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to'tjta rollof of hor own people, may oven antici
pate Groat Britain's action and say "wo aro
ready to go as far as the United States will go
in disarming pn land and sea."
oVdmbor' 12 may become even greater than
November 11.
Throo years ago yesterday the world was ' ap
pior than it had beon before in centuries, per
haps in all history. , Today's proceedings may
open the- way to a thanksgiving day still more
jqyous, When the world can rest in the belief
that war is "in the procoss of ultimate extinc
tion. V W. J. BRYAN. .
STIRRING XJJfl'WAR SPIRIT
The. Washington, corresponderit.o(,Vth6 pfifior
dolphia Ledgdr;;sondfU1s paper lli'o following
important neys.(tem.:r'lT ' , "'. 'T
"The Navy League .of the Unitod States has its
ear to tho ground. At & meeting just held: in
Washington its officers and Executive Gommit
too decided, before embarking upon a now pro
gram to popularise tho development of the
American navy, to await events in Washington
during the next ninoty days. .It depends on how
the conference cat jumps whether or not the
Navy League, which has a brilliant record of
achievement in building, up naval sentiment in
the country, will spike its guns or clear anew for
mtonsivo action. ' ':. f
Th.o Navy riJjhguo.;ip the several !l -national
capitals. has lofl tho crusade for" big navies tho
league in each country using tho ba'aiesh'ip
building in other, countries as tho basis of its. ap
peals to patriotism. Disarmament will' be,a
ratal blow to sich organizations.: ."' "
BELGIUM AGAINST DISARMAMENT :
il?' ?$' ? Atrfeast one king associated
with the Allies, in the. war is against disarma
ment at the presont time.
"King Albert of Belgium, declares that his
country is opposed to disarmament now. In
terviewed by Le Journal, King Albert said:
The maintenance of armament is essential
to world peace. Belgium certainly will not
allow -herself to be placed in a position- where
.a stronger nation might invade. . . "
" Military precautions will bo necessary in
Europe '.for many years. " , . . , "
tnLate?,aHh' Ifte' ls n?t editable
Ui Clllelbe, ?rt his Penle. Belgium can ndt
protect herselfshe must rely on larger1 nations
if there is way,, and they can hardly keep up
largo armies and navies just to protect Belgium.
The safety of ail lies ii disarmament that or
bankruptcy.
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ANTI-GAMBLING 'IiAAV "'-
wom0 f9llowIn "dlspatoi from .London reads
"London, Oct: 25. A far-reaching and, for
r,ngndTVsonsational decision has been rendered
by the House of Lords in a ruling that money
paid by check m dettlomont of a gambling debt
is recoverable. by t.ie 'oser. mme aeot
"The decision opens an avenue for nonRihio
litigation involving hundreds of thousand o?
pounds sterling and if all losers insisted upon
their Rights under tho law it would mean the
ruin of scores of the bookmakers who do a hte
business at all the race meetings. g
"The ruling has caused a furore in sportinc
circles, and tho bookmakers have called a
special meeting to consider the situation."
Tho law will be stronger still if the wife and
children are permitted to sue to recover on such
offense? rWUy n0t mak gambUus SS
HOW ABOUT YOUR .MINDS?,
Darwin at the end of his life, in trying to
- .explain why ho could not throw the least lirht
on God and immortality asks: "Can the mind
of man, which has, as I fully-believe! bee
developed from a mind as low as that possessed
by the lowest animals, be trusted whenPit draws
auch grand conclusions?" if We would S
CEDE that man's mind is a butes m?nd wo"
must give a negative answer to Darwin's nn,
tion. And it follows that ono who THINKS his"
inind comes up from the brute is likely to t
A04lClZnneitl great tionsy-heneSe"
AGNOSTICISM. It makes a difference thi
tore, what one thinks about h is orS w, 9Z
about YOUR mind, reader? Do ?ou ?hinTr ft
was developed from the brute, orvasyourV
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The Unknowri Dead
The opening of the conference could not have
been more impressive. While the burial of the
unknown dead soldier' 'was not a part tf the
disarmament conference itself, if brought to
gether all s the -conference : delegates and ' the
President's speech was almost entirely devoted
to the subject which called the delegates to
gether. If all tile peace advocates of the world
had joined in planning -a service which would
portray the awfulness of war' and proclxim the
glories of peace they could nbtf have conceived
such a compelling scene as that 'upon wh'th tho
delegates looked on this the anniversary of ar
mistice day.
.?& ,P,resjd .accompanied by Gen. Pershing,
the Cabinet, Supreme Court, Senate and House
of Representatives followed the body of the dead
soldier from tho capitol to the White House.
Ex-President and Mrs. Wilson, occupied a place
m the line and wore given an ovation along
the way and a demonstration, later at their
The weather was perfect; the sun was j.ust
X o?J!0Ugh,t0tilassure those wh0 fa brdin.
nLi !Vei " hav-G leared to Btand oen
and so long with uncovered heads.
The marble amphitheater was filled ind tens
of thousands surrounded the building on every
side, eager to have some part, however small
in the memorable exercises., An air of ! aoTemi
nity prevaded the place; seldom have no many
fenv a?Smble? .li8tenea ad dpersad so bI
lently The religious element combine! with
the spirit of patriotism to inspire a feeling of
worship and of consecrotion., For two ffitS
e vast audience, standing unveTerl, oined
in the silent prayer that, at this appointed t ImV
ascended throughout the land to X throne of
God. The stillness was profound.
The President rose to the loftv rennirm0t
of the extraordinary occZon VZneht ll
expression and in delivery he surpassed ali of
Pr.evlus efforts' and since only a great
HvP?wnity alls forth a sreat spoecn! he if not
likely to go beyond the record or this day.
Several of his sentences will live- hpr to
Hle' ''On the threshold of eternity many a
than a sign of the Government's Cr u?re
suggestion of a tomb in the SmJ n? 7t s a
sorrowing for m f noble dead' H f a natlon
Many were full of rugged strong m
could be better than this? 4ho g ,.Jat
peated in clear and measured ttosTe &rK
No commanding officer and no nnKita ,t
name was .known could T: &X ZSlTl
nation's homage or plead so eloquent aiSi-JJ
tho carnage of the battlefield. luenuy gainst
Fj'om the beginning of historv mvrinria
Irn0WB? have boon oBered "0
and of millions more, who, for a fleeting ita
were known by namo and loved by friencls I
record remains. Their, blood pleads niteomS!
for peace; their sacr,iflces have, purchased fi
posterity release from -bondage to the barbirul
of war. - m
All the noble dead join in tho notitinn
presented by the living' that the conference now
in session lead the world to. peace. AlirouRh unf
versal disarmament " W. J. BltYAN
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TWO DIVIDING LINES
, (JTor professing Christians only.)
wAn?ra.PitX Democrat writes me that In
his opinion,, sav.enty-flye percent.of the stu
enfs, of the Iowa State XJnijversity and ninety
lfrWof the. faculty aije Jee' thinker" mem.
bftrs, of orthodox clxurches , b,ut far from
orthodox. If this, be true, is Ii not worth while
t(i. inquire wht cause is at work, in universitiea
tq ;tmdermine fatft in 98lantjr. It cannot
behat intelligence generally,, speaking, is con
trary .to religion. There mupt be some special
cause at work wh,ere no general cause will ex
plain the situation. UvoLtigatidn .show? Hiat it
isv the baseless guess called evolution, which
Darwin applied to all life upon this planet. A
tree is known by its fruit and tliis.tree has been
bearing lpn enough bo that it .character can be
determined with, accuracy. The tendency
or. evolution is . to ceajte-' first, skepti
cism, then agnosticism, , tb;en atheism. Not
every ev6lution becomes skeptical, agnos
tic, or atheistic, for some 'professing evo
lutionists do not take Evolution any more
seriously than some processing Christians tafco
Christianity. But a.s a CONSISTENT Christian
Applies his Christianity to EVERYTHING and
becomes'a boiiever In GOdviih'BWlt; ana ChriRt,
so the CONSISTHNTxevolUtiOriist, when he ap
plies his doctrine to ' EVBRYT'HlNO, viiscards,
first, the-creatiOTi- o' man by separa j act, then
all miracl3.r-wf the Old Testament, then the
nl.ircle x0f 0hriw birtfi,:'onji4then the miracle
of Christy resUf rection. Atfter that the Bible is
like any other bopk, 'not anf authority, but an in
teresting pieco of 1 'ccraturtf to 'wnich the rpaler
will giVe such weignt as W thinks- tho book de
beryes. The passages 'thafcutt-him wjll be ac
cepted as gocid, 'the passages' 'JUat'- rebuke hhn
and, therefdre, displease Mm will bd discarded
as objectionable? v , u : .r
There ate two lines, tKaiMare 'bemg drawn with
m'i more H-tUxidis amoi? those who
PROFESS to be Christians atid ADL will find it
necessary ultimately to take a position on either
r?:rx0r the othQr- Firs ha man in him the
SS?J? 0F THB ALMIGHTY .OR the BLOUD
OP THE BRUTE? Moses, says' .breath, Darwin
says blood, what do you. say? . Second, was
Christ conceived by the Holy Ghost and born of
a virgin? or was He the illegitimate son of an
immoral woman? Matthew says ithe former, the
.JO luttai. , . wnat aQ,ypu:sayr.
W. , BRYAN.
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CHOOSING A CAREER
iQYilla?erna' Miami ' P'lorida, pctober 13,
if 1. Mr. Herald M. Doxeee, Uzi Division St.,
uiicago, I1J. My Dear Sir: Answering your
2U??Font ;"What 4o you consider snould be the
guiding principles that ought tri 'control and di
rect a youth in the choice 6t a life career?"
i beg to answer: In choosing a career ono
should have in mind; first, the value of the con
mnution that he can make. .Every person is
2SL -bl S.atISn t0 render the 'largest service
possible; To decide this he must consider his
own capacity and the public need.; Sometimes
a local situation will .impose upon him the duty
? !Sffi.tbQ tllinS nearest to him that requires
immediate attention, rather than some larger
thing farther away.
iPeri thAnB beinS equal, he should choose
the work -that he will And most congenial be
cause when one enjoys Ibis worfcfrt' ceases to be
ni?T, i? i ord1nary sense, v 'But we cannot
anWhG Pleasure that we derive from work to
take the place of duty. Among things making
an equal demand, .upon our conscience we aro
mL Ity t0 ch6co the thing'-'that gives the
greatest -personal satisfaction. ' -.V,
Very truly yours,' v
W..J. BRYAN.
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nf1J??i-a-slca Is t0 lmvo a third pnrty made up
th i ?! ,W?'A declar6 that they have reached
tiPB nClU?i0Jhat aa loftS as the two old par
lirPUled,by machines organized in the in
tftnLLslecaI Privilege it is Useless to seek
a niSSl0 t r0m Wlthiu Which seemS t0 bQ
iiF X 7 g00(1 reaBn for starting a new party
attPmnf am.ent would have. more force if tlie
trio? eat the machines had first been
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