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COLONEL TODD OUTLINES CONCEPT OF PEACE (Continued from Col. 3, Page 1) mic supremacy is always attained by force, exercised by one group - men at the expense of another group.’ “The question of economics in re- lation to peace must be viewed from the standpoint of the individual. Men have found it economically profitable to band themselves together for the development of particulr lines of endeavor. There follows combinations and groups within a nation, a condi- tion inevitably leading to a struggl: between like groups of different na- tions, Should the group be power- ful enough or the subject matter of sufficient importance, eventually na- tions become involved, all of which, in the name of economics, is fruitful of many delicate questions of diplomacy, which, should diplomacy fail might at any time lead to war. Should dip- lomacy fail with the economic life of a nation at stake can we with can- dor conclude that a resulting war is economically unprofitable ? “When a man, a race or a nation fights for existence can it be consid- ered that their efforts are economi- cally unprofitable and thus ston the strife? Would it not be more in ac- cord with common sense to recognize the fact that the struggle for eccno- mic supremacy itself is war? To those who would say that “war is physical suicide’ Colonel Todd re- plied that “the theory of evolution is based upon unremiting and unrelent- ing warfare between every living thing. No one who believes that man is a product of evolution can sub- scribe to the doctrine that strife is physical suicide; that war takes the best and leaves the weakest. [If man has spent more than half his time at war, can this fact be reconciled with his constant progress, if it bez true that war is ' physical suicide? Are we prepared to say that our pre- sent civilization and its people are the result of physical suicide resuit- “ing from war? Will we not be more is accord with the facts of history ii we assume that civilization with its attendant evils; luxury, idleness, love of pleasure, lack of hardshij«s and other handmaidens of society have done more to retard the growth of man than the many killed and maimed upon the battle fields? The numhe of men killed and injured in the wa .| were small as compared to the deaths from diseases resulting from social evils, In spirte of all the refining influences of religion and the com- bined efforts of science and the re straining laws of government the ‘greatest menace to the people of our civilization today as in the past lies in the evils of peace.” Turning then to his own concept of peace Colonel Todd said that “where there is life, where there is a nation where there is a community of statec there must be restraint, discipline and law” and as the instrument for this discipline and law he believed in “courts of international arbitration.” In spite of the many breaches of in- ternational law he said he believed that its inherent vitality would never be entirely destroyed and was confi- dent that “notwithstanding the many wounds inflicted on it during the war it will rise again healed and invigor- ated and assume its inalienable domin- ion in the Society of States. “But there can be no righteous peace so long as there exists within the borders of a nation unrest, racial hatred, religious intolerance, unsat- isfied greed, anarchial passions, false ideals of national greatness and se- curity. From the inner life of a na tion comes its foreign policy. In the last analysis the question resolves it self into one of good citizenship. “There should be inculcated a love of country and a burning desire to keep its institutions upon a high plane cf idealism and above all preparation for full duty in _perpetuating a stable and just government. : “As a people we have a peculiar antipathy to all things that savor of military oppression. In this hatred we are apt to confound military edu cation and training with military op pression. Men who know the game of war and who study the modern mach- inery of battles are less apt to rush blindly into conflict than those tc whom it is merely a vague horror. “President Jefferson of whom it ir stated ‘peace was his passion,’ after (bserving the effects on troops of- ficered by men whose sole qualifica- tions as leaders were the ability tc raise companies of men wrote to James Monroe: ‘We must train and classify the whole of our male citi- zens and make military instruc a regular part of ccllegiate education. We can never be safe until this is done.” ” Clothes to Your Individuai Measure {|This spring you will have an opportunity to buy your suit tailored to individual measure - tailored by master tailors—ct the finest woolens in America. Detmar Woolens in your spring suit cost no more in dollars than you would pay for a ready-made suit—but it will give you lasting satisfat- tion and regardless of whether you are “hard to fit” will fit you perfectly. qfLet us show you the patterns and styles for spring. CHARLIE NITCH Cleaner and Presser. On the Campus. DEBATERS WIN FROM OKLAHOMA A. & M. (Continued from col. 1, Page 1) Mechanical College, Stillwater; ¥ll- wood Griscom of the University cf Texas, critic-judge; S. A. Debnam a i A. Bayless, president and vice pi ident of the Debating Society; Dr. F. A. Buechel, chairman of the evening; Dean Charles Puryear; G. D. Holland and S. L. Fitzhugh, A. & M. of Texas debaters; Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Baker, assistant to the chair: man of the evening; Professors W. H. Thomas and D. B. Cofer, and Charles B. Gladney. EEEEEE— ed LOST: By Bryan young lady in or around “Y” Friday night, a silver bracelet set with sapphires. Finder please return to “Y” for a date any moonlight night.—164. Thomas Meighan is at the Queen today in Booth Tarkington’s “Pied Piper Malone.” It is a splendid A- merican comedy-romance centering around Meighan, some kiddies, a girl and a brand-new screen idea. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK At Your Service L of Bryan Texas All the Year
