The united American : a magazine of good citizenchip., March 01, 1925, Page 4, Image 4

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MARCH, 1925
THE UNITED AMERICAN
in a large measure cured of these ancient traits of the
cave-dwellers.
The overthrow of existing governments has given
no relief. Elements as base and as faithless as those
that were overthrown have frequently' become the
successors and the looked for improvements have
been turned into disappointments in most places.
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The restoration of faith and confidence, respect
and good will, in the international relations among the
world nations, offer the only possible relief.
From this new angle of a new begining the world
might create a new spiritual morale with every poten­
tiality for curing the moral decadence that is abroad
in the world, a menace to civilized society.
The first step in the right direction is to stop the
war-lords from speaking for the nations in any and
all matters of domestic and international dispute.
Seasoned and sober minds are needed on the job
to instill and inspire confidence and create a spirit
of mutuality, and absolute and clean-cut justice.
Whether this can be achieved in the present gener­
ation or must be looked for in the unspoiled Youth,
‘which eventually will have to deal with the problem,
if still unsolved, is a subject widely discussed.
In the last summer’s issue of “Youth,” Moya Jewitt
writes :
....Since the war there has come forward a new David:
the Youth of ithe world1, and they are pitting their courage
and idealism against the efficiency and experience of the war
Goliath.... Before these many and various Youth Movements
there is the vision of a world at Peace.... what are thé
methods by which they hope to attain this idea? What are
they actually doing?.... They are arranging Peace Talks,
Peace Conferences, Demonstrations, Visits, etc.,., but so
far Goliath does not even know that he is challenged, let alone
menaced in any way.... If David is going to slay Goliath,
he must change his ways. He must face the race problem,
the economic problem and the terrible ignorance of the peoples:
and he must be as efficient as the War Office, as closely
organized as an army, and as unsparing in his education and
propaganda in the Press. Love and Brotherhood are true
ideals, but one must combat knowledge with better knowledge,
and efficiency with better efficiency.
A direct argument against accepting the principle
that the victor should make the law is set forth in
an appeal for justice by the venerable peace champion
Louis Guetant. Commenting on the Congress of Lyons
he writes:
Peace without justice and without liberty means slavery
and death. The Peace Treaties.... must inevitably call forth
revolt among the vanquished, but also among the victors, for
it is just as humiliating to pretend to impose' on us profitable
injustices as is to make us suffer under them.... Therefore
we say that there can be no peace and no real economic and
moral recovery as long as treaties based on violence such
as the one of Versailles have not been revised by a delegation
of the peoples, all accepting the principle that victory does
not make law.
Another sign of interest for peace and a better
social order among the younger people of the
world is seen in the Youth Associations of the
“Black-Red-Gold National Banner” in Germany
which are collecting young people of republican
tendencies as a counter organization to the Radicals
of the Right. In Leipzig alone this new organization
has over one thousand members which will oppose the
¡movement of the Left to exploit the Youth of Germany
of today for militarizing purposes.
The Youth of England is taking similar action
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