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Show One Way to End War , One of tho most noted preachers of this country a man renlly of International Inter-national repute, said In a recent ut-tcrnnco ut-tcrnnco from his pulpit in regard to tho Btrlfe raging In Europe. "I for ono believed that tho people would not permit kings and chancel-, lors to set millions of men tearing at each other's throat. 1 thonght they would refuso to fight. I believed that rather than murder and bo murdored at tho bidding of a king or capitalist thoy would shoot their officers, then throw down their arms, embrace on the field of battlo and declare that tho nations should learn war no more." That would be ono way to end war, wouldn't It? And tho surest way. With that sentiment universally universal-ly prevailing wars would ceaso and even tho stupendous readiness for war, which Is such a burden on tho people of Europo, . would be a thing of tho past. For next to tho horrors and dcstructlveness of war Itself Is tho heavy burden this necessity to bo ready for It lays tho years given by tho young mon of a nation to' training, train-ing, tho heavy taxes Imposed for tho malntennnco of an nrmy, 'a navy, and nil manner of Jofenscs, And nil this would bo peacefully wiped out It man would como to ro--gard man as brother all over tho world. And having before us this awful II-, lustration of what modorn warfaro means, ought wo not ono and nil, tn , tnko It upon us ns a serious duty to help promoto this feeling of brother-hood? brother-hood? Ought wo not In overy way wo can, In our own lives In tho training train-ing of our chlldron, in tho schools, In tho moulding of public opinion, go to work with a will to bring about this sentiment. And tho work strikes deeper than we may think. It means, for ono thing, that wo must regard thoso Immediately Im-mediately about us with tho fooling of brothorllncss, If wo wish tho universal uni-versal feeling to bo so genulno as to havo forco. Wo nro not likely to regard re-gard tho mnn of Sorvia ns our brother, broth-er, If wo refuso to so regard our noxj door nolghbor. Tho feeling ot good will toward nil mankind, If It Is to bo a genulno force, must with ench ono of us begin at our own doorstop and extend without break till It nn-olrclos nn-olrclos thu globo. Thon -will tho bro;-thorllnoss bro;-thorllnoss thnt will wlpo out war bo real. It will bo no theory or pretty pret-ty pootlc eontlmont thnt will broak down under tho first stress laid upon, it. And also to accomplish this result wo must tako hold of tho training ot our children In ways of which wo may not think. Wo must begin to train them In the matter ot their play. If wo want to do away with tho war spirit, wo must banish drums and muskets and gay uniforms and iron soldlors In no 'ny let thoir play reflect tho thought of lighting. Hathor wo thould lot it show how the man in Austria is making things, for the man In Ohio and tho Chinaman China-man Is busily and happily at work for tho llttlo school boy ot Maine. And then we can lend our thought and Influonco to help mould public opinion. Wo can stand for that high, big patriotism! that includes tho whole world in tho wish for tho finest fin-est government on earth. Patriotism Is in a way provincialism. provincial-ism. It is provincialism on a largo scale "My country Is better than your country." "You shall not have anything ot mlno without paying well for It." "If you try to tako an Inch ot my soil, I will shoot your for it" and moro to tho samo effoct. Thoso aro tho underlying thoughts ot patriotism, no matter how prettily we dress thorn up. Supposo our country Is bettor than overy other country on earth and as Americans most ot us firmly bo-Hovo bo-Hovo this Is this not a good reason why wo should try, not to keop this good to ourselves, but to lfolp it to spread, bo that our country shall not always bo tho best on earth, but that every other country Bhall bo equally good In tho way best suited to itsolt. Thon there will bo nono of tho "I am bottor than thou" attltudo.b ut wo will be ono big family of nations, the same in what is basic good and truth, but with such individual expressions of thoBo fundamental qualities an best suit tho dwellers of each land. No nation will want the land or possessions posses-sions of another nation. Each will bo satisfied with his own, though all will como and go ns thoy pleaso and each minister to the welfare of tho others in whntover way ho best con. If this war teaches as no othor war ovo has beforo that wo want no moro wars, how aro wo to bring, about tho cossatlon of war but by tho ln dwelling In nil ot us not only ot tho deslro for peaco wo havo that now "but of such a genulno nnd strong -sense ot brotnerllnoss nnd universal i t patriotism that wo couldT" I shoot down tho mnn of so called dl? I forent raco than w0 could the broth I er of our family circle. I And to accomplish this we mUst a I lend our influonco to tho development of tho peace bplrlt thai. J rcal : B genuine, that will stand firm a I war bugles sound nnd not to t0 piece! I ns a thing of moro Illusion at til I first beat of drums. Harbara Boyd I |