Evening capital news., March 05, 1916, Image 19

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War, Divorce,
Murdericandal
Prince Troubetzkoy, the
Distinguished Russian
Nobleman and Sculptor,
Preaches a Remarkable
Sermon on Vegetarianism
and Explains His Belief
That Battle Fields and
Prisons are Butcher Shop
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By Prince Paul Trou betzkoy
Distinguished Russian Nobleman and
Sculptor.
(In an Intorvlow.)
T B frightful war now devastotine
Europa ia nature's retributU^
against mankind for the alaring oP>
anima.« for food during thousands of
years. The man who murders an animal
ruthlessly to glut hie appetite will not
hesitate, In the heat of passion, to mur
der a fellow man.
Nations of meat-eating people are
prone at any time to rush into war upon
other nations.
» Butcher houses for hundreds of years
have reeked with the blood of slain ani
mals in every city and hamlet In Europe.
And to-day Europe is a shambles.
Once men sacrificed animals to their
gods, and these gods were bloody gods.
They were always on the side of their
Sacrificing worshippers In wars. When
men gave up bloody sacrifices, they con
tinued to wage a war upon innocent
animal creation—but to satisfy their ap
petites alone. To-day, stirred by a differ
ent phase of the same appetite, they are
assassinating one another by the thou
sands along the battle front in Europe.
The great war did not come about in
a day, nor is it a purely fortuitous thing.
Back of it are fundamental causes. One
Is the greed—the appetite—of nations
for territory, ports, colonies and greater
facilities for the development of com
merce. To attain this end they have not
hesitated to try to annihilate one another.
But an even deeper cause of the war
exists in the savagery of man's nature—
a savagery fed and aggravated by animal
food during centuries. Beasts that feed
upon other animals are called beasts of
prey. Men who feed upon animals are no
less men of prey. The man who eats
meat is more dangerous than the tiger.
A nation of meat eaters is more ferocious
and menacing than all the wild creatures
Of the African jungles.
Had the people of Europe subsisted on
a vegetable diet for a thousand year*—
perhaps for a hundred year
think the present war would have been
possible.
People to-day are discussing the pro-,
vention of future wars after this one is
over. Pacifists are holding meetings, and
various enthusiasts have started fan
tastic crusades. These crusades are as
ineffectual as was the children's crusade.
To-day the armies of Europe are still fed
on meat, and are becoming more bar
barous and desperate than ever. The
fighting nations to-day are still living on
the meat of animals, and their determina
tion to fight to the bitter end and the
hatred of their foes is growing stronger
and stronger. Neutral nations are dis
cussing peace and the development of
such international relations as shall make
war impossible—but they are still sup
porting gigantic butcher houses.
The United States is supporting the
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bouses. The United Stetes will never
be free of the menace of war so long as
animals are assassinated in order that
tables may have steaks and roasts for
food. Peace will never be assured* in the
world so long as men are meat-eaters.
Nor will crime ever be effaced so long
as men indulge in this hideous and evil
ennetite
Animal food has done more harm to
mankind than any other thing-than any
vice. Animal food is more harmful than
alcohol. Animal food Is as baleful as
drugs. It is a poison, and should be
classed among poisons. Physically and
mentally animal flesh causes degenera
tion. It is the cause of most crime.
We read almost dally in the newspapers
•f murders. Most murders, I believe, are
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tns majority of oases domestic inhar
mony. quarrels and estrangements be
between man and their wives are attribut
able to the dally serving of steaks and
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We have prisons crowded with men
convicted of crime. If people adopted a
vegetable diet, prisons would eventually
be done away with. All crimes are the
a °, U .°i pa " 10 "' »nd human Passion
lerttaiuUteil an.l aroused by animal food,
WhyT Animal meat, taken into the
body, poisons the system. It fills the
blood with a toxin as potent as any
poison. Moreover, It Is not easily elimi
nated. If you drink wine overmuch in
the evening, generally the alcohol is ellm
lnated by the following morning. In the
beat of excitement caused by alcohol men
I do not
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are driven to rash acte. But the effect of
alcohol to brief. On the other hand, the
intoxication of animal meat is constant
and chronic because of continued con
sumption. The poison of the steak con
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time you wake In tne morning. It con
« nues to ferment in the blood and is al
ways renewed. It arouses all the primal
savagery In a man's nature and makes
him choleric, excitable, violent, ruthless,
cruel and brutal.
Man, by nature, is not made to eat
animal food. Ha is, in the construction of
bis body, a herbivorous creature. Car
nlvorous animals which live on prey are
built entirely different. Their bodies are
so constructed that they can rid them
selves easily of the waste matter. But
Disharmonies Are Direct
Results of Steaks and Roasts.
The Virât and Second Steps on the Wav to
Scandal, Divorce and Crime—According
to Prinoe Troubetzkoy. The Slaugh
tered Animal Served Up At Restau
rant and Home, Takes It Revenge
in Its
by Creating Brutality
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and must have a psychologic effect upon
the people who are responsible fo» it. You
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d0 5 e t0 ,eed me "' 8 "PP®««» fbr meat—
and my appetite for meat.
- Tm WO rse than that butcher," I told
for the demandB of peo ple such
Bi myself made this crime against animal
creation possible. I am an honest man.
i would not steal a gentleman's watch,
Yet if. not wanting to do the deed myself
i g ent another out to steal for me, i
knew I should be Just as guilty. I could
not have killed those animals myself.
still, I realized that I, with others em
ployed butchers to do for us this cruel,
offensive deed. 1 shared in that butcher's
guilt-in his hearUesVness. uik of pity
and love for the beautiful creatures of
the world.
Could I fall, sharing In this guilt to
become cruel myself * '
No, I realized that In killing helpless
animals men develop the verv ferocitv
and animality that break out In sortei
crimes.
Had men been Incapable, beoauee of
tenderneas of heart and love for all liv
•"» tb,n M- «"■ permitting the exiatenee of
butcher houaee the atrocities of baIeIuhi
and elsewhere would not have b««"^
sible. ***
We know that animals that live
prey are ferocious. I made an Interesting
experiment upon such animals On ml
estate in Russia I have a number ot neto
including three wolves, two bears four
teen dogs and one sheep. When I was
modelling my figure of Alexander III
many people came to my estate Thar
were amazed when they saw the wolf
Playing with a calf, bears playing with
wolves and dogs, and the half dozen chil
dren of my coachman and valet playing
with all the animals.
How were they made so gentle? I ex
plained that their lack of ferocity was
due to the fact that I never gave them
meat to eat. They ate oatmeal mixed
with oil. This diet took away all their
native savagery.
Give meat to a wolf and the wolf will
become ferocious. Give meat to a man,
and that man will become savage. Feed
bears upon cereals, and they will harm
no one. Let men eat vegetables, and
they will be likewise gentle among them
selves.
But men eat meat and do not look
ferocious, people say. No, because we
have been trained to suppress and con
ceal our feelings. Civilization enables us
to disguise our Inner nature. In an ideal
civilization we should not need laws.
But mankind is so ferocious, so savage In
its deeper nature that rigid laws had to
be made.
Without laws, meat-eating nations
would be as ruthless, as wild, as savage
as cannibals. No matter how urbane he
may be, how suave, how courteous, the
man who eats meat is a savage at heart.
He is more dangerous than the tiger. I
would rather trust myself to a wolf or
tiger than a polished meat-eating gentle
man In a moment of rage or passion.
Many people regard the animal creation
as something made for man's use and
pleasure. Yet animals are actually su
perior to men in the way they live; Some
times I am Invited to lecture In America,
and the lady who acts as chairman oomes
Invariably to me and says, "Pardon me
Prince Troubetzkoy. but how shall I in
troduce you—as Your Excellence,
Your Highness, dr as Prince?"
"Introduce me as 'That animal that can
talk, Troubetzkoy,'.* I reply. She is
startled. But I am sincere. My title is
a mau-glven thing. I am prouder of being
part of the animal creation and one with
the noble animals of nature than of being
a prince. I would prefer to be called an
animal rather than a prince, for that Is
an honor.
Why do I say we must go to the animal
to learn how to live? Is the social life ot
animals superior to that of our civilisa
tion? In many respects, yes.
What has our civilisation given us?
Ltte Is complex. We benefit by scientific
discoveries; we have the telephone and
electric light. But we Have, poverty and
all the ills of poverty. There I» no pov
erty among the animal creation. The.
life of animals—lived after nature—to so
adjusted that all their want« are filled.
One animal does not have a superabund
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ance of food, while
hundreds of others
starve.
Among the Institu
tions of civilisation
are prisons. Is this
not a commentary on
man's civilisation?
Animals do not have
prisons. They do not
commit crime. Soci
ally and spiritually
would we not bet
ter if we tried to live
as justly as the ani
mals live?
The problems of
society are to-day
widely discussed. Peo
ple have become so
cially conscious. Our
efforts to remedy the
ills of poverty are de
sirable and praise
worthy. It Is neces
sary to !try to eup
press crime. I repeat
that the .first thing
to do In trying to
prevent crime Is fto
stop the use of ani
mal flesh as food. If
men adopted vege
table food alone mur
ders would become
less frequent, crime
would diminish. Do
mestic life would be
come more equable,
happier and peace
The divorce
problem would solve
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temper of many hus
ful.
many
bands and the petulant waspish cavilling
of many wives is due to a meat diet.
Quarrels and crime arise from anger.
Anger Is a passion stlmulanted by eat
ing meat- A man who lives on vege
tables and cereals is not likely to lose
his head, to beat his wife or commit
murder.
The people of the United States are
periodically carried away by reform
waves. Sometimes It Is against municipal
corruption, or drugs, or Impure food.
Among these movements is the crusade
against alcohol. Now the evils of alcohol
figure prominently. States are going
dry. If people wish to stop the sale of
alcoholic liquors, it Is, of course, their
right to do so. But why not an even
more urgent campaign against animai
food? Animal food Is more harmful than
alcohol. It causes more crime than al
cohol. A drunken man Is not as great a
menace to society as a meat-eating man.
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His Famous Dancing Statue of Her.
Anti-meat campaigns would be more
desirable and beneficial than antl-aleohol
campaigns. It would be the best thing
that could happen If States passed laws
prohibiting the eating of meat.
What should men eat, you ask, If meat
is denied? After giving up animal food
I found I felt in better health than ever.
I partake of vegetables, bread, cereals,
salads, nuts and cheese. I never feel
better than after a lunch of bread, salad,
nuts and a little wine. The human sys
tem does not require a great quantity ot
food; the less you eat the better you are.
People are prone to overeat.
The countries at war should cease
slaying animals. Nations at peace de
slrous of keeping out of war, should set
the example. Men who, like Mr. Ford,
hope for results from peace congresses
and missions, could more effectively
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work toward the desired end by institute
lng an educational anti-meat eating prop
aganda. Stop the killing of animals for
food and much will be done toward the
ending of wars.
A vegetable-eating nation would not
readily succumb to such a wave of mad
ness, hatred and boiling passion as has
obsessed the states of Europe. Peace
among men and brotherly love will pre
vail only when men develop a love for
all living things, when they draw no line
between the animal that walks on two
feet and the one that walks on four.
When men respect animals they will
respect one another. Only when they
recognize the relationship and divine na
ture of all created things will they cessa
to wrong one another. Men will eeaee
to kill one another only when the kill
ing of helpless animals Is Impossible with
them.