OF the world, especially when
such upheavals appear to be spread
ing and not declining. There can be
no stability or peace either within
nations or between nations except
under laws and moral standards ad-
hered to by all. International anarchy
destroys every foundation for peace.
1t 1eopardizes either the immediate
or the future security of every ma
ton. large or small. 1t is, therefore,
q matter Of vital interest and con-
Germ to the people Of the United States
that the sanctity OF international