Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-09 | Page 4 | Is Peace Possible

Is Peace Possible IN its fifteen years of existence the league of nations failed to prevent war in the Gran Chaco haco failed to avert hostilities in Manchuria failed to even raise its voice against what is isnow isnow isnow now happening in North China failed to halt Mussolini's aggressive adventure in Africa These are the major failures of the most elaborate dab dab- orate peace machinery ever set up It is not o of course the complete record The league has hasto hasto hasto to its credit some accomplishments though they are overlooked right now as Europe seems on the verge of another catastrophe Thoughtful men were seeking ways to peace long before Ruskin wrote that if all women in all countries would wear black when there is a war in any country there would no longer be war var Because so many women are fascinating in black one must doubt this formula just as one must reject the notion that wars may may be he ended by pac pacifists marching through the streets and across college campuses bearing banners Ten noted figures asked by Cosmopolitan if nations will ever abandon war if eff efficiency in killing will hasten its end if peace is possible express no stimulating hopes for the near fu fu- fu ture Oswald Arthur Brisbane Brisbane Bris Bris- bane Theodore Roosevelt Havelock Ellis Dean Inge Mark Sullivan Lin Yu T TAng Ang Mrs Frankin Frank Frank- lin un in D D. D Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart Putnam give their considered opinions in the January issue of the magazine I Havelock Ellis says I have no doubt whatever whatever whatever what what- ever that a permanent world is i peace possible and will be achieved when the will to it exists War he thinks is a phase of human development development develop develop- ment which may once have been beneficial in aiding social discipline and cooperation but to today to- to day it has become useless and mischievous Even when successful it fails to achieve th the security security- for which it is chiefly waged he says i Arthur Brisbane says World peace will com come vh io na I I I I powerful a and d civilized enough to put an end to towar towar war if f necessary as Cardinal Ri Richelieu put an end to dueling by executing a few that fought duels Efficiency ncy in killing will hasten its end If there were to take fake place in Asia today a great uprising against the white race countless countless countless count count- less white people would join in it because they are tired of f the peaceful life Pacifism will re remain remain remain re- re main an ideal war a fact and if the white peoples peoples peo pea ples pies are determined to lead no more the colored races will and they will become the rulers of the world This is the warning of I Amelia Earhart Putnam believes war can be ae outlawed but not until mere living offers a substitute for the beguiling pageantry of the military nor until mental attitudes change through such basic economic adjustments as ra rational rational rational ra- ra control of population and of the production production production tion and distribution of life necessities This stated in other words is also the view of Alfred P. P Sloan Jr president of General Motors I believe clieve he says that too much attention is paid to attempting to stop wars and too little attention is paid to eliminating the causes that lead cad to war Until those nations of the of-the the world which because of past circumstances stances arc are now supplied recognize the equities of those countries that are there theres is s not much hope of permanent peace according to my thinking A war weary world may ask then if it is worth while to go on hoping for a peace for for- mula We Ie had better not get to that way of f thinking If future wars do not destroy civilization tion Hon the depressions that surely will follow them will finish the job