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Show ltaNA"riOHTINO ANT3IAL. The crude truth Is that man la a lighting animal, that hie first atep from nature la toe selfish eonvicllon that his ' own safsty. and the safety of his Im- mvdlats family, are Involved In respect on his part for ths right of his neigh- 1 . bora. Hence society : bene the stale the sgreement of oolleettvw Individuals to respect and defend each other'e right e Beyond the latter stag, mankind. 1 n all I the age, prehistoric snd historic, has not progressed. The Hague tribunal and arbitration ar-bitration treat lea represent well meant effort to reach the further stage of substituting sub-stituting the verdict of reason and judgment, judg-ment, calmly applied, for the barbarous arbitrament of srms- The Hsaru tribunal bae been permitted to paaa upon Important Import-ant but secondary issue, whsn it waa plainly svtdent that war would cost more to the natlone Intereeted than a peaceable settlement of their dlffeultlea. Every one of the great powers -Is armed as nsver before with the best military, mili-tary, and naval and aerial weapons that Inventive genius has devlasd. In fsct. ths very magnitude, the terrible effectiveness of ths forces maintained In readiness for a conflict seems to be. for the preeent. the most potent preventive of a greet war. |