The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-29
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even the smallest, had put forth hon.
est peace feelers, had developed
PLAN for peace, we might feel very
differently about our response to
their appeal for help today. If the
churches, instead of reiterating their
pious desire for peace, had formu-
lated PLAN, then there never
would have been this war. Instead,
injustices, embargoes, blockades,
punishments, reprisals went serene
ly on. Nobody cared about adjust
ing the pernicious terms of the
peace treaties, because everyone
was too busy forming plans for the
next war.
They Never Have Enough.
This has been going on in Europe
for five hundred years. They've had
a Hundred Years war, a Thirty
Years war, religious wars, civil
wars. They've always given high
moral reasons for their wars.
They've always wanted just one
more, ''to end all wars" They've
always grabbed, separately, every
thing in the way of spoils that they
could get, after the war, and they've
never surrendered one inch of what
they got.
This Mothers Legion must mount
to membership of two million to
be able to WELD the influence we
want to have it WELD. We're well
on our way to that two million al
ready. We probably will make it
five million. Five million votes will
swing any candidate to victory in
1910; half that number will. We
want all our representatives and es-
pecially our Chief Executive, to
pledge us their solemn word that
under no pressure, under no circum-
stances, under no threats that 1--WE
will be next" will we ever engage
again In foreign wars. We want to
be so organized that if our people in
Washington fail us, and go back on
their promises, we can impeach
them.
Don't wait, if you want to help.
Don't wait until propaganda has
done its deadly work, and the bands
begin to play, and the service flags
begin to mount upon village flag
poles, and the boys of your family
come In casually to lunch and say,
I'm in, nom. l just signed up.
go to report on Monday"
War Preys on Youth.
Youth won't wait. It is one of the
devilish subtleties of war that it
wants our sons just when they are a
little at loose ends; out of school,
plugging along in dull jobs, old
enough to make their own decisions,
young enough to love excitement
and change.
There are no dues in the Mothers
Legion. Its simple purpose is to en-
list the power of women everywhere
to keep US out of foreign wars;
to influence other nations toward
peace; to resist un-American activi-
ties IN our midst; to maintain ade-
quate home defense in the interest
of peace, not war. Some of the most
prominent men and women in the
country are already enthusiastic pro-
motors of it. Churchmen of all de-
nominations, the American Legion,
women's clubs and social organiza-
tons are with us.
You be with us, too. Watch your
paper for notice of the chapter that
Is shortly to be formed in your town,
and then, if someday war does
come, at least you can say to the
boy you love: I'm sorry, son. Your
father and / did everything we could
to keep this terrible thing away from
you"
II you want reinsurance as to our
own position, write for it. Our coun-
try has been blessed by a long
peace. Her friendly and secure re-
lations with her neighbors have not
been disturbed IN our lifetime. Her
whole attitude is one of understand
ing, sanity and generosity, perhaps
because the blood of all the nations
runs IN our veins, and we can hear
all the languages of the world chat
tered on the streets of our big cities.
We have this peace and surely we
must make every definite effort to
keep it. We can keep out of war
If we want to.