. The wastrel hoard; a drama of the greater love. eir own wars. Theyare big-gun fodder now, as well as the rank and file. Maey. Down with the nobility—the lords of war? Gulp. Yes—^permanent executives, permanent diplo-mats, permanent opulence, permanent warfare, to maintainthem, and—permanent poverty! Governments are butweathervanes, the people are the air; when weathervaneastick, their use ends, and danger from the breeze com-mences. Aristocrats! It is descendants that are the commonest things in the world. Myparents brought up fourteen children, and saw them allthrough Utre
. The wastrel hoard; a drama of the greater love. eir own wars. Theyare big-gun fodder now, as well as the rank and file. Maey. Down with the nobility—the lords of war? Gulp. Yes—^permanent executives, permanent diplo-mats, permanent opulence, permanent warfare, to maintainthem, and—permanent poverty! Governments are butweathervanes, the people are the air; when weathervaneastick, their use ends, and danger from the breeze com-mences. Aristocrats! It is descendants that are the commonest things in the world. Myparents brought up fourteen children, and saw them allthrough Utrecht. That calls for higher qualities than allother feats I know. Thats nobility here in the Laud ofthe Stork—or anywhere else. Mary. [Stepping hack to look at Peace.] That, inAmerica, is unconstitutional! Gulp. Thats just it. Its an unnatural constitutionthat cant stand that strain and develop under it. Thehand that rocks the cradle TEE WASTREL HOARD. 103 [A second boy comes out of the telegraph office^whistling Withelmus Yan Nassauwen.^. [CuLP turns quickly and says to him in Dutch, Niet meer fleuten! Oa in het kantoor. The boy hurstsout laughing, and says, Ja, Meneer, and howslow, turns, and goes into the telegraph office.] Maet. [Laughing at Gulp.] Thats it! First, let ushave peace. The peace movement, too, is in its Hague Tribunal is but the embryo of its judicialsystem. CuLP. The cause of peace thrives only in free power and influence and the example of America couldmake the whole world free and peaceful. For three hun-dred years, tiny Holland, surrounded by warring tyran-nies, made the fight alone for peace and democracy. Mabt. And the United States first realized democracy. 104 THE WASTREL HOARD. Gulp. No. We gave America its government, its edu-cational system, its law, and its international policy. Mabt. Jingo! We, the People of the World! Ctjlp. Read the American Motleys The Rise of theDutch Republic, and Jan Van
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