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Show IN THE INTEREST OF PEACE. W fun I w m men enirnt't " tist MLht tn Hu-Miv. Hu-Miv. t tip- rrou'ti srpiir-it. s tlietu It is n the prm .ipl- tiiat whim rn.-n htc nir .'tioijL'h t- t i 1 1 t th- t'"r ffi- nxmioni ratiird r.flsin . ll ; m I m.-.-.I t n'strjiinod. In th. ohl dins ilu.-lin.: was 'v- i b fit m rutrlatnl nnttl the law mterpMN.-.l .-m-l sapJ it must stup n h'd h.-ah-.l pair l. -t'.-.i r.- ' law and f.'UL'hf a dib-l Oiif was killed and Him: tli.- stt-rn ild r.'spci-l t"r law was invoked and th" ; one who had killed his opponent in tin- dud tin- law apprcht-ndi'd and. after n full heaririL'. handed hinij for murder After that, when Kniflishtwn wanted ' t" Hirht diifls. they went over to Franee -r It.-l L'limi. Now. nat ions are hut aL'rf-Cfited pi'. ! and th law that Cnvrrns mm should govern lia ' tions. or more Pspemilly the mm who euitrol na lions, only thr rule houhj ho more semre. heeause hi)e two mm may ficht. that is a personal matter hetwppn thorn, while the mm who represent the peo pip for many m:os have, to satisfy their ariL'er. am hition or avarirn. hem puttiiiL' the whole maehin ory in motion to have tliousands of their pe -pl.. k illod. llmop. I he reason for mm pd line them to snhjert thmiselxos tn law is infinitely stronger than should hf th lawn tn ri-strain anpry mm And when full enliirhtenmntit shall eomo, then will ho H court that will deridt; the diff'ereners hetwe. n nations, evm as there now is to deeido the differ onees hetween individuals. There is alreadv a court which hnn hopun the work that" will lead up tn tho name condition after a while. The I'nitod States does not make "entangluiir alliances' with foreign nations, hut the advice of our government is often sought hy foreign (lowers, (low-ers, and when Russia and Japan were almost ;n deathliM'k Colonel Roosevelt, then president, he Nought hoth those powers to send representatives to a conference tn see if some terms could not h readied through which the destruction of the war could he stopped. This was done; they met on our soil and negotiated a treaty of peace Wr dn not think it would he nut of place fir President Vaft to sug treat to ierman ami France ami (rreat Hritain to submit their ditToroinvs to Tho Hague conference and ahide the decision of! that august court. If either were tn refuse, it would he ritna facie evidence that Homethiin: 1 which would not stand the test of a le-.-nl court i was hoped for through the savagery of war Ifi that is the case, then what difference is there he tween that and the motives which filled the mind of the ancient cave dweller when he coveted the cave of his neighbor? For three great nations to engage in war because one of them eneted a little j strip of barren eahorV. would ho the disgrace of civilization, and would dishonor tho cross hy which; each professes to hope to cain salvation because' they are followers of it and profess the religion of him who came preaching peace. |