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Show CAN THE WORLD SECURE PEACE? The people of this county, like mil-l'ons mil-l'ons of others throughout the United States, are intensely interested in peace. Undoubtedly, most of them condemn Japanese aggression in China, and look with horror upon the carnage in r.tniopia. We notice that various groups in the United States are urging that something be done to prevent slaughter. slaugh-ter. The Women's Christian Temperance Temper-ance union recently heard an appeal from its president who found it Htrange that Christian nations are "standing by while little Ethiopia is ravaged by great Italy," and she wonders why "in the name of humanity, hu-manity, cannot Italy be stopped." Along this same line, the Negro Baptists of the United States deplored deplor-ed Italy's action, and a speaker called call-ed upon the United States government govern-ment "to use its influence to prevent this war and help save Ethiopia." Again, quite recently, he Women's International League for Peace and Freedom 'inaugurated a campaign to secure fifty million signatures to a "people's mandate to governments" to end war. This newspaper Ls certain in sympathy sym-pathy with the aims of these organizations organi-zations and others that have taken similar action, e'ther in specific cases of warfare or in the general effort to advance the cause of international peace. The problem, however, is much greater than stirring up a sentiment for peace, because its solution depends de-pends upon a willingness on the part of people everywhere to remedy the causes of internat'onal unrest, which inevitably lead to warfare. what we mean, we call attention to a recent statement by Miss Pearl S. Buck, a well known au'ehor, who prefaced pre-faced her remarks by saying that people are sick of war and denying that the world is atune to the war spirit. She insisted, however, that war is again probable, not through ignorance of its terror and futility, but because "life is for too many peo-1 peo-1 pie even more terrible than war." She contends that the next war will be "an escape" for these people, and suggests that "organizations for peace must begin their work in the very bowels of life. They must study the depressed classes." Pointing out how to avoid war, she insists that th's is to be accomplished ! by making "life better, so that its security se-curity will be too precious to lose," ; and by remedying the cause "for such j despair in life as makes people willing will-ing for war." ! Along the same line comes an ex- j pression from the pen of Colonel Edward Ed-ward M. House, former close adviser of President Woodrow Wilson. In a 1 recent article in Liberty magazine, he declares that Great Britain, Rus- ; sia, France and the United States, the four powers now possessing the world, must receive Italy, Germany and Japan on terms adjusted to present pres-ent world conditions, and see that they are gven their proper part of ' colonial resources. Some years ago Premier Mussolini ! said that Italy must expand or ex- ' plode. The same comment has been made repeatedly in regards to Japan, and for years Germany insisted that she must have her place in the sun. If there is any truth to the contention of these three nations, and there must be some justification of their attitudes, atti-tudes, it immediately becomes apparent appar-ent that the nations interested in I maintaining world peace must be willing to permit them to enjoy a fuller share of the world's bounty. The people of the world must study the question of peace ser'ously. It involves in-volves much more than a wish for peace. |