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THE CHATTANOOGA NEWS: CHATTANOOGA, TENN., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1920.
CHATTANOOGA NEWS
By The Chattanooga Ntwa Co.
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AN INDIAN LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
The oli, time-honored "l fr.yed-at-tbe-elbowi ntluge tlmt
"there in nothing new under the sun hul better he brought into
play ngnin, for the seientists of the Smithsoniiin institute have dis
covered thnt there was n lusty and fully-developed league of na
tions existing in the new world in the sixteenth eentury.
In an intensely interesting account of this association, the
scientists have shown that the thought of perennial peace is no
new "ism," hut is something that is basic in the hitman heart
There have been many European leagues ostensibly with this pur
nose, but most of them have used it us a cloak to mask the true
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DEPENDENTS OR PARTNERS?
It Is. probable that the Monroe doc
trine has not been omitted from among
the toi lea discussed by Mr. Harding
and the older statesmen, though Its
llill HI L.ll- II' l'il..inui .
to be one has not been the subject of
aiair.jnt. For tl.n time hclng. It Ins
been obscured by oilier problems.
There Is still a disposition, however, in
some rpinrters to grow hysterical when
this Vfnonible feature Of our foreign
policy, now Hearing Its centennial, is
under consideration. Hut there HI'S
abundant reasons for regarding It as
now of much less urgency than when
It was promulgated.
Kor one thing. Latin American coun
tries havo never taken very kindly to
the Idea of such a protectorate aa Is
Implied In our conception of the Mon
roe doctrine. They more than half
suspect that, since they aro not con
aulted about It, that It Is our interest.
not theirs, which Is intended to be pro
moted by It. We have never cultivated
thdn as we have the struggling coun
trleg of Europe and Asia. We have,
for Instance, exhibited much more In.
terist In assuring and safeguarding the
rights of Armenia and Jugo-Slavla than
In those of Mexico or Colombia. Our
charity has confessedly not been con
spicuous for bexinnlng near home.
We believe there Is room for great
Improvement in our relations with our
oufhern neighbors. We oufcht to mod--iftfm
10 somo extent, our critical atti
tudes toward them. Differences of ra
cial viewpoint, of course, afford oppor
tunity for misunderstanding, as is seen
In the relations between England and
Ireland, but these need not be exagger
ated. There art many reasons which
suggest intimate understanding and
close co-operation among American
peoples, but no Justification for a state
of Jealousy and potential enmity. If.
In preserving the Monroo doctrine, It
Is our purpose to promote the Interests
of, our neighbors, we ought to Invite
tnetn to make It a mutual policy.
Moreover, our professions and mani
festations of friendship for our
American neighbors should exhibit
more of the genuine and less of Phari
saical characteristics. In oirrrlne; thorn
assistance, we ought not to tiek con
trol over them. There is good ground
for believing that their reelings toward
us would be much more cordial if we
should manifest a willingness to treat
them more as equals than dependents
and underlings. Our commercial Inter,
oourse would also be greatly facilitated
In commenting on our lukewarm atti
tude toward Latin America aa revealed
In our exclusive conception of the Mon
roe doctrine, the Houston Chronicle, a
few days ago, said In part:
"Why not be consistent throughout
t'.jo gamut of human relations? Why
not regard Its human interests Just as
Intimately associated with our own as
Its political or commercial Interests?
"If Its governments need our protec
tion don't Its children?
"Is it surprising thst the chamber of
commerce of Mexico City should won
der why we do so much for the unfor
tunates of Europe and so little for those
closer at home?
Is It surprising that tills perfectly
natural wonderment ahould lead to the
thought that wo are fnggrtful of our
nearest neighbors and that the only
possible reason must be a dislike for
them?
"Olmrlty Is a wonderful thing, but
dangerous If too selective
"Why are we ao generous toward
some and so hard toward others? It Is
our privilege, of course, but is it wise?
Isn't our obvious discrimination some
what responsible for the lack of fellow
feeling between ourselves and Latin
America?"
However, the Indian tribes of the eastern part of un'discov-
ered America came to the conclusion, after many bloody wars, thai
peace and concord was the ideal" state. They proceeded to pul
their theory to the test, and formed a league of nations, the word
ing of whose constitution has been discovered today. In it ran
tnesc words: l lie tree t Humanity, rooted in tne nroad plain 01
peace, with its roots outili i tched to the four corners of the earth,
WOll I'd be the outcome of the project. The ofliee of president, or
guiding ruler, went in rotation among the head chiefs, and while
an Indian was at the helm he was to be held in veneration and" was
considered a son of God.
The pact provided penalties to be assessed against the various
tribes for offenses which Jiad previously sent the same tribes to
war with their neighbors. There is no word of concerted action
against a war-maker in the document, os it seems to have, been
t ho uuh I t hat wit h the lea true there was no possibility of war. A nil,
truly, it appears that the tribes which made this interesting agree
ment lived in harmony and concord with each other until the white
man came and began his four centuries' sequestration of their land,
Even in their wars against the white man, the Indians gave
several splendid instances of the way in which they kept their
agreements. The way they treated Sir William I'enn when lit:
first settled bis little colony on the banks of the Delaware river,
and James Oglethorpe's later dealings with them in Georgia, in
dicated that the thought of peace and concord, even with the
greedy while man, was not absent from the Indian breast.
It is a rather curious parallel, the Indian league and that of
today, in both cases, the 'danger to the league came from those
without, and not within. In the Indian ease it was the white man
just coming to American shores; today it is again the same white.
American, joined with that motley crew of German, bolshevist,
Mexican and Turk, outside the league of nations, who form the
chief cause for anxiety as to the success of the latter-day league.
Why not take n leaf from the Indians' book, and on our own
part erect a "tree of humanity on the broad plain of peace, with
its roots outstretched to the four corners of4he earth"? What
finer thing could come to the twentieth century world of Chris
tians than the re-establishment of this old "heathen" league?
UFayette, We Are Still Here!
By DR. FRANKE CRANE.
1 ,,; 1 (Copyright.) 1
Any porsun who judges America by its political acts is mistaken.
To understand America one must realize that It is a vast beehive
of people who are attending to their own business. They want as
little government as possible and what they do they do (or themselves
and do not expect officials to do for them.
It must not, therefore, be understood that the real America is
holding aluof from Kurope and its distress, us our political acts might
indicate.
Especially Is this true in the case of our relations with France.
America and France havo always been sweethearts.
France whs the nation most deeply injured by the iron heel or
German militarism. It will take at least ten years to repair the physical
damage done by the terrific Prussian onslaught.
Heven per cent, of the totul area of France has been desolated.
The report of the American committee lor devastated France says:
"In this territory most of the fields arc still desert wastes run oi
shell-holes, the farm houses ure ruined, the prosprous industrial cen
ters and villages completely destroyed. More than 600,000 wrecked
bouses were counted in this region. Furthermore, of the 1,500,000
Frenchmen who died in the war 600,000 were men of the devastated
districts."
The committee above mentioned Is now at work in a campaign to
raise. $l,Lri0,O00 In the United Slates to assist Deioveo r ranee to re
cover from her terrible wounds. This sura Is needod in tne vast worn
of reconstruction, such as supplying hospitals, work-rooms, looms and
sewing machines; suplles of live stock, tools, seed, building materials,
Olothing, etc.; loans of money to the farmers and merchants to help
them to their feet; schools of manual training and domestic science;
transportation; rebuilding of homes, schools and churches; food and
care for I lie children.
One of the most affecting problems is that of tne cnnarcn. me
four years of terrible privation have (lone mem mnnue usnu,
The agents of the American committee are at worK especially on
the problems of the Alsne and are doing everything humanly possime
to restore trlS region which has been seared and scarred by war.
This committee asks and ought to receive the neip oi every ausrr
Hv hnti nnl hardened Ills lienrt.
...I. MUO.i J .. .. ... -,.n n
Yon can send n vour colli rllml ions, no mnw "
' aian mr 1- "111.
Joseph R, Swan, treasurer, 140 Broadway, New iora nj.
' . , . . ili.. tun rrf , , t' A rt w V
"A star of the American flag became detached and Is fixed above
Iho Alsne, By its light we live." ,
CONDITIONS AFFECTING ROADS.
Itocelvorshlp nf the "Tan" ratlroail,
It aoema, la not an innliif vl Instance.
It la merely ono of numerous symp
tom which Indicate that perfection linn
not been reached In leslslnflnn provid
ing for the operation of American rail
ways. The roadn of New BnglSIMI are
In a bad way and nppnrcntly are un
able) to earn a profit on their coat,
laolated Instanced over the country ex
hibit slmllnr conditions, There la no
Uniformity. Some innilH are doing well,
WrnlS others are hinxulNhlnK. There la
one road In Tenneanee which haa been
in financial dtffloultlsa alnco It began
operation many years ago.
There Is around for believing, as
some one recently Initiated, that we
have carrlad our Standardisation pro
gram too far. Unless the roads are
actually united lii an operating system
or systems, It Seems Impracticable to
prescribe uniform conditions on all of
them. Itatca of service cl arges which
would bo remunerative In one Instance
Would not prove ao In another. And,
on the other hand, rates of pay to em
ployes which could well be afforded hv
the stronger ruula run not be paid by
the lesa prosperous.
'The obvious deduction seems to be
that differentiations must be allowed If
all roads are to coiitlnuo operations.
Blither this, tha combination of the
Kadj Into aone systems or government
ownership. Which do you prefer? The
operation nf railroads la not an aca
demic proposition It la vital to the
prosperity of the country. It Is better
to adjust conditions an aa to permit a
service, less than the best than to sus
pend operations. The Kach-Cummlns
law Is by no means the ultima '.luilo of
railroad legislation.
regaining Its efficiency. If peaceful
conditions could be more thoroughly
restored and war preparations aban
doned, the Improvement would neces
sarily become morn pronounced. If the
large volume of our foreign trade In to
be maintained, however. It Is Inevita
ble thnt Imports and exports shall more
nearly balance each other. In order to
sell, we must also buy.
Remember the Filipinos
Daily Editorial Digest
Are ther enough law-abiding cltl
gens in New York to overcome the
crooks?
Senator W'udsworth Is aald to have
obtained consent of hla mind tcr a
woman to be appointed to the cabinet.
It la hardly probable that bolshevik
gold wij be rejected In England be
cause it la tallied money.
As a Christmas proverb, the Jackson
ville Tltneu-Union euggcsla that "by
their proteins shall yo know thorn."
Jarige Joel U, Fort suggests the pes.
alMiliy of the legislature's getting along
wilfc fewer engrossing clerks.
De Valera atlll remains in "hiding."
They are probably tniw looking for him
on be othc.r aide.
OSe trouble '.n the way of appointing
Senator Shields or anybody else to the
anprenie bench is that lucre are no
vacancies.
THAT ELUSIVE EARTHQUAKE,
A few days ago, seismographs In this
Country recorded quite a Violent dis
turbance of the earth's surface such ni
usually attends earthquakes and vol
canic upheavals, but up to Ilia present
time, no community In the world has
reported the experience of such a vis
itation. No earthquake has been other
wise beard from, and an far as super
ficial observation goes, the old world i
Is Jogging along about as usual. What
is the explanation? Has thS seismo
graph perpetrated a hoax a false
alarm.' Nut ninny think so, but If not,
where was the earthquake? That Is
what SOlentlStS are trying to tin. I out.
A plausible explanation of tills un
usual phenomenon is that the earth
quake, or whatever convulsion It was,
OOOurrad In a part of the earth's sur
face which Is under the sea. ThS agi
tation of (lie seismographs Indicated
that tho disturbance was a long way
off, and since It has not been located)
the conclusion SSSlnS justified that it
was under the sea. Ilul this makes the
riiest nil the more Interesting, Has a
SOtton i'T till' ocean bed subsided to a
greater depth, or haa nature under,
taken the erection of a mountain chain
in mldooean? There ere Islands in the
sea which are thought to have been
thrown up hv volcnajc upheavals, and
Volumes have been writien abOUl a fa
bled continent of Atlantis Iweli Is sup
posed to have disappeared lu the At
lantic Was the recent manifestation
another effort at reconstruction of the
raith e surface?
It may h. ;p some simply fur congress
to remain on the Job. The people maj
get the Impression thiit it la trying to
do eomvthlng.
The newly-enacted home rule bill for
Ireland, like that of 1914, la to tie kept
In a state o( suspended animation
pending developments.
Responding to the suggestion that the
government poison alcohol In order to
denature It, It Is Insisted that some
body beat the government to it long
ago.
Bometiody arises to remaik that no
Tenneaaee republican has been sum
moned to Marlon. la Mr. Hunting m
by of the hungry clan aa is Uncle Alfred?
An Alabama man met a Memphis
youth In Little Ilock. The boy waa
"broke" and the Alabaman staked the
boy for a ticket and meala to hi home
town. Arriving in Memphis, the young
fellow hunted up an acquaintance and ,
between them held up and robbed hie j gl.3
FOREIGN TRADE SITUATION. .
BxporU from the United ItStSS tor
the month of November dropped off
St,000i9M ss compared with October,
while the decrease of Imports una about
I1J.000, which la it relative gain of
ISO, 000,000 for Imports, The balance of
trade In f:ivor of this country, which
has gradually declined tine year, ly
compared with last, is et targe boas
ever, ami it is now believed it wlllreach
a total nl more than H,W0i0dv,00S for
the current yeai The export total will
not fall fat shori o l,(MM,fM00S
Tha gradual cbeeklttg of the export
gemand is traceable to two or three
separate cauaea, tine of these Is the
slow recuperation ol Europe's ability
to supply lu own needs, while another,
parhariS mote potent, U th.. diving up
ol (oaefcgn credit reaourcee, Thai there
would have bean greatei foreign de
mand for American food products, if
there bad been ability la buy. Is Indi
cated by the fait thai famine rondl
lions ait pievalllng In huge areas of
both Burope and Asia. Still another
: 'nig inllueiice Is seen in unset
tled conditions In Itussla and the (ol -nu
i i i in i it I empires.
It in believed tii.it imports for the
year iii show a gain of something like
"Hi. wbKIl also llldleatea Unit
Kliinllk'Ht In ' 1)1X1 )V Is t less! oslhlbllv
SPAIN AND THE LEAGUE.
One of the lesser results of the as
sembly meeting at Qeneva was the par!
that Spain assumed there; her strong
position in the debates and her ataotlon
to a membership on the league council
hns brought her once moro Into prom
inence as a world power.
For the InRt decade the kingdom of
Alfonso has been regarded an more or
less decadent. Her unfortuiinte war
with thin nation, with Its resultant lop
ping off of her last links of overseas
empire, made her quiescent In the In
ternational realm for years. Tempo
rarily active at the time of the Moroc
can disputes in 000-7, sho again lapsed
thereafter. i
The world war Strengthened Spain
tremendously, however; not drawn In
on either side, despite skillful maneu
VSrlngS of both allies and central
powers, she nold to both as long as able,
and to the allies throughout the war.
Her factories worked overtime, and her
bank balances grew tremendously. At
the close of the war, Spain, Switzer
land and Holland were In commanding
economic positions. The Impetus that
Spain received during the war sho lias
nut lost.
At this assembly meeting there was
scarcely an Important debate In which
Qulnones He Leon, her ambassador to
I'arls, did not take part. Ho wan a
bald worker and forceful speaker; other
gpaallll-Speaklna states combined with
Spain, and there waa quite a debute
over making Spanish one of the offi
cial languages of the league. It was
finally voted down, hut not before many
graceful ti Unites to Spain's present po
sition In tho world had been paid.
It may be that after four centuries of
progressive deoay, Spain is again re
surgent; her economic progress, her
advance In cultural nnd social lines Is
remarkable, it la indeed doubtful if
after Alphonso s death, alio remains a
monarchy, so strong in the republican
spirit in her realm. At any rale, Spain
Will be Worth watching the next twenty
years.
THE PLYMOUTH CELEBRATION.
Three hundred years of American
progress were signalised yesierday by
the OOremOnleS formally observing the
tercentenary of the landing of the PH.
grlins at Plymouth, Dec. II, 1820, As
anticipating this culmination or the
celebration of the event, exercises had
already been previously held at Plym
outh. England, and Leytlen, Holland,
which plan's were points In the pil
gi Imago to the final permanent settle
ment In Massachusetts.
No original element in America's cos
mopolitan population hag left a more
lusting Impress upon the times and
oountry than have those whose Aral
settlement was commemorated yester
day. They came to a wilderness in or
der that .hey might be free to worship
fjod according to their own light, and
they made it rejoice ami blossom as
the rose. Tbry laid broad and deep
the foundation upon Which the stalwart
American character has been bullded,
While there has been a mellowing ot
the ruggednesK Ol the Hails of the New
Btlgland fathers In Its diffusion among
the masses, Us characteristics ftava
been by no m
When President Wilson, In bin mes
sage to congress, recommended Philip
pine Independence he opened discussion
of a question, which, while admittedly
not u pressing one, liaa aroused auf
llclent interest to line-up tho press ol
the country pretty delliiltcly lor and
against the propoal. opposition is
pr ted chiefly by doubt u to tne
Filipino's oapaclty for self-government,
ami tho questionable wisdom of creat
ing mi additional "hiiiuII nation' to
mid to the present world chaos. More
positive disapproval, however, comes
from a number of papers which see. In
siieli u step a dollnitu danger in rclti-
ii,.., i,, i i 1 1 . .Inoaiiesu urobilin, 'inose
who support the Idea, democratic pa
pers in the main, tin ho largely because
it Is u mutter of "keeping fuith, ' and
because, in their opinion, the policy Ol
holding the islands has never bud pop
ular approval either from tha stand
point of principle or of expense.
Agreeing Willi the Newark (N. J.)
News 1 1 ml. ) thst "there in no Indica
tion Hint the incoming admlnlatratlon
even faintly considers severing the tie
thai binds the Islands to us," the New
York Bvenlng Pot (Hid.) (eels, never
theless that it wan the president a
"right and hl duty to remind his suc
cessor that the problem exists." And
the Cleveland News (Rep.), while it
believes t tint the "American puoplo in
general, having forgotten I'hlllpplno In
dependence mi, ill thus reminded of It,
no longer cure it hung about It one way
or the other," still holds that the sug
gestion should not be. rejected by the
next administration "simply because
11 conies from Mr. Wilson."
Sooner or later, the U6 Moines I!' Uls
ter dud. Hep.) warns, "we havo got to
define our purpose." if the Islands arc
to l.e held "the United States must have
a muoh stronger bund" than it now bus,
iiml moves low. i id thnt end will be con-
Mtrutd by the Filipinos "as meaning that
our possessUm la to be made perma
nent!' with tho result that unrest will
Increass with uncertainty. Hut most
pupils advise agalnsi "premature
I'hlllpitino independence" until, us the
South llend I hid.) Tribune (hid. ltep.)
expresses It. thin country Is certain that
the Filipinos "are able to stuntl upon
their own feet and play tho game.'
America is ready whenever the people of
the islands are, the Buffalo News (Hep.)
asserts, "the question is whether that
time lias arrived."
This however, is not a question in
the opinion of the Indianapolis Star
(Ind, Hep I. which says:
"Tho Islanders are milking progress In
the right direction, but H Is Idle to con
tend thai the results obtained In Manila
mid a few of the more advanced oom
mutinies should be accepted aa a meas
ure, of the present status of the Fili
pinos, 'He owe It to them to remain In
t hai lie mil II I hey have had the advan
tages of education nnd are assured of
something more than continued exist
ence jis wild tribes'."
American protection should continue,
the Set, til.. Post-Intelligencer (Ind. Rep.)
maintains, "until such tinm as the
Philippines are ready to take up the
risk, i nd responsibilities of give-and-take
buttle With the real of the world."
And, the Arlaona Republican t Phoenix,
ind. Piog. i adds, "the Filipinos cannot
ei he quite sure that tney are ready
Dr.'Pickard Replies.
Hit View of Recent Editorial In The
News.
BdltOT The News:
By your courtesy, some thought! on
your recent editorial on "What Is a
Christian uabbath?"
You were Vreseul when litis1 writer
nreaehed on " I be
to accept these risks," particularly since
"Hie world bus not yet recovered from
the World war. The lust of blood and
conquest has not yet entirely cooled,
und political temptations are danger
ously strong."
This world condition is advanced by
thu New york Tribune (Hey.) as the
very reason for not granting Indepeud
enco to tho Philippines now, and setting
them ' loose to drift about In a chaotic
world. ' since:
"The Islands, safo and exceptionally
prosperous under tho shelter of the
Hag, ami enjoying the satisfaction of
autonomy, ure about the only stabilized
area In the far east. To deprive them
of protection would bo to subject them
to grave risks ol aggression.'
This aggression, niuny papers point
out, would undoubtedly come but too
readily "from the north" where, the
Tiicoina (Wash.) News Tribune (Ind.)
asserts, "Japan looks on with greedy
eyes. independent of America, will
the Philippines, the Knoxville Journal
and Tribune (Hep.) asks, "be independ
ent of Japan?" since that country, the
Nashville Uunner (hid.) adds, "regards
them as her natural prey und will likely
annex them." In such a development
the Steubeiivlllc (O.) Herald-Star
(Ind. Hep.) suggests that "their
culled freedom might bo worse" thun
their present state.
This argument, however, is not strong
enough to convince the SpringtlelU (O.)
News (IJeni.) that freedom should not
he granted, since "even after ve grant
them full and complete independence we
will keep a benHclent and unselfish eye
on their future to see tnat none seek
to despoil them nor take from them
their well-earned liberty. The fllem
phis Nows Scimitar (Ind.) agrees that
this liberty is Indeed "well earnea, be
cause:
' That country has succeeded in main
taining safo government and has ful
filled the condition set by congress as a
consideration of granting independence.
It is our duty to keen fuith with the Is
lands by granting thom the Independ
ence Which they covet.
hi tlie opinion of the Grand Island
(Neb.) iiuiepcniient tinu.) -mere is
nothing tine to do unless the country
wauls to Bliimn Itself not only as com
pletcly repudiating Itn promise to these
peoplo . . . but alno of having been
Insincere and false when it demanded
for all peoples, as one of Its war alms
the right of 'self-determination of na
tions. The acquisition ot the is
lands," says the New Orleans States
(l)em.), "was never popular, and time
has not developed any fixed sentiment
In favor of holding them; moreover
(he proponed emancipation is appropri
ate at ii time vvbt n so many Americans
are venturing to tell lOngland what to
do with Ireland. Tho Honda Times
Union (Pom.) takes an extreme view
of our whole record in tho Philippines
calliim It the rtrst "biot" on our history
"The Filipinos wero our allies," It
says. "We used thom as such nntl then
enslaved them. Before tho beginning
of our war with Spain the Filipinos were
Htiuggllng for Independence and It is
probable that they would have won It
If We had not Interfered directly in their
affairs . , . The conduct or ttie
United States was disgraceful, and the
disgrace must ntniul until we allow our
reptiitance he making restitution.
event celebr
lenge of fai
courage, tin
and the tin
at all timet
The count t
Itnpct taut
an
means eliminated. The
d f iterday v as a ohal
it was typical of the
Independent self. reliance
Iduallty everywhere and
exhibited by Americana,
nes well to remember so
event,
if the union ot north and south China
which Is repelled as hitting been ac.
oompltshed, is real and genuine, new
and Important Chapters ol fur east bis.
lory may be tt tiller in the i.e. it futuie.
It would add Nl the Joy of the t'lillat
tliss season It Hie World could be pel
mined to foigit about P'Annunalo,
While the alleged squandering of
money In the building of our Heel ol
merchant ships was in progress, u is
osnfertlng to know that thoee vessels
were not Mia, Their magatftoem aafh
uiga ghe evidence that they supplied
a vet v liressinir w ant
Sabbath Queatlon,
hence your personal allusion was prob-
abl) io me. it waa kind and appre
ciated. Bui noii say that yon were
"not convinced" I hud hoped that
mui did nol need to be oonvlnaed. But
since you did, It Is by me regretted
that you were not convinced. Of
course, your editorial did not quite
convince me thai my position is wrong.
Vou and i are friends ami christian
brothers and can debute this question
in tu most fraternal spun u goes
without argument that we both wish
Unit to obtain which is new for our
clvlllsai ion
VOU say that "Uhrlst was denounced
by the rulers of the synagogue as a
vlolatoi of the Habbatb law.
td he plead gullt" Never. Why?
neoauae the accusation was false He
everywhere obeyed the law, fulfilling
It to every "Jot and little." He
cleanaed the temple, saying; "h In
written my house shall be called a,
house of prayer and ye have made it
a den of thieves." Was He nol trying
to n steie the lemple to the position
assigned to It by the law of Qod?
When He was "denounced" lor heal
Ing on the Sabbath what did He say?
Tilts. "e Circumcise on the Sal, bath
tun the lue. may be initiiie.i why
era o sngrj with me because l have
lllilile a 111:111 avers won uoie on tiiw
KabhathT" Hid He condemn them for
keeping the law? Not at all Rven
then and from the beginning "the Bab
hath was made for man." Again Ha
said: "I am not come to destroy the
law or the prophet, but to tuiiiii Ver
ily 1 say unto vou tdl heaven and
earth pass, one Jot nf one tittle shall
in nowise pass from tin law till all be
fulfilled." Thai He even failed to keep
the law is nowhere blntetl in the Scrip
tures except by His enemies who
falsi lv aocuaed Him
It was net the law thai He violated,
but the lili-et iptnr il bum. in traditions
thai had grown up around ttie hiw Hi
mercilessly crltlcleed ins traducera tor
seiu loi woe irsuiiiviia 01 "mi to Mra
neglect of the law ol Qod's Word if
He whs divine, a s He claimed to bOt
it is unthinkable that ti, violated any
of the laws nf Hod He lore away the
masks of human traditions thai the
law ot Qod might stand forth again
in its eanctlt) and beauty,
Vou sav "His mlaalou was largely
devoted to substituting u re)ipkin ot
the spirit i a i hi i than of form kn l the
letter."
ThlS needs to be anatvxed Was not
the line relbjtoll "1 Qad always spir
itual? fan we leullv giasp nn thing
siilrlttinl and make It worth while
without somo form of expression? Does
not patriotism have some forms of
expression? Doel not love give?
Did not the ancient sacrifice ex
press penitence In form? Wan not
Uuivurv it spiritual expression on
the Dati of Christ? Are not bap
tism and the holy supper forms In
Which to express great spiritual
truths? Are not the hospitals, or
phans' homes and orphan asylums
forms of the most practical expression
Of the Christ-like spirit? There in a
tremendous difference between n "mere
form." one that Is hollow and mean
ingless, and a form appointed of Qod
which throbs with the very spirit of
Christ.
Among the many wonderful things
thnt have grown up In the world out of
Christ's life and teachings, one is the
Christmas Sabbath or Lord's day. This
Is of Christianity or it is not. It has
been .i blessing, or it has not. is it
worth fill? Or worthless? Should it he
preserved? Or abolished from the
world?
You nay: "The Christian church
(if the present day runs the risk of be
coming absorbed In Its Insistence on
some forum of observance of the Sab
bath rather than in broader funda
mentals of faith."
Then you illustrate what you sat' by
paying a tribute to the Puritans, and
PUgriri fathers, and then criticising
them. They had their virtues and
their short -coinings But they did build
bore a groat civilisation, Hut I am
not dlSCUSSlng the Puritan Sabbath.
Many people write and talk as though
the Sabbath was invented hv (he Puri
tans.
U the Christian church and churches
of today are trying to perpetuate a
really vital Christian Institution, the
Christian Sabbath, with lis rest, and
worship, and glorious spiritual power
and hallowed and hallowing Influences
are Us people lo be condemned because
the Puritans one. did some things thst
were crass and unscrlptural and
smacked of (he Spanish Inquisition in
legalised statutes" Must Christ's good
teachings or example, and his ex
quisitely beautiful Sabbath go because
Puritanism made Itself odious by noii
Chrlstlnn severity"
We are nol pi, ailing for a line of
legislation on the subject of a church.
Its doctrines. or forms of worship
Whether s man shall worship (Sod. or
an Ideal, or not anything at all. Is
wholly between him and his tiod. or
If be denies the existence of (Tod It is
Wholly bis business, not the states
hut the groat statesmen and scholars
and patriots of the world have studied
the philosophies of the world from
Thalee to Knot, sn.i the governments
of the world, living or dead, and they
E ie'iue,t fliitll rverv sotiree what
1 ibev thought was the best to put Inlo
our civilisation In eider to make It the
best the WOrM ever saw The fathers
who built this government btult a sys
tem of lwa here that borrowed from
the prosaic law of Ood, the Old Roman
law, the ancient Oreclan democracy
und the Hngllsh common law, and the
Christian Hubabth from Christ u duy
get apart from secular commercialism,
and so net It apart that all men might
havo thrown about them these moral
and religious influences which human
wisdom has, or could, will make the
best type of manhood the world has
yet set ii. I am speaking of the Amer
ican rest day.
lias tho time come to cancel out our
Christian Sabbath? History Is full of
example of dead nations whoso death
began with general (lodleasness. And
tho attack always began on the institu
tion of the Sabbath.
Wa concede that this age has be
come so complex tl .it somo things am
necessities that wore not in dayn of
simpler life. It Is not against these
that we plead.
A Sabbath turned Into a day of com
mercialism and sport ban never built
a nation, nor enn It ever a so. Ann
it baa figured largely In the destruction
of many nations.
I grant you that the picture shows
may become eiliieat tonal, nut the sun-
bath in not the day for them. Our
universities and colleges are educa
tional, the best educational forces ever
known, and have been for a thousand
years.
But, the civilisations or ino worm
have been wise enough so far not to
run them on the Subhiith. our great
machine shops are wonderfully educa
tional, but they have been ruu on Sun
days only in times of dire necessity,
except when some Shylock has put it
over.
The mulllmilllon dollar film com
pany and the commercialized baseball
elnlis are not operating on Sunday as
philanthropic saints. They are playing
for money, und are ready to furnish
vast sums of money to break down all
Sabbath sentiment. If the Sabbath were
a financial loss to them, tho movies
would not move and tho baseball play
ers would not play. The whole thing
la full of Insidious moral doping power.
Tho movies spend millions for Sunday
ads, and many of the great cosmopoli
tan papers are their advocates. These
are but the beginning. The hull ffght
and circus and the gladiatorial combat
will follow. Do wo want the civiliza
tion of Spain. South America and' Mex
ico? Or even that of Germany, or
France? For one, I do not. And yet.
even after spending billions of dollars
and countless human lives to stay the
engulfing tides of Oodless Kurope, -we
are headed on the same road that cre
ated Germany the monster that she
was.
And Mr. Nash "with hie Golden Rule"
Is mentioned lii your aide editorial as
a lesson to the preachers. I plead not
guilty. I and all the preachers I have
known have been preaching that all
our lives, and business men simply
shrugged their shoulders and said: "Im
practical." Sheldon wrote It in "In His
Steps," and all the preachers of the
world said amen, and godless greed
laughed It to scorn because it put too
much of the profits in the wage-earner's
hands and too little In the capitalist's.
Not guilty, Brother Kdltor. Nash is
on the right road, and Christ, the au
thor of the Golden Hole, is blessing
him. Hut if Mr. Nash goes to running
his business on Sunday he will forfeit
his claim.
I am broad In my sympathies, and
have nn little criticism of man as any
man living, but I daresay here that it
the civilization of America shall let its
Sabbath of rest and worship be turned
Into the hands of the commercialized
entertaining and sporting elements of
our people, our moral doom will be
written. I am not after our Hebrew
brethren, God bless them, nor the Ad
vcntlsts. God bless thom. hut standing
as a father would plead with his son
not to throw himself over Niagara io
trv hi.n strength,
rtrother Kdltor. vast wealth', great
learning, arreat armies and great navies
cannot save us and make us great as
a nation. Germany had all that. God
has promised to honor and protect and
bless those who reverence Him and
keep His holy laws and precepts. If
we shall be a nation irom wnose equ
ina, cottages and palaces there shall
go up prayers to Ood. and wHose peo
ple shall reverence God's holy day, Ho
will keep us as a people nu iiesua
comes, ir we snail turn irom mm, ii"
will let us reap us we shall sow. And
reap we shall.
"What Is a Christian Sabbath?'
There Is one thing about It about which
there is no debate: "Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy."
With groat respect,
W. L. riCKARD.
-.-wHIrTOWrWtCTUTO
Keep It Free From Hate.
(New York Tribune.)
Sir Those of us who are fortunate
enough to have lived in two genera
tions naturally long for a return to
the old-time Sunday peace, tne sun-
days of the "long a:;o," when tho
workaday noises were hushed and wo
reverently, und with giati anticipation,
wended our way through shaded lanes
and minllt Ileitis on to the little "Brown
Church" on tho hill, hand clasped in
hand of a dear parent who taught us
to think Intimately of God as our lov
ing, heavenly Father, from Whom all
blessings flowed, 'each neighbor the
other In good preferring."
Alas! never having tasted or tno
peace of an old-time Sabbath, tho chll
dron of thin generation have no taste
for it. In this electrical age the mov
ies. motoring and violent games of
sport are needed to satisfy their ab
normal appetites (or, as 1 annum say.
a craving for strong vibrations). I
doubt if it Is within the power of min
isters to change thin state of affairs.
It is in the home that children should
be laugiK to respect ami onservo tni
Lord's day. Surely. Parents can set
aside a half hour 'n the morning for
spiritual instruction. It is true Hint
"people He lu lied loo long of a Sun
day morning. This bad habit necessi
tates hurrying tne preparation tor
church, for tlmner (If eaten at mid
day), for the afternoon recreation; thus
evening finds them worn and Irritable
instead of happy and refreshed, both
in mind and body, us they should be
after a sweet day o rest spent rightly.
Too many peoplo, including minis
ters, have a mistaken Idea that to keep
the Sabbath holy is to keep it lailly;
when in reality to keep it holy is to
keep It free from hate, anger, greed
and gluttony. And not only should we
keep the seventh day free from nil
these dreadful things, but the preced
ing six days also.
The ministers are but wasting time
nnd energy by trying to compel folks
to altentl church. )oes nyt the (lood
Hook say that "except (he Lord draw
him, those who labor, labor In vain?"
BECKY TA1IOR.
Yonkers. N. Y.
Defends Volunteers.
Editor The News:
Being locnted In business only two
blocks from the Volunteers of America
on Main street. 1 feel It nit duty to say
few words ill behalf of Cunt. l.a
Ttowe.
Being nn well acquainted with condi
tions among the poorer classes In our
ity at this time when the textile nulls
and other Industries aro closed down.
am aware of the fact that there are
great number of needy uses, and
there in plenty of room for every or-
ganltallon to do charitable work.
If Or. McCallle. Sunt. Hudson or the
staff captain of the Salvation Army or
any one else will come to niv place at
Bill Kust Mum street at any time. 1 will
gladly direct them through Hell's Half
Acre and prove to thom what t'.tpt l.a
Howe Is doing 1 also beg them to visit
apt. LaRowe's Bunday school any
Sunday afternoon and see what as be
ing done for the poor children of this
section of the city.
1 further ask them to call on Mr. J.
R. Carroll, the Main street grocer, and
ask him In regard to the amount of
food that Capt. I.itllowe Is ordering
sent to the poor from his place ol
business.
I beg of fhe commission that Is to be
appointed not to drive from our city
a man that Is doing a work thai Is no
badly needed at this time, and ask this
body to make an investigation before
refusing ('apt, LaRowe a permit to col
lect funds. CPS 11 KhillT.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
MURIEL CIGARS
Your husband would
box or Muriel elgnr
gift. They sails!'.
Charcv -St ott Cigar
(Adv.)
ppreciate a
for bis Christmas
At all dealers.
Co , distributors.
Hat Used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
for Fifteen Yeari.
"We have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy In our family dining the pas',
fifteen yeats I have taken Is invst 'f and
have given It lo the children lor coughs
and colds, and have found It to be a
quick cure for Ihese complaints. ' writes
Mr. William C Trofnt, l'ana. 111.
(Adv.)
ease
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