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Show uu AMERICA MUST LEAD IN PEACE. Dr. David Starr Jordan is one of the foremost advocates of disarmament and peace and in a recent article he presents his news of the "Peace ol Law" from which we reproduce the following : The Peace of Force demands that ;" b and all Bhall be fully armed. Before Be-fore it is the vision of universal discord, dis-cord, held in check by fear. The Peace of Law looks forward to universal order It has no need of force save as it may arise in the Joint efforts of policing civilization. For the leadership in peace today but one nation Is prepared She is hnmpered by no past history, by no present recklessness. Her nationr. I Ideals need no change, only intensification intensifi-cation and reconsecralion Our republic stands for the rule of civilian manhood, the dominion of Law i and Order. Under the flag where hatred dies away, she Is secure from all attack She can safel lay down her anna: and to do this boldly, in courage, in confidence, in trust, in law and righteousness would be to lead the way in which all Europe In a generation or two must perforce follow. For Europe's Peace of Force has failed. Her people, taxed beyond endur ance. writhe In discontent Her war chests are empty, her states are mere "provinces of the Unseen Empire of Finance." To lapse into actual war. followed by the Peace of Exhaustion, Is inevitable inevit-able But that again is not peace It is permeated by seeds from pa6t war, the germs of future disagreements. The only escape for civilization s through the Peace of Law. Thus war Is dying, though It strikes hard from the death coll. It has been slain by science. It has been slain by democracy. Between militarism and democracy the feud is eternal As the spirit of manhood rises the war spirit must rail. So the day of peace is coming Which shall it be" The Peace of Force or the Peace of Law '' e may work for either We can not have both Every man has some influence In forming public opinion, and, at the last, the -orld Is ruled by what Its people think You have a vote in world affairs Its weight depends on your intelll-pence intelll-pence nnd ynttr Integrity. How shall your vote be cast? |