Show braveMIAY MILITARY MEN A ARBITRATION ARBITRA-TION The fury of the noncombatant is proverbial and no doubt it is this same fury that makes the jingoes in the senate so hostile to the arbitration arbitra-tion but the men who have fought and bled for their country are not so averse to it The New York World has been getting an expression of opinion on the proposed treaty from some of the military tary men Thus MajorGeneral Miles commanding the United States army says Arbitration is wise and humane hu-mane MajorGeneral O O Howard retired says An arbitration treaty with Great Britain properly guarded will be a grand object lesson to other nations na-tions BrigadierGeneral Rosecrans retired re-tired says Not to speak of the loss of millions of lives war has cost more waste of treasure raiment and food than would suffice to relieve all the poverty and starvation existing in the entire world today Brought up a sol dier and having passed my best years as a student of the art of war and having seen at close range the horrors and ruin of war I hail as the rainbow of promise the noble Inspiration of arbitration ar-bitration in place of war MajorGeneral Wesley Merritt says I am decidedly In favor of the principle princi-ple of arbitration contemplated n the proposed treaty However since ar i ntration is only an extension of diplomacy i diplo-macy those who think it will do more I in some cases than delay war are in my belief mistaken Such sentiments as these from men whose profession is war do honor to their humanity I they can look with n frionrllxr ovt nrrm arbitration why cannot frlpnrh the civilian No n one n will say hat such men as these are not as I Jealous of the national honor as it is possible to be The principle of arbi ration is a right one and all right thinking and rightfeeling citizens will rejoice to see it embodied in a treaty between the United States and Great Britain t |