Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-07-09

0y 0i0FlOF W. =. SEEO0E
Executive Editor Chicago World
"let Brothely love continue.
"For whosoever shall do the
will Of my Father in Heaven,
the same is my brother.-Mat-
thew 1850"
Many dreamers of social bet
| terment have evolved various
schemes to make a better world.
Plato wrote Of the ideal Repub-
lie. Thomas Moore drew a word
picture of Utopia. For a time,
little groups, have solved the pro-
| blems wrapped up in human
selfishness, only to scatter when
the dogs of greed were again let
loose.
You and I hunger for a better
world. The arrogant armers for
! defense and wars get on our
nerves and we stand aghast at
a conflict that promised to en-
gage the whole Of humanity. and
set back the clock of progress
for generations. It might be pro-
fitable for us to study this mat
ter Of brotherhood as it has been
attempted from various angles.
We may mention the brother
hood of man as dependent upon
the tie OF onnrnnn blood. This
, has hen-, enthnefn stioIlv talked.
pertiularlv unon July 4th celebra-
lions. ''Cod has made of ono blood
every nation to de"'C1 ''-N,n the
! face of the earth" We. have but
tn mention this annroach to see
! +hat it has failed TO make much
lhoadwoE The refin-ne of the
| savage within ns has not gone
far enough to point to any de-
: finite goas of progress. "Thel
anger OF blood brothers is asI
the wrath of friends" says one
writer.
A glance through the Bible
will show yon Cain and Abel.
Cain and Abel had the same
blood. but they had not Identical
disDositions. In. a fit of jealousy
Cain felled his brother with al
cl,,b. JoseDh fared illv at the
hands Of his iea1nrs brothers.
He was sold into e,nvarv nv these
cl6or mon whose avory instinct
-ro,,,1 1-nve r,ocr, ~ rntoofinn
-4-o,, o->l -T---- 900 twins. vet
1,;r+.rin',+ 1,r ~n~'Io1iZing nnon
h'3 anno+'ta~ Ar-~o1nm batravef
h's fa+hn on,I +-,~,, e,1 traitor to
avnrvNrn who 1o--n, him. Jns7,e'
r>-otho-.- ---arn ----,ot, J>n+Lor
r'l, or 1'd r~+ '>~-tond rIi,n
orH r,o1n ~ o++~---t ~ 6nfira
49,, ro;-,ci r-i- -~>---.o~ Tac11~'
host -+o~v. 'n 90 40 hest ctnrv
~ the. wnr11 IL tho story Of an
n11o- or,d vo----~o~ 7,,,othn~
Ion-- ---otor fo- window
- - - 49,. oo--
oe-.rad Dr-~ino orr Civil War
---- ~ ~ - '~+--oo~ >ro~+I,
80 ~~r-+h h~otN, orc io;nad on
-o%:lo e:Ioc nf tho conflict
This o1ih assertion Of the hrn-
+ha~hno1 ++rnn,oh common h1nod
Lo.c q nnr dnfonIaH NV +ha thir,1--
~ &c or-n,.v noe FIrictitus wrote,
'rThn '-~'vn~ea is b1t one great
citv FIJI IF beloved ones" Sem
eca said. eve are members of
one orna+ hodv nlanted. bv ma
ture in mut1la1 love-" Quintillion
exclaimed. "Give bread to the
stranger in the name Of univer-
sal brotherhood" Y:
It would seem that if there
wore . ~~eat ennaIh7i~g mower in
Tho orscion,snees- of +he oneness
rf tho race. we -ho1Td never; EN-
-----o - '---o~s e1o71i,,to' This -nre--
cfn,,s no,--r-,,o m, I,1netT. ono bro n Ri,
~ ~, - . '---.e-,11 ,,o4j n--n1o't o III
c.,-lo,-n ,,-n"bo~i naonle :. ipeople
who own, sl1l1nis would not wear
furs while the peopIe in their
tenements were shivering in
rags; mothers = would mot desert
their children. nor fathers turn
their Offspring from their doors,
if blood ties were sufficient to
make angels out Of us human
animals. "
We may thing bf the voluntary
oaths by. which men bind them
selves together. The bond Of the
common oath. Nations make al
liances for protection, and sup
posedly for the good Of everyone