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m ?W% : <£•* ?i WWO * - ïi C'V : i;3H !" •■ ' TO' rk#l' 'mi ■ , ■ •«•>*': V i v< 4 fl&fls A ■ ■ ' ,". & '.v P ■v K5* S|lgJ Ul ü X i! js I jltl •' H ,;• ,f>-' - • '■• • «*K. ' ■ ru#«« • Mtt T*#**f#*". \y 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 Annexes and Domestic T W ,? ■ - 4 Come from Eating Weat" ° ..à. NÏ l 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 nw 18 DOt ft tOWIl here TVitDOOt hutcher 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 haii^aiiv hua » maat Him* In Ui^ ml terite Id oaeea dSmeltic teha^ 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 r0 " tt •* d,nn * r - . . .. 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 ^ ^ _ 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 • l '"'" at * d by tba 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 Eaten. / B mm. Û m I Ü > .ï r x * i m ;• y ' f ft: ^ % >v.- . •>/ #:• M , y ■ y ■■ M y m ■■ ", * m i X. , : ; : m *■ Bn ÿ ■ » -vi. "■ y • ' ■ : y ■ Bernard Shaw, the Brilliant Writer and Philosopher, Who Is Leader of Vegetarianism in England. y ■_ A*î^î », m IS., •* N <• m y. y/j ÿmM > Ä R ;X m y ,X~-' t - ' t. U y*. X" ■fr % '' K < i ï : I TU i. % x : - il_ V 3 m ■ •■■.x A • ï wsma - .*X ^ ■ 7: Ûÿÿ < m ■y . -:*> ' r-i even so these animals are rapacious and savage. rr..,- v„,. ho _ „ . ___ , „ b tchery ot helpless animals for *" e dinner table Is brutal and revolting, and must have a psychologic effect upon the people who are responsible fo» it. You """Ot b « "uel without that cruelty re Optlnff imnn wnn T Viovrcv »inf ...» . Sixteen vea?s meat , y \ T , . wäJ ^ in IteTv 7 Ind w!f through an r *n nf« 11 * 1 hZftf*irt 2 < ÜÜ In* y near rlk« Mt » rf ™ ® ^^v, M ^H* ° re T' t . Na, il lre on *I orl „ u i d , ," U , h K ; /[he sky was 1° then b ® uty about me ' a "" *" en ' suddenly, I came upon a fl"' «»*5^°«®!* J' Waa , ab0Ut S, "L * y ® " I ,v e l B ~V" ut,f J ,1 lfc creatures - J b * l ,K° k °? em ?* ay 'JS?, tbe cr J R * 01 «>« ^'E® rt mv hè.rt bb ® d ®* ber younB Thn>0 y . . lnat ? «' YV ohUdren ZSVÂÏÎ n« "IS fa 'î ?. bi I d „ " I«,hiÎL a ? d k li ng J**®",* {LrShSt thù Th ,® n 1 , rea , 1 ' i 860 that this ftssassinatiozi of animals WM common and widespread, that it WA8 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 Copyright, me, by the Star Company. or 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 Itself. The sullen 111 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. Great Britain Rights Reserved. _ ^ J Lady Constant» Richardson, a i V 'mi ik * ■ •A M Hi 1 r -0 Notable Vegetarian, Posing for Prince Troubetikoy for 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 ? 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.