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BATURDAY. JULY 15. 191«
“Yokngntrr. you don't know irhat it is to be
withoi, t a family, without a home, without a
covntnr. And if you are ever tempted to say a
word or do a thing that shall put a bar between
yon and your family, your home end your i
Country, ffod in His meet y to take you that ,
instant home to His own heaven. Stick by your I
family, boy ; forget that you hav* a srlf while |
you da everything for them Think of your h>me, i
hoy; write and send apd talk about it. Let if be ,
I—rrr to your thought the farther you have to
travel from it; and ruth to it when you are free.
And for your country, boy, never dream a dream
tot of serving her as she bids you. though that
pprvice carry you through a thousand hells. Ao
mutter what happens to you, no matter who
flatters you or who abuses you, never look at
mother flag, never let a night pass but you pray
904 to bless the Stars and Stripes. Remember
that you belong to your own country as you
halang to your o»r» mother; stand by her as you
Would stand by your ou?n mother." —Edward
Everett Hala.
Let Us All, As Peace
Lovers, Be Very Thankful
That Somebody Lied!
We have heard it remarked that no
Mfirs is good news.
A preference for good news may ex-'
jJetw why some people take an evening
paper other than The Times.
But that is neither here nor there.
What we want to interest you in is a
which reached this office Fri
4ap, to prove that news, upon occasions,
Isn't news at aIL
jiv dispatch came from Lima, Ohio,!
■Jut 10:1ft p. m., and read:
UMA, O* July 14. —Bandits who were
f: Dote Si aa effort to hold up the fast Broad
way aagram at the Pennsylvania railroad.
Soar Moaroertlle, Ind.. today discharged
k' amral loads of bockahot at passengers rid
the Obaervatlon platform at tne rear
Bk W** train.
* iMfirta reaching here said that R. J.
PfEpa, of Pittsburgh, was seriously Injured
SfuT that others sustained wounds. Wood
afSS hit la eight places.
This was what the telegraph editor
JaMMdiately seized upon as some real
VRWa, blit it was modified somewhat at
10:40 when another dispatch was re-
reading as follows:
jjrfii, 0., July 14.—Two persons were
Injured when an unknown man
aied a shotgun of buckshot Into a group of
passengers on the rear platform of the ob
eerreflnn car of the east bound Broadway
(halted, the Pennsylvania railroad’s 20 hour
between Chicago and New York, late
rjaTer(lst The shooting took place near
ifaples, lad. The did not see
tga SMB, hut as soon as the report of the
v gea was heard, e young man employe of the
railroad from Pittsburgh and a young wo
l; ’ Wan ea route to Philadelphia cried out that
they had been wounded. The trsln was
alogpsd la Lima 15 minutes and Dr. J. B.
* Veil attended the victims. They were un
able to describe the man who did the shoot
tarn ae the train was moving too rapidly.
of the railroad absolutely refused
te give out the name# of the wounded per
sene and detectives declared there was no
evidence of ea attempt to hold up the train.
While there was an apparent disposi
tion in that second dispatch to hedge, it
Mft*t begin to compare with the appar
iOt disposition in the third dispatch to
hedge some more. The third one, reach-1
tag us at 10:46, read:
CHICAGO, July 14. — In an official state
ment leaned today by the assistant general
passenger agent’s office of the Pennsylvania
railroad, regarding the reported attack on
. the Broadway express, near Maples. Ind., It
was stated that a small boy fired a load of
Shot at the observation car as it sped past.
“U was just a boyish prank,” the railroad
Official said. “A boy was sitting on the
s fmce. He fired the shotgun at the passen
gers on the observation plAtforni. R. J.
Wood, of Pittsburgh, stenographer for Gen
an! Freight Agent Connolly, of the Penn
eylveala road, one of the passengers, was
A hit in the leg by one of the shot. No one
else was Injured, so far as reported to us
"The hoy la being sought by officials, al
i. though the train was going so fast It must
« have been a mile or two beyond the spot bo-
Ei tore anyone really knew what had bap-
V paaed."
Only a shattered fragment of what
V parumiaed to be fi corking sensation re
p PMined by this time, but at 10:51 the
i whole thing dried up and blew away in
&• the following Anal word :
ferORT WAYNE, Ind., July lA-Pennsyl
► K vaaia railroad officials here denied today
aa attempt bad been made to rob the
ina.taMalgbt Chicago to New York express near
BteEUMftlA h 4, and said that the story had
from an Incident that involved small
In lUll 0 Shotgun and squirrels,
ggrßlpi "OtaeU hoys shot St s squirrel as
MSfeClMh was passing near Maples, Ind,”
■ v \
said one official, ‘‘and some of the shot hit
the rear coach."
So, you see, there are times when
news is no news.-
Let us all be very, very thankful
that what promised to be a big piece of
news proved .no news, THERF.B\
AVERTING THE POSSIBILITY OF
WAR WITH INDIANA.
The idea is this:
If this had proven to be a regular
bandit raid it would have proven at the
same time that the governor of. Indiana
is not capable of keeping down Indiana
bandits, and it would have been neces
sary for us to send troops in to kill
bandits, and it would have been neces
everybody in Indiana, women, and chil
dren included.
And the worst of it is, we need all of
our troops just now down Mexico way
to satisfy United States capitalists in
Mexico who have found exploiting
Mexico to be a bit dangerous.
We are certainly glad that it wasn’t
bandits,
A Growing Autocracy.
A strike vote is now being circulated among
the engineers, firemen, conductors and other
trainmen of the country, and we are told by
railroad papers that the officers of the Brother
hood of Trainmen are doing everything possibb
to obtain an affirmative vote.
They claim that ih« ballot gives no se; ate
opportunity of voting for or against arbitration,
and that the campaign Is conducted so that
every man is compelled to vote or be counted
on the negative side
They are obliged to vqfe In the presence of
the committee chairman and without discussing
any of the questions involved.
The Order of Railway Conductors has amend
ed its by-laws so that associations shall be tak n
as the unit, rather than lines of railroad.
If two-thirds of the members of an association
vote to strike, all the lines in that territory will
be considered to have voted for it, whether two
thirds on some railroads are in favor of it or
not.
Thus employes would be obliged to take part
in a strike which they had voted against.
Tile vote is not a direct ord*-r to strike, but
gives power to the chief executive and chair
man of the brotherhood to order one "if they
are unable to otherwise effect a settlement sat
isfactory to them."
One can readily see that this places autocratic
power in the hands of these officials.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has placed posters
throughout the system which Is an appeal to
the 225,000 men of the railroad, signed by the
president.
It save
**No Just reason for Interrupting the serried
exists. The railroads have offered to arbitrate
every question raised by the demands which
have been presented. The representatives of
the men. however, rejected this offer and have
issued strike ballots."
We seem to be approaching a position be
tween the devil and the deep sea.
Exploitation of labor is one thing.
Exploitation of capital is another.
Between the two the only gainers seem to
be those gentlemen who order the strike at their
own discretion, after the working man has.been
obliged to vote without choice of arbitration.
The power of kings and queens has been large
ly curtailed.
In all but two countries they are little more
than figureheads, but America has a growing
autocracy which does not parade in ermine and
Jewels and Is all the more to be feared on that
account.
It Is rising up like a serpent and stinging
laborer and capitalist alike.
Under the guise of loyalty, it is placing labor
in a more abject position than it has ever held
since the days of serfdom and slavery.
From Another Point ot View
By C. T. S.
A man shot while riding on the plat
form of a Pennsylvania train was re
ported to have been “hit in eight
places." It will be very evident to you
that it was one of the Pennsylvania's
fast trains.
• * •
It is an afterthought, of course, hut it
would have been wise on his part to
have left the train in the first place he
was hit.
• • •
There is an indication that the British
are counting on the war extending into
next winter in the report that they
have taken Mametz wood.
• • •
The query is not ours; it is from
Phyllis: “I understand," she writes,
"that linen collars which sold once at
two for a quarter, are now 15 cents
straight, but if you don’t care to pay
that much perhaps the store will cellu
loid."
a a o
We know what we’d do if w*e had to
go in swimming where there was a man
eating * shark. We’d borrow some
woman’s bathing suit.
• u •
C. T. S.—We arc picking out the studies
for our boy when he enters high school this
fall, and we are undecided about geography.
Would you recommend that he take up
geography? PARENT.
Geography by all means. Were it not
for geography, how could you expect
your boy to know that fly paper comes
from the River Styx.
• • •
"My son neither smokes, chews, drinks
nor swears, and is a good boy, but will
not work and insists on living on me,"
said Horace Deal in court. In which case,
we would suggest, a good Deal depends.
* * *
What has become of the old-fashioned
campaign that people took an interest in.
Oh hum, hum, hum. Swat the fly.
• • a
wash washin’ th’ EEEclipse, my
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LIES AND IMAGINATION.
BY H. ADDINGTON BRUCE
-thorof The rtlddle of FersonaUijr ,“ ''Psychology and Parenthood.'* etc.
The other day I read In a current
magazine a short story by Max
Beerbaum, developing most deftly
a psychological problem of consid
erable interest and of special Inter
ests to parent.
Mr. Beerbohms story dealt with
the curious personality of a quiet,
reticent Englishman, one A. V Laid
er. who throughout a sojourn at a
seaside inn kept entirely to him
self. spoke to no one and passed his
days in long, solitary walks.
The night before he was to leave
the inn circumstances forced him
into conversation with a fellow
guest. For some minutes the talk
was along strictly conventional
lines, dull and commonplace. Then
the subject of palmistry came up.
Emphatically Laider stated hi* be
lief that the future might indeed be
read from the lines in the palm of
the hand To support this he nar
rated a most extraordinary tale.
It was the tale of a railway Jour
ney he had once taken with a
merry party of friends. To while
away the time he started reading
the palms of his companions. Im
agine his horror when be found
in every palm Indications that those
with him would Dot finish* their
Journey alive.
The indications were right. There
was a collision, and Laidcr him
self was the only member of the
party to escape death.
Ever since a great shadow had
darkened his life. He accused him
self of murder in not having stop
ped the train a* soon as he read
his friends’ palms.
Such was the tale he told. The
man to whom he told It tried vainly
to cheer him. They parted, not to
meet for another year
And at this second meeting Insid
er made a surprising confession.
His companions, it appeared, had
not been killed, after all. They had
not been killed, because there bad
been no companions and no rail
way Journey The whole thing had
heen a gorgeous lie.
This is the way Ladder himself
explained it:
"I have, also, a very strong im
agination. At ordinary times my
imagination allows Itself to be gov
The nipple, used on bsby's bot
tle, Is a dandy nook for germs.
The * e
t y
lng of these
germs—great attention to cleanli
ness and the right sort of nipple.
Use only nipples which can be
slipped over necks of bottles and
have one nipple for each bottle
They must be shaped so as to be
easily cleaned
Nipples with long tubes are dan
gerous, for they cannot be properly
cleaned Their use has caused the
death of many babies
After each feeding cleanse the
nipple thoroughly Inside and out
side. B© aure to turn the nipple In
side nut when washing It. Old milk
will cake and decay on the Inside
If this Is not done.
801 l th© nipples at least one hour
The Keep Well Column
NIPPLES.
erned by my will. My will keeps
it in check by constant nagging.
"But when my will isn't strong
enough to nag. ’hen my imagina
tion stampedes ”
Now, this sort of thing occurs in
real life. It occurs among adults,
but far more frequently among
children.
There are children who lie and
cheat and even steal, simply be
cause they hare an unusually vivid
imagination. Their parents scold
and punish them to no purpose..
What the parents ought to do is
to recognize their childrens Imag
inative power, give it healthy ma
terial to feed on. and train it in
ways that will make it of service
to the children themselves ajid to
society.
Ussually habitual liars of this sort
are children whose natural craving
for attention has been overstimu
lated or unduly repressed. As be
tween the two, the spoiled child I*
less likely to tell seemingly motive
less lies than the child who.
through neglect or repression, finds
life cold and empty
Keep a child busy in useful ac
tivities. keep him physically up to
par. prorvlde him with interesting
reading matter, and give him love
in ample but not too ample measure.
This is the best means for curing
and preventing any tendency to im
aginative lying
As President Hall of Clark uni
versity has put it in more scademlc
language:
"The more varied and interesting
and absorbing the dally life, the
more the best and the strongest
feelings are stirred and given vent;
the more the youthful soul palpi
tates with the Joy of existence and
accomplishment, the more zestful
1* the knowledge acquired and the
less is the temptation to any form
of lying "
A Wedding Ring of Shrapnel.
Lady Dorothy Walpole, daughter
of the Earl of Oxford, who Is going
to marrv Arthur Mills. Is hav
ing her wedding ring made of lead
from a piece of ahrapnel which
struck Mills’ foot permanently lam
lng him.—Philadelphia Public I>edg
er.
dally and keep them dry In a clean
covered cup or glass.
Rinse the nipples In boiled water
Just before using.
The hole In the nipple should be
large enough so that the milk will
drop easily when It Is turned up
side down, but not so large that it
will flow a steady stream.
K**p all cooking utensils and ar
ticle* used In preparing baby’s food
absolutely clean.
Keep the Ice box In which baby’s
milk Is cooled perfectly clean by
scalding out with hot soapsuds to
which a little soda haa been added.
Do this once a day and let It stand
with the doors open afterward to
air properly before placing the Ice
and milk back in the box.
Thl* may seem like a lot of trou
ble. but isn’t your baby's life worth
It?
Soap and hot water Is the best
weapon with which to fight germs
Houston. Texas, Is to have a
“IChow Your City Week,” neit Oc
tober.
—By Webster,
: To Sell Swinburne’s Letters^
S*inl-urn*’s library, chiefly re
:nitrKai*!e for its first editions of
English authors, Klemscott pre»r
puMloariuns nn<l scarce French liter
ature and a collection of his letters,
are to be sold oy order of the ex
e utor« of the late \V. T. Watt*
Dunton at Sothtxy’s.
In ope letter Swinburne says that
no copy of a forthcoming book Is
to be sent to Spectator owing to
•‘their deliberate neglect to acknowl
edge the receipt and their repeated
1> persistent resolution to ignore
the existence of previous publica
tion- ” Later, when the Pall Mall
and the Spectator unte in praising
a bo*>l: ol hi. he thinks "the world
mu«t be to an end." Once he de
nounces Hie printers:
"I positively decline to allow my
manuscript ever again to be Intrust
ed tc the charge of these printers.
Either you must chsnge your print
ers or l must change my publish
ers."
A dropped comma caused the poet
great nnnoyan* e, which was prob
ably i.ot alloyed when the printers
returned his own corrected proof to
show that he himself had on.lfted It.
When Andrew Chat to, the publish
er. asked bin to contribute to Bel
gravia he told him "the ineffable
vulgarity of Its present appearanre
would alone be enough to scare off
conrributors." Samuel Tinsley dedi
cates a novel to him. but in asking
Mr. Chatto to thank him he says he
has “no time for correspondence
with Etrar.gers, complimentary or
otherwise.”
One interesting letter quotes from
a notice of “Mary Stuart" in the
Saturday Review, and expresses the
poet’s high satisfaction at the writ
er’s complete ignorance of the his
tory of the period.—lxindor Observ
er.
[ Waves Rock Baby’s Cradle.
Charlestown's Hosting houses are
to go on a cruise. Parker H. French
♦he man who. with his wife and
child has lived for three years In
the houseboat. Dawn, off the
Charlestown bridge, has started the
work of enlarging the family home,
preparatory to the cruise. An en
gine will he Installed, so that It will
be possible for the French house to
tow the L’no, the houseboat of Geo.
W. Jennings, and family about dur
ing the summer.
Rent fr*-e, tax free — with Ashing
a mere matter of opening a window
in his home and sea bathing at
hand by stepping off the porch—
French claims to have discovered
the ideal home and also to have
solved that seemingly eternal pui
xle—the high cost of living.
The French baby, David, sleep*
In a cradle in the cockpit, rocked In
the cradle of the deep, as It were.
When the boy grows up he will be
another boat dweller, his mother
says, for a boat has been his cradle
and people who live In dusty houses
will be to him a source of wonder
He has lived aboard the boat since
he was two weeks old. The only
sickness he ever had was a cold and
he contracted that, his mother
says, on a visit ashore. Mr. French
ears that salt sea sir, dustless and
swert. Is the real cure for hnby raea
vies.—Boston Post.
A True Philosopher.
That boy was a true philosopher
who fell off p. telegraph pole and
broke both arm* while watching the
Pirates and then consoled himself
with the thought that it waa a rotten
game anyway.—Pittsburgh Oatette-
Time*
Kast St. pays It* mayor a
salary of $5,000 a year.
SATURDAY* JULY IS* 1916
The Daily Reminder j
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES
ltM—Krenoh and Indiana raptured
the fort at Ptmaquld. Me.
1711—-Guv, Pt. flair established
civil government in tha nsw north
west tarrltwrjr.
1117—farltets defeated near Val
encia by forces of tha queen of
Spain.
lit*—Rs-establlshment of the tent,
poisl authorities of tha pope pro
claimed at Jloroa.
Ill*— Francs resolved upon war
with Prueata.
1110—Twenty-fifth annlveraarr of
the Salvation Army celebrated in
London.
1 Its -German relchatag pasted the
army bill, flxtvtn the peaoe effective
at 4.1.320 man ror two yaara.
I*l ♦—Krsnclsoo Carbajal succeeded
Pnrflrlo Lias as president of Mexico.
I*l6 Business section of Valdon.
Alaska, destroyed by fire.
ONB YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE
WAB
Italian aaanult in the Dolomites re
pelleX
British and Freneh captured large
town in central Kamarun.
Russia admitted Teutonic gaina in
northern drive on Warsaw.
Allies seised two lines of Turkish
entrenchments in sll-dav battle
Germany formally admitted that
the damage to the Amerlcen mer
chant ship Nebraskan was caused by
Oerraan submarine.
TODAY** BIRTHDAY* „ /
William Winter, oeleorated drama
tic critic and author, born at Qlou
eaatar, Mass.. 10 yaars ago today
Krankltn K. l.ane. secretary or the
interior in President Wilson’s cabi
net, born in Prince Edward Island. 53
years sgo today.
Baron Northcllffa. noted British
newapapsr and magaslne publisher,
bun near Dublin St years ago iod*\ ;
Mine Bchumann-llalnk. oetebrated
operatic and concert singer. b«>in I
near Prague, Bohemia. 54 years ago
toda v.
Marla Tempeat. one of the best
known actresaea of the Kngllsh
apeaklng siege, born In London 50 !
years ego today
Elshor l.eo Maid, abbot of the cele
brated Benedictine abbey at Belmont.
V C\. born at Latrobe. Pa., *7 year*
ago today.
Dr Benjamin Ide Wheeler, presi
dent of the I’niverattv of California,
born at Randolph, Mass., *2 years
ago today
Rt Rev. William A. Leonard. Epis
copal bishop of Cleveland, born at
Southport, conn, «?S years ago todav
Melbourne Inman. English cham
pion billiard player, born at Twick
enham. England, 38 years ago today
I
A Poem a Day
MENTAL HOSPITALITY.
The views and v iainna— not our own,
Ken fho' absurd— and worse, to u*.
Wt should accept If they atone
For clownish ways ,nd words, and
thus
Accomplish good for all.
Nowsthla la Hospitality ’—
Al! means whose ends are better
ment.
Our vision, we should train to see,
An Overruling power has sent
To leaven Life's sad lump.
Things of the Spirit are «o h’gh*
And motive la the key of life
While mundane things .ire *.\er n!«rtt
And Fog of Doubt obscures th»
strife;
Let Hope and Faith prevail.
Let's welcome one another's thought.
And interchange our High Ideal*
Thus Life with endless joy is fraught.
And all that's beat to us appeals
True Hospitality'
—Warrsn E Comatork
Pointed Paragraphs
Pawnbroker* ar** advance agent*
of hard time*,
A woman seldom get* old enough
to admit she’s a* old as that.
Ah some man see It. our national
rama is any kind of skin gam*.
A self made man imagines that he
used up all the really good mate
rial.
No fool at forty will aver break
Into the late King Solomon's class
One trouble with reform Is that
every man wants to apply It to the
other fellow
What a married man can’t under
stand is why a single man la un
able to appreciate his liberty.
Half the world doesn’t stop to
consider that It la none of lta busi
ness how the other half Uvea.
Out of the Moutha of Babes
Mamma —"And remember, dear,
George Washington never told a
lie."
Little Joe—" Well, he hadn’t any
thing on me; I never did either."
Teacher —" Harry, suppose I had a
watermelon and gave one sixth to
Johnny, one-slxfh to Tommy, one
sixth to Willie and took half of It
myself; what would be left’"
Harry (promptly)—"l would"
"Mamma," said little Elmer one
evening, "haven’t I been a good boy
today?"
"Yet, dear," wag the reply. "You
have been unusually good."
"Then, mamma." he continued, ”1
can go to bed without saying my
prayers, can’t I?"
"Mamma," said little Lola, who
had been very 111, "do you think 1
am going to die?"
"No. darling," replied her mother
"The doctor says you will soon be
well.”
"I wouldn't mind dying and going
to heaven on a visit,” continued
lA>la, "if I oould come back If I
didn't like the place.
The Old Gardener Says
The plan of growing celery by
the mulching system will save
the amateur both time and la
bor. No trench need be dug
when this system Is followed
and no cultivation Is required.
As soon as the plants have been
set out the ground should be
covered with four Inches of fresh
horse dressing, but the dressing
must not be be pressed against
♦be plants. Nothing more need
be done until the celery Is ready
for blanching, for the mukh will
fee<l the plants, keep moisture
In the soil and kill the weeds.
What could be easier!
Has Pacifism Broken Down?
BY DR. FRANK CRANK
(Copyright, 1915, by Frank Crana)
*
No, pacifism has not broken down.
This war has not made Hague confer
ences ridiculous. Everybody is not for
preparedness and a big army and navy.
we are not about to arm all the
litjlle boys in school with rifles and teach
the girls to throw hand grenades instead
of bean bags.
On the contrary, every step the w’orld
is making is toward the final abandon
ment of war.
If people have any sense at all they
must see, by the appalling example of
carnage and cruelty now going on in tha
fields of France, that war is an expan
sive, absurd, revolting, maniacal, and ut
terly damned method of settling de
putes between nations. It is inconceiv
able that when Europe leaves the flower
of her manhood bruised and broken In
the trenches and finds herself saddled
with a nightmare debt for many years
to pay for this orgy—it is inconceivable
that she will not have head enough to
think a bit, and at the conclusion of her
thinking, be it ever so brief, to swear by
all the gods men have ever believed in
that they will permit such gigantic folly
NEVER AGAIN.
Europe would not listen to the paci
fists. When this war is over there will
be none but pacifists. The people will
then have to go to work and do, after
the war, precisely what the pacifists
urged them to do before the war: i. a.
(1) Establish a Hague Court permanent
ly; (2) back it up by a military arm
strong enough to enforce its decrees, and
(3) abolish excessive armaments for in
dividual nations.
There’s no other way to do. They
will HAVE to do that. It is as sure to
come as 1918. No thinker on earth ever
conceived any other way than this to
insure the permanence of our civilization.
But Europe had to kill a few million
folks first, and burn up several billion
| dollars’ worth of property. Because Eu
rope was in the grip of the Past. It
was choken by the Ghosts of dead Ideas.
And those Ghosts never let go without
spilling blood.
Europe had to learn in the bitter and
expensive school of Experience what she
could have learned for nothing in the
school of Common Sense.
Pacifism means Americanism, because
it means running a world by Federation,
settling quarrels by delegates, courts, and
responsible representatives, and not by
guns. And Europe is finding out by
hard knocks—which is the only way
proud, stubborn and tradition-bound
minds can find out anything—that the
only salvation for Europe is to Ameri
canize it. For if they don’t establish a
United States of Europe over there
pretty soon the United States of Ameri
ca will gobble up all the trade, all the
sturdiest population, and all the moral
force of the world.
The Empire bugaboo drives these
things away. The Federation idea at
tracts them.
This country is not hell bent for mili
tarism. It looked that way awhile. Shal
low thinkers were stampeded. But
there’s no danger. The U. S. A. has too
much horse sense to jump into the same
ditch where Europe wallows.
The heathen rage of course, and the
people imagine a vain thing.
The people of this country have out
grown the poppycock and infantile
bumptiousness of war, and you can’t put
a grown man back to the boy’s point of
view.
The people of this country do not in
tend to make war on Mexico. The pa
tience and forbearance of our present ad
ministration, characteristic of conscious
strength and intelligent purpose, is over
whelmingly approved by a vast majority
of us. We don’t propose to send thou
sands of our picked young men into a
neighboring state to annex or gain
“glory” by conquering it.
We don’t care for “glory,” thank you.
All we want is justice, order and peace.
We will fight willingly enough to attain
these, but that’s all. Not one bullet for
conquest.
We are not going to “prepare” as Ger
many prepared. We would prefer to suf
fer aA France has suffered.
No, the pacifists are not dreamers.
They are the most practical people; they
are for federation, which has worked,
and not for militarism, which has never
worked.
They are not cowards, for they look
and go forwArd- toward W’orld Federa
tion, and do not scuttle backward toward
l mediaevalism.