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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ' OTfEClOX, MONDAY, JULY H. 1922 PAGE THREE RAILROADS CALL FOR IN TO FILL SAN FIIAXCISCO, July 3. The threo trans-continental railroads hav ing terminals in the San' Francisco bay region the Southern Pacific, Western Pacific and the Saiita l'e began an aetivo campaign today to break the shopmen's strike. Tho Southern Pacific company not only advertised for strikebreakers but for "able bodied men to act as guards." .. Tho . Northern Pacific Hailroad company, operating between San Kranclsco and Eureka, ' Cal., an nounced that its shops, were closed and would remain so until the larger roads had settled the problem of ob taining new workers. The company could operate for two weeks without difficulty, 16 was announced. The system is owned jointly by the Soutu ern Pacific and Santa Fe systoms. Passengers on the Overland Lim ited, a Southern Pacific train between San Fruncisco and eastern points were told yesterday while going through the Sacramento valley with the thermometer registering 104 in . places, that the electric fans could not be operated, as it was necessary to conserve the power for lighting the cars and electricians could not be ob tained for repairs. A Declaration of Inter-Dependence LUCE1 STRIKE Cigarette It's toasted. This one extra process gives a rare and delightful quality impossible, to duplicate j V Guaranteed br. V t . in Hy ,1. l!anilolili Siimii'U. That document, commonly called The Declaration of Independence, but technically' headed "'The Unani mous declaration of the Thirteen United States of America," drafted by Thomas Jefferson, and unanlmuos ly passed by congress on July 4, 1770, recorded the birth of a nation. In It there were clearly sot forth those fundamental humanitarian principles which have been the dis tinguishing genius of ouv people, i It is fitting that we, as a people, overy yean celebrate the occasioi. of the adoption of these words as tho fun damental law of our land: "We hold theso truths, to be Belt evident that all men aro created equal; that they are en dowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these aro life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." It is hut natural, that a national pride should have been born with our independence. The spirit of na tionalism has characterized tho life of every nation. And surely of all nations which havo just cause for national pride, the United Statos of America must rank first In reasons for legitimate self esteem. Let us see. . . . . . As indicated In the foregoing words from the Declaration of In dependence, the nation has funda mental, God ordained principles as the foundation, of her government, so that the rights of her citizenry aro forever guaranteed against vlolabil ity. This in itself is our chief glory. -. Such principles would naturally attract the finest type of people on earth, hence the purest and richest blood of earth's greatest races has mingled to make up our population. Hence we have cause for pride in our people themselves. In one short half century our country produced an Abraham Lincoln, and made him a national type. As a result the "com mon people" havo come into their rightful heritage in world affairs. And certainly our natural resour-' cos are cause for national pride. We are today the richest nation on which the sun shines. It is but due hun dred and forty-six .years since tho signing of the Declaration of Inde pendence, but in that short time wo have gained the commercial suprem acy of the whole wide world. . And yet our natural wealth is largely stored in the vaults of the earth, adorning the mountain sides of our great ranges, or lying dormant In the fertile plaints and valleys. , It Is no wonder that "American ism" has become a word to conjure with, and the United States a haven for-thirty-six millions of people who wore born in other lands! Is Pitt-riottam'Tor Scoundrel:. ' Now, 'what. J want you to .consider with me today is, Shall this Bplrit of national pride bo perpetuated? Is our nationalism inimical to the interests of mankind? Shall it give way to an internationalism that looks forward to the blending of the colors of all flags? Shall we continue to echo the cry "America for Americans!" or is H. (1. Wells right when, aftor a study of the history of ancient and modern nations, he says, "Nationalism as a God must follow, the tribal gods to Umbo; Our true nationality is man kind?" Does security He in national pride? or must we believe Rabin drath Tagore who 1s reported to have said when ho was In America: "The nation with all its paraphernalia of power and prosperity, Its flags and pious hymns, Its blasphemous pray ers in the churches and the literary mock thunder of its patriotic bras glng cannot hide the fact that the na tion Is tho greatest evil for Its peo ple?" ' -'Shall' wo continue to feelingly quote those words of ' Sir Walter Scott: . "Breathes there a man with soul so : dead, Who never to himself hath said. This Is my own, my native land?" Or shall we wholly believe, to use the words of Samuel Johnson, that "Patriotism Is the last refuge of a scoundrel?" . -Let no one think these are not per tinent, questions. Disagreement on these. matters has precipltatod a state of confusion In international rela tionships. Differences of opinion on these. issues have left the masses in a confused stale of mind. Clirfct Internationalist Strict analysis will reveal the fact that a simple fallacy Is the cause of our troubled state of mind. It Is the most natural thing in the world for one to feel that it is a case of "either, or;" whereas it Is a case of "both, and." , '. The Christian- especially is likely to ba confused over these issues. He feels . tho : moral compulsion of Christ's brotherhood teachings, . and at the same time recognizes that he owes absolute fealty to his own country. He knows very well that Christ was an internationalist, Ilia love being cosmopolitan, and His in terests reaching out to every living creature. Moreover, there is His un mistakable command for his follow ers to- be like minded. Again, He said to Ills disciples: , "Go ye Into all the world, and make discinlcs of all the nations." This calls , for many Christians' to lay down their lives for nations other than their own. Again there is the Biblical statement that God has created of one blood all na tions to dwell on the earth. , It is certain, then that the Chris tian must bo an. internationalist, but this does not 'Say that he cannot at ,IJio samo time', be a patriotic citizen of his own native land. Dcait-Inge, MEN WANT t: 5 1 1 r v i . 1 1 ED - .- For service as Railroad Machinists, Boilermakers, Black smiths, Electricians, Sheet Metal -Workers, Pipefitters, Cop persmiths, Tinners, Car Inspectors, Car Repairers, .Helpers. i l ,t '-'' ; ' . .1 ' c i i ('.'-.. i 1 .. v ' ;. .. . ':':.. , , . i- t. . - . , ,- i . i i All classes under strike conditions best explained by Chairman Ben AV. Hooper of the United States Hailroad Labor Board, in his statement of July 1st, reading as follows: "In the past a man who took up the work of another who was on strike against wages and working conditions was termed a 'scab' or a 'strikebreaker,' terms to which much opprobrium was attached. In the present situation created by the strike of shopcraft workers, men who assume the work of the strikers cannot justly be re-; 'proached with such epithets. This is not a customary strike in which the employer tries to impose upon the employe unjust wages arid unreasonable working rules. In this case the conflict is not between the employer and the oppressed employes. The people of the country, through an act of Congress, signed by President Wilson, established a tribunal to decide such disputes over wages and working conditions which are submitted to it in a proper manner. It is the decision of this tribunal against which the shop crafts are striking. . Regardless of any question of the right of the men to strike the men who take the strikers' places are merely accepting the wages and working conditions prescribed, by a government tribunal and are performing a public service. They are not accepting the. wages and' working conditions "wMch an. employer " is trying' to impose. For this reason, public sentiment and full government "power will protect the .men who remain in. their, positions.and new! men, who may.'Comc in.'' , ,.'.''' ; .,;' i ( :. ...' ".' Adequate provisions have been made for the full, protection of all new employees, the same as old employes who 'have remained -loyally at work. . -. - , ,:...,; . , - Applicants should apply to the office of the superintendent at Port land (Union Station), or to the Assistant Superintendent at lioseburg. i ' ..! - - i J. II. DYER, General Manager Southern Pacific Company. v v ", 11 II . oi St. Flail's cathedral. has expressed It by saying, "Me who loves not his' home and country which ho has seen, how can he love humanity in general which ho lias not seen?" National selfishness is such a large element in our patriotism that it is hard for us to see that we can love tho Lord our God with aH our hearts and our sister nation with the same kind of love as wu have for our own, Just as it is hard for us to carry out tho command, ::Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all Ihy heart, soul, mind and strength, and thy neighbor as thyself." . By force of circumstances we aro being made to realize that ono nation cannot suffer without all nations suffering, and likewise, the prosperity of ono nation contributes to the pros perity of every other. And some day a world congress will adopt a Declar ation of 'National inter-dependence. That will como when nations real ise that no nation must live, nt the expense of another. This nipans that patriotism must bo purged of tho motivating idea, "enlightened self interest," and an altruistic, yes. Christian motive substituted. That keen student of political economy, Mr. Norman Angell of England, has made this very plain in bis postwar book, "The Fruits of Victory." He says: "If it bo truo that since tho' world Is of limited space, we must fight ono another for It, that If our children are to bo fed ; others must stnrvo, then agree-; inent between peoples will bo forever Impossible. Nations will certainly not commit sulcido for the sake of peace. If this is really the relationship of two 'great -nations, they aro, of course, in the position of two ' cannibals, one of whom says to the other: 'Kither I have got to, eat you, or you have got to eat mo. Let's como to a friendly , . agreement about it.' They won't; como to. a friendly agreement: about it. Thoy will fight. And ! my point is that not only would) they fight if it really were true that the one had to kill and eat the other, but they would tight as long as they believed it to be true. It might be that thore was amplo food within their reach ' out cf their reach, say, so long as each acted alone, but within their reach if one should stand on the shoulders of the other ('this Is an allegory'), and so get the fat cocoanuts on tho higher . branches, r but they would, nev ertheless, be cannibals so long; as each believed that tho flesh of tho other was the only source of food. It would be that mis take, not the necessary fact, which would provoke them to Heht." . ... , ' Christianize Patriot Ism The solution of tho problem lies in the Christianizing of patriotism National cannibalism will but per petuate, on an ever increasingly hor rible scalo, the ''abomination of des olation" which has sooner or later drenched the nations of the past in the blood of their own sons. .Every cannibal has his day, and no nation can live forever whose patriotism Is but the "organized selfishness" of its whole people. So we see that our very national security lies . in the Christian ideal of ."peace on earth; good will to men." But it Is a funda mental law of God that there' will be peace on earth only among those who exercise good will. Tho - whole' matter is summed up by a recent writer of statesmanlike insight when he says: - i "It is the conflicting alms of na tions rather than the idea of nation ality itself which prevent the great world cooperation for which all crea tion groans. Therofore Christianity, which proposes, no destruction of na tional values but which in tho nation has a. powerful instrument for the accomplishing of her vast designs, must Insist in the harmonizing of na tional purposes If it is the Kingdom of God, which is' 1 described , in tho lines: When the -war-drums throb' no longer , And tho battle flags are furled In the Parliament of Man , Tiie KeiU'ratitn of the orld. lliat fi'derulion will not mean tlu-j equating of all values and the ro- duction of all mankind to a dead level of machine made activities. It will rather mean the coming together j for common tasks of representatives; of a many colored and inuny sided humanity. A world of tuitions .all different but all friendly will make I a happier world than a world state I without nations. Such friendliness1 persuppuses. the spirit of Christian-1 ity. For nations with all their dl-l versities are capable of being held I together only by the one potent bond! which Jesus proclaimed 1 as love. Over the carnage, rose prophetic a voice, "Ho not disheartened, nffoctlou , . shall solve tho yroblont of -freedom tc.1,j ' v ' Woro you looking to bo held to-: gother by lawyers? Or hy an agreement on a paper? or by arms? Nay, nor the world, nor any living , thing will so cohere." 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