New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 17, 1927, Page 14

NEXT WAR T0 TEACH HELL A FEW TRICKS think—not*fn terms of a single| clty, “state or nation—but In terms of the whole wide world. And, even though most of us might be in-| clined to agree, it sounds like a| rather large order. | "What does it mean to be a ‘world citizen® today “How does one acquire—or even legin to acquire—an ‘international | understanding?” “These are questions we would Ul like to have answered. I am frank to confess that—to my mind —much of the discussion has been vague and tenuous, and far too in- definite for the ordinarily ot tive mipd of youth to grasp. Neverthe- s, out of an experience of many ons with college and high students, it is possible to certain definite convictions. It 1s my purpose to range these convictions—in which I have found general agreement among students very much like you, who sit befor me here, to range these convictions against the wall for your inspec- tion—and, if they fall to satisf: vour ideals of what a ‘world citi- zen’ ought to be thinking and do- ing, why then, you may ‘shoot them down like spies at sunrise and' the world will be none wiser. *1 suppose, ona of the most im- portant lessons wiich young people of this generation have come to lsarn in thess days elective courses, discussion groups, and greater freedom for personal ex- pression, is just this: ‘You can learn something from everybody, if it nothing more or less than that you don’t want to be like him. “Henry Ward Beecher said many | vears ago: ‘The world is my par-| ish.” And, in a sense, he was right. Mr, Beecher was a Christian minis-| ter who preached on Brooklyn' Heights and had a very large part to play in the winning of the war 10 save the union and to free the slayes. But, great man that he w. the of NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1927 it in America today, nine years after | lutely sure. If you want to be a indorsed the view that preparation the Armistice, but any traveler In Europe with his eyes and ears open, will see every day the ruins of pro- perty and humanity, which modern warfare makes possible. War Must Be Outlawed “One thing stands out very clear- ly from the sorry mess of this last war and the subsequent peace. Un- kind find a way to put down war, to prevent war, to outlaw war, then one day a war will come that will wipe out humanity, belligerents and non-cambatants and stay-at-homes alike. Unless we find a way to fin- ish with war, war will finish with us! It is high time for the young men and women of this generation to ‘awake from sleep’ and to ‘stay awake,’ that, we may wrestle with our duty as world citizens on this question of war. We must not ex- peet, and we do not want any snap judgments on this intricate ques- tion! On the other hand, this que tion cannot be put off, and then be properly answered by us only wh war on, when criticism and thought are ruled ouf, when pas- sion rages and patriotism is at white heat. Now, after war, when all its hatefulness and horror is still vivid in our minds, while we have a chance for free formation of a is the time for b hard journey of investigation thought that shall end, at last, clear views and decided convictions and plain speaking. “And it is you, who are young men and women today, who must be making up your minds as to how vou stand on the matter of war be. tween nations. For young men havs had to fight every war in history, and young women have had to pay the heaviest price in losses by war. “*What are you going to say and do about war?" That is the question which every prospective world citi- zen should be facing. That is the first step toward international un- derstanding for it's wars, rumors of wars and fears of wars, that prevent the nations from understanding and trusting one another better even to- day. General Sherman told us 60 vears ago that ‘War is hell’ But what would he have to say today of gas bombs, airplanes and Zeppelins, submarines, disease germs, Big Ber- . | thas, and .chemical warfare descend- is and {less you and I and the rest of man-| discussion and the| m julgment, now nning the long, ! in| world citizen, in relation to this par- ticular problem of war, you must: “First—Remember that now is the time, in season and out of season ,to set forth the hideous beastliness, the abominable brutality, the indescrib- able destructiveness of modern war, and its awful inconsistency with the ideals and ways of Jesus and the Jewish prophets, which we here in America hold in common respect to- day. “Second—With a ruthless honesty we must seek to ferret out and know the real causes of international mis- understanding, the seeds or racial bitterness and war. And when we discover them anywhere, we must proscribe them publicly for the damnable, dangerous things they are! “Let me give you an example or two of specific ways in which we can all make it possible right here at home for Americans to take this first step toward international under- standing. When you hear a man aying: “There have always been wars and there will always be wars,' then is the time to nail that staten for a* lie! There have been w . {And there may be more wars. But there need not be wars forever! Men said the same thing of duelling and slavery—and a dozen other human abominations. But all these things have gone. And human nature can be taught to abominate what once it held essential. We cannot con- demn all the wars of the past, but we can eradicate the causes of war in time, and provide the machinery to do so “When people say to you that: Preparedness for war is the only ure road to peace.’ ment also for the half-truth that it is. Since the last arms conferencee in Washington, our own American Sanitary Aprons Rubber sanitary aprons with mercerized net tops. Kleinert's quality. Regular 39 value, for Wednesday only, 25(: each nail that state- | for war, the piling up of armaments. | makes more and more for war and not for peace. -No nation was better |prepared for war than Germany in 1914. But did Germany get peace or make peace—in spite of all her pre- paration? She got only war! Tell your militaristic friends and elder: that ‘to prepare for peace by getting ready for war' is simply a contra- diction in terms, and an utter re- jection of the true psychology of a peaet program. We cannot expect |to gain one thing merely by prepar- ing for its opposite. That course i has been tried too often already. It | squares neither with logic nor human nature and it is high time for sen- sible folks to admit it! “When you e rs or your contem- poraries say to you: ‘Every nation must stand upon her own rights against all the nations of the world, and maintain her independence with the sword, if necessary,’ then is the time to ask them what they mean by the ‘rights’ and “independence’ of a nation. Then is the time to remind them how modern civilization makes all nations economically interdepen- dent. This last war proved that in- terdependence beyond the shadow of a doubt. No nation can hope to wage a successful war with arms and I men alone. Every army marches on its stomach! And the great grain country of Canada and the United States did as much to win the last war as all the Belgians in the front line trenches. There is no such thing as complete economic independence for any single nation today. Each nation profits by mutual exchange of its natural resources and manu- factured products. Problems Outside the Border “Admit to your friends who favor armaments and oppose the League |of Nations and the World Court a: a means to a final outlawry of war, | probably -will long re: as independent political units, never- theless it must be recognized that every national *problems quite outside its own bor- And |either court or league. Tell them, |tional but only human! ders and power of control. main organized 'league and the world court, thatI !neither of these organizations /threatens the autonomy or the ex- |other nation—inside or out of stand by our own reservations and unwillingness to give a hand, out- side both these bodles, our interest government faces istence of the United States or any |in these matters can be and must !Be neither partisan, nor purely na- then cite to them these two examples 'you know that we have nationsand | American Patriot and World Citizen —chosen among many other sible, “First—The matter of growth in population. So rapid has it been in | certain nations of late that coun- tries of limited area find great dif- ficulty to cope with the problem of increased numbers. Medical scienct hos reduced the death rate, in creased the birth rate, and ad- | vanced the spard of life. Frank A. Vanderlip came back from Japan | not so many years ago and summed | up the difficulties of the mikado's | government in these words: ‘The problem of Japan teoday is 57,000,- 000 breakfasts, 57,000,000 dinners and 57,000,000 suppers.’ There you have it. And England faces a simi- lar difficulty though in larger num- bers. The amourft of land in some countries upon which food can be raised is restricted, and the time is coming, when they must find new ways to increase the food supply. “Second—The very nature of our modern industrial system and its faulty —methods of distributing profits and products has a part to play in the difficulties of maintain- ing national independence, and also a hand in the making of wars. We learn by applied &cience to pro- duce more with less workers than the local markets can consume. | Then we have to reach out for for- | cign trade. Sometimes, just to maintain a market abroad and to! protect our own market at honie, we have made use of our national, | diplomatic, naval and military forces. “Then, go a step further. Admit | pOs- |governments today because we must have them. States or nations have come into existence to meet certain stated needs of great gruups of people leading a common life. To provide peace, security, certain individual and social liberties, and to defend the proper rights of its itizenry, every national govern- ment has grown up—and will con- tinue—in some form:. “Whenever you remind your friends and recall to your own mind, that farewell mes- sage of President Harding released just two days before his death in the summer of 1923. ‘A nation which belicves In the reign of law as preferable to the rule of force, must subscribe to an agency for law's just construction. I most de- voutly wish the United States to do its full part toward a national conscience toward securing’ the provision and strengthening the agencles for the peaceful ment of international disputes.’ He then added these very plain words. “‘The big thing is the firm es- tablishment of the world court, and | our cordial adherence thereto. Al else is mere detail.’ “President Harding never put an issue more clearly. The trouble in | this country all along, since the | founding of the league and the court, has been that in our lack of international understanding and our ignorance of our obligations in the world's family of nations, we | have made this world court and | league issue a matter of party poli- | ties and party loyalty. Yet all| Leather Hand Bags s as D LE t Wednesday, each Leather hand bags, slightly hop worn, silk lined and fitted with change purse and mirror, ssorted leathers and colors. Regular values $2.98 to $4.95, o close out for $1.00 get the chance, | settle- | ! | must take toward international un- | derstanding, sounds like a big order. | Doesn’t it? Just to open our minds |and to think about, much less to {think through these problems, will ! take hours and weeks and years of ; our lives and thought. - “And it brings us to the next ques- tion. Can a world-citizen be also an | American patriot? “Well, why not? Provided, of | course, he has the right sort of loy- |alty to the real ideals of America. | “There is a tremendous, immeasur- able, indisputable need in America— and in other nations of the world ;loday. for a better international un- | derstanding, no one is ever too young | to begin thought he may be too old! “Every world citizen should stand | for patriotism, the right sort of pa- |triotism. He should be eager to learn to understand and to teach to others the principles and ideals of our American political order. He should make much of the great days in our nation’s calendar. He should pray for the nation and its officials. | He should ‘reverence his country's flag, and make it a symbol just as much of his country in peace as in war. ut, even while he Is loyal to his | wn country, and its best interests, | even while he protests against all those who—in ignorance or to serve | some selfish end—distort the true| aims of his nation—he must culti- vate assiduously, determinedly and . ontinually the international mind. | “Right here is where British | school boys have had the advantage of /us for vears. They have been so0 government has plainly and Ofilciall)’}(hal while nations are still and to vour friends, who approve the lalong—and today, when we still |fixed that—even in school—they “Of course, all this list of steps we | have had to stop and learn to think internationally, But we must learn too! And we can! Play up the good points of other nations when you talk about them. It you don’t know any good points about other nations, set about finding some. Remember that the ‘truth about America and the truth about Britain and Spain and France and Germany -and Rus- sia and Mexjco and the rest is tho only thing that can permanently cre- {ate understanding and peace. | “Prof. Robert McElroy, late of | Princeton, appointed two years back to teach American history at Oxford, sald in the ‘New York Times' pre- vious to sailing: ‘Neither mlilitarism | nor pacificism availeth anything, but |a new vision." In other words a new | way of looking at other nations. Any way back in the midst of the war days, when we were first beginninz |to think of the problems of the | peace, no less a statesman than Elihu Root said: ‘The incispensabie | requisite of lasting peace is the cre= |ation of, an international mind.’ “But, young men and women, this | business of ‘creating an international | mind’ is something that no one of | us can do. for another. It will take | individual initiative and persistent linquiry and perpetual ‘curiosity on ithe part of every one cf here to {create international minds for our- | selves capable of understanding bet- ter the problems of this imperfect world. But this much is sure. We must each one buckle down to that business.” DANDRUFF and deeply as he meant it, he could |ing upon cities far behini the lines? not say it with ope half the truth | Certainly the next war will teach and emphasis with which you and!Hell a few tricks, which LCante's ‘In- I might claim today that the whole | world is our, city, our neighborhood! | Bands of steel, threads of copper, | waves of ether bind us all together round the whole world. What hap- | pens in China this morning is known in America long before evening. The Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans combined are no wider today | than was the road to Jericho in 28! A. D. Whatever else science may | or may not have done for us and our world, it has made the whole round earth one neighborhood. Therefore, it has made us all ‘world | citizens'—whether we like the idea | or not. “Perhaps, more than any other sinfgle cause, the great world war is responsible for making us consctous of our mutual interdependence one | uphn another. Quite, naturally, | thdgefore, one ef the first duties we hage to perform as ‘warld citizers'— is to reach some unified and inter- | delivers it! ferno’ never revealed. Degradation of War. “What is the worst indictment against war? What is the very worst thing you can say about it? Not that it wastes treasure in the form of property—though it most certainly does that and puts unborn millions into debt. Not that it wastes human lives, previous as they arc and may be! The worst thing that can be said against war is what it does to the spirits of men, the men who must participate in it. 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