To the Editor of the "Norra-Cura Datty News."
Sir,—I must apologize to your correspondent "Progress" for having misinterpreted the real aim of his first letter. I agree entirely with him that war is the inevitable result of those principles which many (but not including myself) dub "progress." That is to say, present day thought still believes that war is intimately associated with progress, that, in fact, war is one of ingredients supplying an ards progress—and that also entirely agree with gress" that life without some ideal must in the end lead to pure mater-laiism and ultimate barbarism. A high aim of life at all times, but more particularly during the present juncture, would, in my opinion, be to strive towards the ideal of "peace and goodwill among men and nations." It is only in the means of attaining that end, that "Progress" and myself would seem to differ. My view is that, as long as mankind believe in the fallacious doctrine, that they can materially improve their position by waging war upon one another, so long will war continue, and 80 long will there be no "'peace on earth and goodwill among men." But once thoroughly convince the masses, in such a manner that even the dullest mind will _understand, that not only does civilized mankind derive no benefit from war but that, on the contrary, they lose enormously, materially as well aa morally, by indulging in this much belauded pastime, they will of their own accord cease cutting one another's throat. It may be regrettable, that it should be necessary, for the sake of abolishing an outlived barbarous custom, to have to resort to such sordid means as to appeal to men's egotism in order to convince them of their folly, but if the truth of the non-war thesis were once fully established, other truths would almost automatically follow, and the world would be a great deal better for it. But if the thesis of non-war is true, the conviction of its truth can only be brought home to those for whom it has the greatest significance—the massea—through
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.