Papurau Newydd Cymru

Chwiliwch 15 miliwn o erthyglau papurau newydd Cymru

Cuddio Rhestr Erthyglau

5 erthygl ar y dudalen hon

A LOOK ROUND.

Newyddion
Dyfynnu
Rhannu

A LOOK ROUND. What Kind of World ? [BY SENTINEL."] WEare told that if the present struggle goes on much longer civilisation is in danger of perishing. The loss of young, strong lives by the hundred thousand is, indeed, grievous, and so, in a lesser degree, is the waste of wealth which might have been wisely used-we do not say it would have been—to make J the world a better world for man's brief earthly dwelling." But is it not true to say that, if the war ended in a peace which left Prussian militarism unbeaten and all the nations of the world armed to the teeth, planning new ways of turn- ing to account the devilish lessons of this war, civilisation has perished already ? Think of the submarine war- fare and the attacks on hospital ships, of the bombardment of open towns from the air, of the use of poison gas, and all the hundred and one abominations the Germans have introduced. Think of the spying and underhand trick methods which they have pursued. If these things are to be renewed after the war, is not civilisation a hollow mockery? Had we not better return to the state of the simple savage? For what is "civilisation"? To most of us it is represented by the Christian teaching, Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them." The world we look for after the war is a world in which the Golden Rule shall pre- vail. We look for a world in which men shall eat the labour of their hands," as the Psalmist says, and shall have security and leisure to think the thoughts of peace and goodwill. We do not want to see the fruits of their toil taken to provide guns and ammuni- tion and ships and aeroplanes against the attack of some jealous neighbour; we do not want to see their bodies subjected to the drill-sergeant and their minds absorbed by thoughts of violence. We want to see the best which each country can produce, both of spiritual and material things, placed freely at the disposal of the world, and all mankind dwelling together in unity as—taking it by and large—the individuals of the different nations now dwell. But this is impossible while Prussia exists as a foremost military Power. We have learned nothing from the war if we have not learned that the teaching '7' which has turned the thoughts of the Germanic peoples to conquest and plunder is the very reverse of all that we hope for. There are two kinds of world possible in the future that which President Wilson has sketched—a world safe for democracy "—and the world as the Kaiser would have it, and Hindenburg and Tirpitz-a world in which every man's hand is against his fellow, in which Might is Right, and the children of the people are food for powder," whose duty is merely to manure the field of militarism with their flesh and blood. There can be no hesitation in saying which kind of world we mean to have. But if the world of the future is to be of our kind, we must hold fast until the victory is ours. Prussia will not lightly give up the high hopes of world-dominion on which her people have been brought up, nor the gains which she has made. The pendulum of the war is swinging our way, and it will swing our way more and more as the fresh American armies join our war- worn men. But the Germans will make a desperate attempt to hold some part of their gains, and, if we are weak, they will succeed. If we are strong and refuse all the efforts which will be made to throw dust in our eyes, the end is sure. We shall have the victory to make what use of we will, and if we make a right use of it no people will have more cause to bless us in the future than the Germans themselves. <

IWAYSOFTHEHUN

,THE SEAMAN IN "CIVVIES."I

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I_-f. -\ A SHEAF OF WAR STORIES.