Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-08-25 | Page 4 | Influence for Peace

INFLUENCE FOR PEACE th all street journal gives an idea of how is often forced not b ares mra but by that paper sas mahlons for peace but not one cent for wa ought ta bethe of the int bankers wh om be called ato conference by the commissioners ners in negotiation at this time ra and japan modern ar Is a matter ot finance even booro than that of men and arms the responsibility for war rests primarily ahu tho bankers who provide the aiu anbe suma of money needed to defray the expense of war theirs Is a tear full responsibility and if they permit heir greeb tor commissions to tempt 0 o encourage a conflict between two nations the blood of unaccounted is on their heads heids worse e n ban a monarch bao for ambition and greed of glory plunges his country into a war of conquest Is a banker who gives encouragement to the making ot war because of his greed for gain all doubt as to the outcome of the negotiations at portsmouth would be removed it our great bankers would make it ehnow n to the opposing parties that whilo they are ready to the mon deeded to secure peace they not advance a single cent for the earn ing on of further war