Show WAR FOR FOK 1 i A chicago mio min loter speaking in III ato sermon about the venezuela difficulty takes occasion aalon to tae state that thai wars are no lorger waged f or as by ancient ame B me or for pastime a 9 by barbarians or fur for mercantile reasons ra onit hut fur for principles it should to need lse to point out the fact that very low 3 wara war have ever been waged aorl fot principles either in ancl nt or modern 1 1 times libed wars ware generally have other causes than the vindication of a pran ci oilie pie the present situation in the orient i such that were europe conc eroZ A about the honor of the quickly 1 passi passius ul century or about the tha of the moral and ethical that should it crowning oro ul kl ry pry there would be a general beneral c crusade surpassing any re corded in alstor 1 I A buti dred years ago there W was a drama ei acted in eastern Euro europe pox 1 which filled all the small email it with fear it revealed the moral of the last laai century io in all itt til hi let lei us rottenness that was wae tatt vivisection Ivi section of P land c 4 1795 when Ru buenia allia prussia and AD A tris tria appeared as principal actors prance france which after its own renewal by the great revolution revelation became the protector of the smaller states was at that time unable to interfere and ana the work went on at abe end of this century there to is another drama enacted on the very threshold of europe r of the fact that the public moral has hag not materially changed since 1795 armenia appeals today in vain to the christian world for deliver deliverance atice from the tightening lightening grasp of a mon bontrup oppressor there is in no longer among the european nations any champion of the of the weak and there to ie no byron to awaken with his song the slumbering noble feelings or of humanity and inspire them to action as be did for greece so bo christians C must be suffering death and the desolation of their country women and children buet be exposed to the hintt r in the mountains without su floi fic eit leitt food or clothes while europe is celebrating the chief Christian of Christlar festivals passing the question from one cabinet to another am I 1 my brothers keeper kee pei the general situation was well IOUs grated fn an the recent war excitement about venezuela no sooner had bad the abe thrilling message of president cleveland been read io in congress than the european press almost unanimously dented denied the right of a stronger country to stand up in defense of its weaker brother the idea of figh fighting tinz lor a principle seemed preposterous to statesmen on oe other side of the water the smaller states to in europe are entirely eo excluded from the concert of powers 91 9 and it was taken for granted that a similar state of affair must exist on this continent in the oriental question the world has bas been taught the lesson lessen thit europe Is un willing it if not unable to uphold justice among nations sv appealing pealing to her for protection in the venezuelan affair a protest has been given against the leading nowr dower of this continent taking a different position and insisting on fair play in that relations of a great power to lo a smaller ehrat will be the verdict of impartial history as to the growth of the regard of f bu humanity manity for principles during the present century |