Show PE PEACE ACE an address delivered at the M I 1 A tryout try out tuesday february 6 by miss alton afton nabcy when the traveler trave lei views tho th ocean for the first time the waves alone strike him with awe and as these in rapid succession cession move toward the shore lie he exclaims with ecstasy behold this is the ocean and so in in the e story t of the life and struggles of the ram race the historian like lice the wayfarer way farer of the beach I 1 lids has written only of the great dersi of the th giants whoa who a shoulders choul ders toor towered jd above the masses the i underlying g humal humanity lity he ignored 1 I 1 as it hl like e the depth d etli and vast ex p pance of the mighty see sea passed i unnoticed from this his view lips has arisen naturally fiaui aly chrt ali t interpret interpretation it ion of ofa 1 history which alces the tha hero 1 and the exceptional ft on the 1 tal of time fame and makes of the 1 endeavors endeavor of struggling man lind a succession of wars ar and blood shed I 1 I 1 am to speak to you this evening friends on en the question of 1 ance in attempting to present this subject et I 1 am fully aware of aie conditions of our times ames of I 1 the extraordinary crisis rig hru a N which aich europe is now r aza na and dof of the manner binl in which chic h peace 1 ce is considered at auch troublesome escine times from days immemorial days noart narcy the beginning when the r ra ice first erne rt nei ged from the dim twilight twilite hi of the pr primeval irrie val forests 1 when man walked willi wilh beast joint tenants of chrt shade j the ficat demand cf f that enlightened i nature was to makel retribution for fer wrongs commit ro mit j td lu t against justice this bud u 1 ding cung of right light grew anid amid a I 1 noisy nd growling g world worl 1 it iv lyl mh iia ibs vay ay imo anio universal n in by bv alic aw of club and f hig a life is given where life is toker if the bid individual Vidual banot ba not found ifould ale of his family I 1 or a member of his tribe airel iha ili t j it was na naf I 1 ui until W 1 l lata 1 tta in the evo i 1 lutio nf L human history that nj ali phird party was resort resorted cd to 10 L ht i ii n of ahr t moral in spinet ft arct 1 eai instead of 1 lie i firsti first party dirc directly ly inflicting punish 1 anent upon the a 1 benl j r third party was summon 1 oil ell to pet eel as arbitrator his decision was final and as soon as that was rendered render cd his term as I 1 well PS office e phed with the rise of roman and grecian civilization the tha third step in the adjudication of disputes among individuals was that introduced la in the clan cian league in th the e councils of these coniah peoples people 3 it was proclaimed that it a permanent body of a were ecret to 0 adjudge ada adge ill all differences difference 3 a according cc to the principles of the m moral oral law this important import movement rit has been enlarged in ial car dayto the present judiciary in its ez esk als it avi was S the I 1 triumph ci cz law and order from the rule of the club we have ave rigi risen to the rule of reason leasol from force and brawn peace has arisen peace olive crowned has come to us who linger peace with its toils and cares by the uplifted hands of the dead millions saho nurtured and cherished it in its if infancy ifancy let us pre serve it in this trying hour of our national existence when our fairl fair republic is is confronted with t grave difficulties our hearts must not fail nok nor should our i voices falter to proclaim in this I 1 Flin rome hour of anxiety that this hardmon c civilization aaion A wrestled from a savagery only 1 i after tremendous sacrifices shall not perish and decay P in our national relations we have bave followed closely along alon the course of our individual relations I 1 y in the early life of the primitive ti ve clan tribe and nation justice was administered by the offended party just as it was as in in our individual relations an eye for or an e eye y e an and a tooth 0 for o a tooth was s the 6 order rd r 0 of f t the h e dry day triba t d tribe i nation tio at al on page 8 PEACE from page 1 tacked nation in order to satisfy i jb justice stipe it was avas not until I 1 1809 when the zar of russia I 1 issued a proclamation conven eing the rint hague peace conference 4 that an attempt to call in a third party to adjust international disputes was effected pe the ilu lurd i rd and final step however did not come until 1907 I 1 in that epoch making conference a permanent court was well as a permanent panel of judges was established thus in individual as well as in international relations lons the public opinion of the M jorj brid has hoen been gravitating toward peace then what of the present war the skeptic would I 1 ats ask k what of the dogs now let loose rose on the battlefields of europa ropa it is true that some nations are in a turmoil but that is is not sufficient to declare the law lav of nations a failure no more than that beca because use there is an 0 occasional c cui olal fist fight we should declare municipal lawa fail failure ure in fact since tl tha establishment of the tha inte rational spurt cp urt of justice over two hundred disputes have bc been n peacefully settled approximately I 1 two hundred wars have been averted millions of lives spar spared d and hiir our civilization preserved general grant of civil war fame was n not 0 1 far from the 1 truth when in one of those con moods he exclaimed wax war is hell unborn genera eions pay the bill th the poor and lowly alone bear the burden the jingoes of war hide behind their moneyed masters and escape the storms of lead and steel it is the common who die upon the battlefields massive halls balls and idle palaces do not maki make a nation the nation in every country dwells in cottages the masses who gather around the cradle of liberty live beneath the roof I 1 of vine clad hamlets ill III fares the land to hastening ills a prey where wealth accumulates av and men decay princes or lords may flourish or may fade A breath can make the them m as a breath has bas made mad I 1 i but a bid bald peasantry their count rys pride when once destroyed can never be supplied the story of cf nations that rose and fell tells in no uncertain language the curse of war the best nerve and muscle of the nation is sent to the front that blood vanishes as it mingles with the sod the scum the weak the feeble are left to propagate L their kind today history presents to our vision a sad and pitiful tale rome once MIS mistress of the world the eternal city home of ceasaro Ce asars where 11 and nd what is she gone gone forever her majesty speaks only thru the dumb language of her ruined tem temples pies what wai wa j it that brought destruction to that mighty nation was it the invasion of the barbarians no not rome fell because she committed suicide in the great wars of the ceasaro Ce asars the vitality of her citizenship perished beneath the weight of the battle axe look at greece lovely greece i the land of scholars sch seli olans and the nurse of arms the thrilling deeds of that mighty people come only to us as mere echoes 0 of f the distant past upon the dying embers of her decayed institutions war has written the final chapter and he who dreams of building empires must heed the voice of the tha departed age here in contented america the agony of the conflict across the waters is far beyond our howerto power to conceive im imagine akikie for a moment the oft repeated scenes of the terrible struggle in obedience to the callif cal lof their native land we see the young and the old part paa from those they lo 10 lov vp e some are walking for the last quiet woody places with the maidens they adore we hear bear the whispers of eternal love as a they lingeringly part forever others are bending over cradles kissing babies that are asleep some are parting from mothers who hold them and press them to the their 1 i r hearts again and again ard and say ho nothing thing and sonic some are arc talking with wives and trying frying with bravo brave hearts to dis dispel ei the fer of the morrow we see them part we see the wife vifa standing in the doorway with the babe in her arms standing in the suh sunlight sobbing B by the sound of marshall music they march away away beneath the blaze of th tha poon noon day sun out beneath the still and silent stars on faiq he battlefield tonight many i a brave heart dying and lone wraps his cloak about him and lays him down to pleasant brems dreaming of the day when war shall be no more let us resolve that on this con continent tinen the light of peace shall ev ever er shine that he here re in tho country of washington thi the song of angels heard upon the sile silent nt hills of judea shall acho within our council halls that the message which c h crucified a god upon the cross of af calvary shall sink deep into the conscience of our nationalism for humanity sweeps onward where today the martyr stands on the morrow crouches judas with the siver in his hands far in front the cross stands ready and the crackling fagots fagons burn while the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe INN e return to glean up the scattered ashes into Hi His torys golden urn |