The acme magazine . .There never yet was a war in which oneside was not in the wrong—and mightnever yet determined the right. War is a survival of a stage in the evo-lution of society that has long since beenpassed. Just as we find in many animalsorgans, or the rudiments of organs, thatare no longer useful, so do we find in so-ciety customs and superstitions that nolonger have any excuse for their contin-ued existence. War is one of these—as 28 THE MOVEMENT FOR WORLD PEACE. unreasonable as the belief in ghosts orwitchcraft. Disputes between nationscould and ought to be settled in the sameway a
The acme magazine . .There never yet was a war in which oneside was not in the wrong—and mightnever yet determined the right. War is a survival of a stage in the evo-lution of society that has long since beenpassed. Just as we find in many animalsorgans, or the rudiments of organs, thatare no longer useful, so do we find in so-ciety customs and superstitions that nolonger have any excuse for their contin-ued existence. War is one of these—as 28 THE MOVEMENT FOR WORLD PEACE. unreasonable as the belief in ghosts orwitchcraft. Disputes between nationscould and ought to be settled in the sameway as disputes between Courts of law are an outgrowth otorganized society, to do away with bru-tal contests between man and man. Itought not to be difficult to carry the or-ganization a little farther. An interna-tional tribunal to settle contests betweennations would be no more than an exten-sion of existing institutions. To bring this to pass the peace advo-cates seek to arouse the interest and en-. Henry Berkowits, D. D., of Philadelphia, aprominent peace advocate. list the sympathy of the people—the plainpeople, whose sons are slaughtered, whopay the taxes, who bear the brunt ofwar and supply the wherewith for thesupport of armies and navies and thebuilding of forts and arsenals. They seekto spread the spirit of internationalism—a realization of the fact that racial dis-tinctions are more or less superficial, andinternational boundary lines wholly arbi-trary ; that men are all children of thesame Father: that humanity is all tend-ing towards the same goal, and that com- mon interests, common hopes and com-mon ideals should inspire co-operation,not conflict. The question of peace or war is pre-eminently a question for women. It isthey that have the most at stake. Whilehusbands, sons and fathers are off in thewars, they must stay at home and workand weep. It is they that feel the pinchof want and poverty, and suffer long sea-sons of doubt and uncertainty t
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