The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1940-01-18
tBeIl Syndicate-WNU Service.

enough There must be purpose
and a plan behind them. A war
sick world would have accepted any
plan that seemed to lead to perma-
nent peace; the women of the world
would have been passionate in their
gratitude to whomever had proposed
it. It was the great opportunity OF
the churches and they never saw it.
They never saw that times have
changed; that we have all lost faith
in murder and hate; that we are
willing to sacrifice our children and
homes and wealth today only for a
higher ideal than the ideal of war.
Why was there no committee
working faithfully and patiently
through all these years upon an hon
est-no, more than that--a generous
adjustment of all the claims of all
the nations that might years ago
have been formed into prosperous,
secure, steadily disarming United
States of Europe? Why was no map
drawn, to be submitted in turn to
all the countries. to be altered, dis
cussed to be balanced by COM
pensating gift of an island here and
port there, by a trade concession
and money grant, until everyone
was satisfied, and the boundaries
of each and everyone settled for
ever? -
Nothing like that was suggested.
Middle Europe is soaked deep in
young blood, and has been for 500
years. Apparently there is no such
thing as mutual, respect and under
standing over there. They will
waste life and waste money, but
every country will continue to grab
whatever she can when war ends,
and cling to that stolen property
fercely as long as she has a son
left to fire a gun.
When this war ends won't some
one over there draw map and let
us all help to make it a reality? II
we had to buy one nation an island
and give another oil lands and COM
pensate a third with billion or
two in endless credit. 1t would be
so cheap! Such map, respected
for span of 20 or 80 years, would
come to be a fixture, just as our
states boundaries are. Our 20
different races and nationalities
have learned to live in peace. We
are not eternally surging over each
others borders to steal and destroy.
To be sure we have central gov
eminent, but so might Europe have.
We send representatives to Wash
ington, and she might have her
Washington, too. and her interna-
tional houses of parliament.
There is nothing fantastic or un-
realizable in this idea.
Hate destroys, but love builds. In
all affection I wish we could begin
now to construct the new United
States across the seas. It could
soon grow to such strength that no
one nation could break 1t. And
when that happy day came we could
begin to disarm. and enter upon an
existence free from fear. An exist
ence not very far from that King.
dom for which we daily pray. -
Otherwise. Europe confesses to
the world her inability to manage
her own affairs. The strongest
nations are not strong enough and
must cry out for help. The wisest
nations are not wise enough to pro-
duce men who can formulate a plan
whereby this deplorable waste and
agony can be averted. II I were
a citizen Of any European country
I world feel bitterly ashamed of the
fear. weakness, helplessness and
stupidity that result in these con.
6nual outbursts Of unavailing hate.
Yes. the only way out Is . PLAN
Let somebody make Il and let us a,
least discuss it. Let the nations
that don't like it say 30, and then
perhaps somebody win have an in
spiration. and offer them this con
cession or that compensation. Let's
argue about it, quarrel about it. hear
what Stain and Mussolini anG
Chamberlain and Hitler all think
! about it. Let's change it. adapt it
and finally. through the grace of the
Prince of Peace, let's adopt it, ere
ate the u. S. Of Europe, and begir
to diSarm.