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The Herald D. L 5TITT, Editor. Enteral u Meond-laM trutmr September 8. 19, j at the put office t Mun mouth. Urecun. under the act of March . JxT, ISXt'KD EVERY FRIDAY Subscription Rates One year - . $1.50 Six month . 75 cts Three months . 50 eta Monmouth, Oregon. FRIDAY, AUG. 20, 1915. UNIVERSAL PEACE War is but a word of three letters, yet, perhaps, no one has peace." So long as oppression fo"1czi01z5 is rite there can be no peace to the parties upon whom it is practiced. Americans believe that they have the best government under the sun and we all feel justly proud of it and its achievements but come to think of it, what is it founded upon? Is it a king dom of love? Xo. That is the kingdom of heaven. Is it founded upon hate? We would dislike very much to admit such ' foundation. Well, what is it founded upon? The power of its armies. Kvery dollar's worth j of property, backed by the strength of the whole country is : ever yet been able to define 1! 8lrengl the suffering, heart-breaks and I bl',,ind 0ur government and all; i . . . i i i uwiei governments, Kinguoms. empires or republics are builded i upon like foundation that of property and arms. Arbitration will not reach very far unless the guns of the arbi sorrow that are bound up in the meaning of that small word, the definition of which has been as varied as the groups who strove together for mastery. Wars may be classed as just and unjust and the sole cause is injustice on one side or the other A just war is one in which peo ple must fight for their rights ami liberty, and an unjust war , is when a nation fights for con quest, where fame and gain are the leading passions that lead up to the strife, and where nations are forced into strife to defend themselves. These latter we call unjust because the nations who inaugurate them do so with out just cause. There are many peace advo cates who have many peace plans. Some want it brought about one way and some an other. W.J. Hryan is the great arbitrator, which is, perhaps, a gooil scheme for peace, but to the mind of the writer there must be something to arbitrate first; a preparation for arbitra tion; a condition of readiness, i you please, wherein two or more parties will submit, their cause to a hoard of arbitrators for at judication. Without this preparation there can bo no adjustment ami when it is a matter of disagreement between nations how will arbi tration be enforced? One party may say mat tuey had given that subject no thought, whil another may suggest that it be entorced by stress of arms. So iar as we can see a resort to arms is the only means of en forcing arbitration.. Take Kurope as it now stands, and what is the hope for arbi .... ... i i . . uuuou, or wnere should you begin to secure it? Take Ger many, will she listen while seem ingly she has the best of the controversy? Not unless there is a large indemnity coming her way. Likewise with the Allies; have they been conquered ? Have they reached a place where they can stop with safety and credit to themselves? No. Neither party has yet suffered sufficiently severe so as to want peace. They want revenge, and while Ger many might be content to make! peace and hold all she has taken, the Allies are not ready and were all the world, that part not warring one with another, to bring to bear all their influence for peace, they would either have to back up their demands by force of arms or let the warriug factious alone. It was Patrick Henrv, we be lieve, that said during our own struggle for national indepen dence, "Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no trators are bigger and their armies and cash stronger than those who do not wish to accept arbitration. Socialists have a method pe culiar to themselves for dis pensing the blessing of peace and are making strong efforts to induce the world to carry their peace plans into effect. How ever, Socialists are making the same mistake that other parties are making regarding universa peace. They leave out the Christ, He whose right it is to rule, and consequently they have Dear Madam:- Get readv now for Preserving Season. We have been fortunate in securing from one of the largest manufacturers a special line of Preserving Season items in high grade Enameled ware which we will place on sale at ridiculously low prices. We are going to give a 3-4-qt. Fruit Jar Dipper with each sale. Come in and get yours. 'aders whose knowledge is lim ited and who will not be able to lead them into conditions ce estial, for celestial conditions can obtaiu only under divine leadership. Men may talk universal peace and try various kinds of plans for its adoption, but it will only come in the way and manner designed by the creator of heav en and earth, and man cannot hasten it except in obedience to the divine will. God willed to work together with man, but the leadership and plans are his own and man must seek him for direction.. If there is no direc- tion there is no progress, for, "Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it." Some Peace Scheme Germany, after footless weeks of diplomatic inouthings, con tinues her campaign of under sea piracy. England, after a fruitless series of Anglo-Saxon phrases, clings to her ruthless practices as self-anointed mis tress of the seven seas. And each nation justifies' its lawless uess by charging the other with "tlagrant violations of the nrin ciples of international law." ' Meanwhile the flag of the American republic grows in de rision day by day as a symbol of liberty and justice and as a shelter for the lives and rights of its citizens and a guarantor cj " of the peace and safety of the lesser peoples of the Western hemisphere. The situation has become in tolerable. Has not the time come for American leadership in a world wide demand for peace? Hasn't the United States strength enough and spirit enough and courage enough to enlist every peaceful nation of the earth in a sharp, unyiejding, unified, demand that the belligerents i MONMOUTH MERCANTILE CO. Monmouth, Oregon ONdlOEZD 5o1cnoE5jo C30Ol0 submit their differences to a world-court and begin the end ing 'of the European horror? Both England and Germany have, with coveted, sneers in dicated their willingness to sub mit their differences with the states to arbitration. And that fact, the Blade believes, offers President Wilson his opportunity for the opening wedge. If the hulking military giants who, in their blood -madness are over turning the peace and happiness I of the world, are willing to ar bitrate with Washington, they can be forced to accent arbitra tion with every other country now at peace. And if our gov ernment can persuade Sweden and Norway and Spain and Denmark and China and the Latin-American republics and every other capital of the earth to join us in a demand for such action, the central empires and the allies will be brought sharply ace to lace with the prospect of losing, for generations, the friendly, unhampered commer cial intercourse with the world that is vital to their national future. The United States cannot ap proach the problem with finger bowl and powder puff. If the world which is suffering from the European war-madness is to deal with the situation it must deal with souared l auu bared fists. But if the blood at Washing ton is red enough and the back bone strong enough, the problem can be solved now. Toledo Blade. Warsaw in History will tell whether the Teutons will give up their prize. De Lesseps based his prophecy on the fact that Warsaw, because of its location, could be devel oped almost indefinitely. He had seen the population grow from 161,000 in 18(50 to 483,000 in 1885. In 1913 it was 900,000 and when the war came this is said to have reached more than 1,000,000. The importance of Warsaw lies in the fact that it stands on the Vistula at the junction of great trunk railroads which run from Berlin and Vienna to Mos cow, and so on to Asia, Siberia and Pekin. It has become the great clearing house between west and east. The population bas grown rapidly and industries bave increased in pronortinn. Warsaw's importance lies not so much in its military value as in its situation at the gateway of commerce. Europe began strucrsrlino- fnr Warsaw's possession with the beginning of the seventeenth renfnrv T i j' " as almost a con tinual battle between the Swedes, the Russians, the Brandenburgs and" the Austrians. Charaa Gustavus of Sweden captured it looo and kept it for a year TIip PaI 1CLUOK U. huf o 'ost possession During th tition of Poland in 1794 Warsaw withstood attacks bv p0;. d Prussians until the Russians credit street by street and Perpetrated a terrible massacre. From 1795 to 1806 the eit.v 'as in possession of Prussia and became the capital of rt, .i created duchy 0f Wawgw "J was held b pawn by Napoleon unti 181? n.k 1 center of Polish patriotism. If it should become the capital of autonomous Poland, it is a prac tical certainty that the winner in this war will not give full in dependence. Warsaw is too valuable in any plan for com mercial expansion, Journal. Dr. M. J. Butler DENTIST Everything New Over the Post Office Phone ; Monmouth, Oregon Office 3304 Residence 3211 W. F. 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