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DECEMBER, 1913
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Disarmament-The First Step
Extracts from an Address of Alexander Berger
1 have lived many years on the j abolished and annihilated civillza-
hroad and fertile plains of the west.
tiq nrtc. have reared few monu
ments amongst us and scarce a trace
of the muses' foot is round in me
nthc of our forests, alone the banks
of our rivers or on our. undulating,
plains, but neitner nas our sun ever
been desecrated by the shedding of
human blood. Its wide extent has
never heard the reverberation of
cannon, the spirit stirring druiu, the
ear piercing fife, the pride" -and pomp
and circumstances of devastating
Wnv Rut at Woolwich, one held in
high repute by you of the east, as aj
sago and teacher, has said, ah tne
pure ana noDie arts oi yeau mo
founded on war. There is
no'great art possible to a nation but
that which is based on battle."
If it is so, it is a grievous com
mentary on civilization,
We of the west may never have
comi n. Sistine Madonna or Profane
and Sacred Love, but we have stood
in awe at the beauty of a brilliant
sunset on a western plain and gazed
with fear and trembling at the fierce
fury of a forest fire.
No carara marble may have been
nhicoiori for us into an' Apollo Belve
dere or a Loacoon, but nature has
framed for us an El Capitan and a
Garden of the Gods.
We may not have heard tho Ring
of the Niebelungen Lied or the
Sonata Pathetique, or Tschaikow
sky's great symphony, but there is
music in the gentle zephyr sighing
through erreen nine and quaken
aspen, in the torrent's roar, in the
crash of falling mountain slide.
Wo may not havo a Colosseum or
Acropolis, beautiful in tneir ruin's,
but there is built for us the marvel
ous Canon of the Colorado and the
Royal Gorge of the Arkansas.
These things that we have seen
and heard and loved are as much
greater than the works of man as is
hvperion to satyr, as is the infinite to
the finite. Better no art if it is to
come to us carved only by the palsied
hand of the maimed and tinted only
with the life blood of the brave.
tion.
Unfettered by the artificiality of
your more intensive life, we are not
inoculated with that doctrine of fear
which proclaims peace obtainable
only at the destructive expense of
unremitting preparation for war. It
is a paradox that tickles the ear, a
doctrine not consecrated by age and
not supported by the authority of a
s'nglo great name.
For the uttermost limit of the
prairie, from the highest pinnacle of
our mountains, Is passing from our
gaze the pioneer. He has never been
accused of cowardice. The world
knows him only as the bravest of the
brave. Armed was he, it is true, to
contend with the savage and beast,
but upon every statute book of the
western states has he stamped in
delibly the philosophy of his experi
ences' and in language all can under
stand has he said that the carrying
of a deadly weapon is the occasion
of its use. His simple philosophy
history translates to a wider applica
tion. An armed nation is a warring
wnrvinor nation Is a cie
Tf then thnrn nan br nrf niwl tho
lloVe of art without war, peace with
out tue preparation lor war, is it pos
sible to stamp this conviction with an
o.vert act?
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The budget of every country en
gaged in the preparation for war to
prevent it, spells ultimate exhaustion
and bankruptcy. Better actual war
with all its destruction and horrors,
than continuous preparation for it,
making the rich richer and the poor
poorer. The former thrive, the latter
suffer, in actual war or the prepara
tion for war.
Its moral wrong has been known
in all ages. It is as logical to speak
of moral immorality as of civilized
warfare. Civilization and war are
fnrnvpr contradictory terms. It is
effeminacy to endeavor to make war
less horrible. The growing intelli
gence of man alone has lessened its
frequency. Paradoxial as it sounds,
powder, dynamite and glycerine have
been its most efficient opponents.
It is urged that arbitration cannot
settle the differfnees between nations
because of lack of compelling power.
No law, not even municipal law, can
long be effective without a support
in nubile oninion. The public
opinion of the world is the true in
fornnfinnnl executive. It is greater
than an army or combined armies.
Again can we learn a lesson from the
pioneer. He has told you that the
most effective way to disarm a foe is
to be yourself unarmed.
nv.oi.itv wp nrn. told, should begin
at home.' Nowhere is it said it
should not terminate with the
unAava nf our land. Our charity
should not embrace the white race
alone It should encompass the op
pressed of all nations and every
clime, be they round or almond eyed,
white, black or tan. Nowhere is it
held by nature or prophecy that cer
tain lands are for the Caucasian ex
clusively. If the growth of sect or
race presses upon their confines, that
charity which passeth all understand
ing should enable them to occupy
that which is little used or unused.
This breathes throughout the orig
,i f rt niir institution. It
WoC in thfl heart of Adams, Franklin,
Washington and Jefferson.
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Even as we advanced the idea to a
doubting and astounded world a cen
tury and a half ago in a concrete and
SSh u-nv. that all men were
created equal and that all spvern
mlnt should exist only by and with
the consent of the governed, so let
us present to a properly const! uted
authoX of the nations to do police
Service on the high seas which would
fnvolve the protection of the inno
cent and the weak and the unarmed
STEP. . ,
Here, if anywhere, it should not ue
Tho public opinion of the world tho dignity of nn Institution, and
would never permit an attack on a Savory community In that section, no
generous, unarmed foe. Tho high matter how small or romotc, If itB
cost of living demands disarmament, citizens are progressive and asplro to
Let its demand not be lightly hoard, keop abroanl of tho time In scientific
Humnnltv erln for thn nuiirnnca nntl ' knowledge and fUilLliro, boilHtH U
courage born of rightooumeM, and ' Chautauqua. As Is well known, they
as we are the groutevt of the govern-. are not conducted for profit, usually
meats of, for and by the people, upon ' managed by a voluntary organization.
wiirini ni nr nnuifi in nmv or mm- . iuiiiui uiiuiuuiil. iiuu juiuuniuu u
ativc devolve?
shall we lead?
Shall wo follow or
GLASS AS AN OllATOIl
Those who think that discussion
of the currency bill are always dry
and technical should have been at'
the dinner of the Economic Club of I
New York city held at tho Hotel ,
Astor last week. It was the occasion I
of a remarkable debalo upon the
mnrlto rf thn liHl HOW hnforft COn
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gross a debate in which rroieasor
Joseph French Johnson, of tho chair
nf nnlWfnnl npnnnmv nf Vow York
university, and Mr. Frank A. Vander- appreciate;
furnished by specialist! attracted
from every field of useful ondoavor.
Colonel Bryan 1ms been the moRt
popular of thoso lecturer, and nil
dottlre to spend hltt vacation in touch
with this class of his fellow citizens
is not only natural, but commend
able. That he. like othor lecturers,
I Is paid for his services, does not
alter tho facts, and for newspapers to
I say that It Is incompatible with tho
I dignity of his great office for tho
'secretary of state to deliver lectures
which edify, Instruct and entertain
countloBB thousands, Is a refinement
of reasoning which I am unable to
and when they go fur-
lip, president of the National City ncr anu coiiimru uu .,,,
bank of New York city, opposed the Chautauqua with a vaudeville circuit
bill, while Senator Owen of Okla-I they only demonstrate how far afield
hnmn nml nnnrrunntnMvi! Car or mcir voiiuiii viu i un iiiuiu.
Glass of Virginia defended It. The
anearancc of Senator Owen and Rep
resentative Glass in this debate was
of special interest because they have
been active in framing the currency
bill, they stand sponsors for It, it
bears their names, and is popularly
known as the Glass-Owen bill.
Aside from the value of this de
bate as a contribution to public
knowledge regarding the creation
and construction and provisions of
iho bill, it was a notable illustration
'I'lmun ilntprmlnru urn Mm linlf.Unmn
' ones who have attempted to hold
Colonel Uryan up to public- scorn
during his eventful career.
J am now and havo been for a
number of years a member of tho
American congress, and have more
or less knowledgo of tho unfair at
tacks that havo been made on Col
onel Hryan, and 1 unhesitatingly say
that despite theso assaults ho has
remained calm and serene, and al
though defeated three times for tho
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of the power of the orator to jiinu-jiiremuoiiuy u '" """;-y
ence his audience by sheer force of isplcuouu figure In American public
nimvntnr .1 n ii hi t nil Iironco. WO SUP-i MIO.
iiiz iiiiuvii ntw
nrfnMivononn of his i counted: but this
trround that as a
pose Mr. Glass would be the last man
to regard himself as an orator in
,in,i hn nnoloirlzGcl for what he
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feared was tho
fwlflrrms nil tllfi
journalist he was a better writer
than speaker. But his apology was
unnecessary. He was the last speaker
of the evening and began at a late
hour; the financial sentiment of New
York city is opposed to the bill, and
therefore his audience of twelve hun
dred hankers and leading men of af
fairs was an unsympathetic one.
Professor Johnson and Mr. Vanderlip
had preceded him and had spoken
with authority rnd effectiveness
wUh thp authority of the sclen-
ino opnnnniifit and the other with i
the authority of the accomplished
financier. But before Mr. Glass had
finished he had his audience with
him, eliciting laughter for his in
cisive and witty comments and loud
nnnlaiiRG for his clear reasoning anu
Those things are well understood
in the United States, and being
understood, tho criticism Is dls-
not true abroad,
and It grieves mo to see the Jieram
reprint articles and cartoons from
American papers which must have
the effect of bringing America and
all things American Into contempt
particularly Is this true since the
Herald Is generally so thorough
going In its Americanism, and ono
might say almoBt partisan in ItB
championship of America and Ameri
cans. (Signed)
TIMOTHY T. ANSBEItRY.
PATENTS
I'nU-nt Jjwyer,Wii3ilHRloD,
IJ.C Advice nndUxiUnlrtt,
Uattt) rcoHonhWe. Jllgbcet rcferencco. JJcatocnrlct
i k U..M MnlAil ID O
uuuon. a warnuB uawu. nnvwhere. it shouiu not ue
cadent nation. Is proof demanded? Here. ! ! murder of Hamil
The far and peaceful east, with in- forgotten ttat the ur ue
stitutions undisturbed through cen- ton BOU""c" liundred years ago
turies, saw Greece, lovely Greece, the, ling. Nineteen u , , , be
"land of scholars and nurse of arms," i the doctrine obrotneriy
saw Rome, Republican Rome, wnose
cohorts penetrated even the fast
nesses of the Himalayas, rise and
fall, saw the whole of Europe
plunged in -the darkness of the
Middle Ages to all mortal eyes an
llf-lJi I! Wrltofor J.Utof Invcn
WulHcU IQ6Cl5 tlorix wanted by nmmi
factrrcTH ami prize offer! (orlnvonllon. Our four
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applause ior n b cm - " . -- . rTkvass oa wi.tau., v. a.
for his manitestiy accuraiw Miu';ubC -- .
.. x i.. r !. 1.111 lint nf thr lllKOrVi"
and the operations of American I'ffojf'f Take 9EtU Off I
flnnnp.p. TWlCe Wlien JJO tJhHU.u
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un won crr-fitfid Wltn louu
r nn nn" from all narts of the
room, and his speech, one hour long,!
was listened to with appreciative ul
in frnm hpcrlnniiic: to end.
Mr. Glass accomplished perhaps
more than he himseu reanzeu m i
moving misconceptions, misunder
standing, and prejudices regarding
the bill, which unfortunately have
prevailed to too large an extent In
the financial metropolis of the coun
try. The Outlook.
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