| Show ewt I 1 01 WAR WAB EXPENSES 10 ING to john bright the engl enal jr semo SE 1 mo mu luu opening or of the nineteenth century have brenno been no less le Bathan than or nearly nemly twenty two billions of dollars collars bat the cost of tho the civil government of oti the naton nation for the same period hhas has been but ZI not a fourth martof part of the sum bum spent in the work of and carnage and thia this Is ia civilization nations that have christianity for centuries and that boast of their progress frogren in all that elevates humanity hu n a n ity are ire weighed down with burde barde burdens n s of debt incurred in slaying men laying cities waste and fighting like beasts f of prey pr ey over coveted cov eted territory or bome some other bone of contention this british war expenditure has been wasted by one of the foremost f 0 nations during daring the greatest of all centuries the supposed period of the fi greatest light the highest vig wis dom and the most refined and an d exalted humanity that t tha the world has ever seen Is it not about time that some other method of settling difficulties than fighting like enraged brutes were adopted individuals li and nations will have to be brought bro fight under a different influence from that which no now w prey prevails alis ails before the reign of univ universal ersal pence fence and good will can be ushered in and the way be made clear for the king of righteousness to come |
