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ARBORICULTURE. 



PEACE vs. WAR. 



ArboricuIvTure fully indorses the pro- 

 test as outlined below, believing- that the 

 United States can better use the means 

 and influence in interests of peace 

 rather than this militarism. We had 

 our share of war in the Civil War, and 

 have no desire for more. 



INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE VS. "THE SPLENDORS OE 



war/' 



Protest against tJic Diversion of the Jaiiies- 

 toivn Exposition to the Service of Militarism — 

 by Hon. Carroll D. IV right, Edwin D. Mead, 

 Rev. Edward Everett Hate, Cardinal Gibbons, 

 John Mitchell, Miss Jane Addams, Miss M. 

 Carey Thomas, William Couper, Prof. James 

 H. Dillard, Joseph Lee, J. Hoivard McEarland, 

 Frederic Allen Whiting, Prof. C. M. Wood- 

 ward, Prof. Charles Zueblin, and other mem- 

 bers of the Exposition Advisory Board. 



The extravagant militarism of the program 

 of the coming Jamestown Exposition, as devel- 

 oped and disclosed during the last few months, 

 is a profound shock to a great body of the 

 American people. In one of the issues of the 

 official organ of the Exposition there is pub- 

 lished conspicuously a list of the "attractions" 

 of the coming Exposition. There are thirty- 

 eight items in the list, and eighteen of these are 

 as follows : 



Greatest military spectacle the world has 

 ever seen. 



Grandest naval rendezvous in history. 



International races by submarine warships. 



Magnificent pyrotechnic reproduction of war 

 scenes. 



Reproduction of the famous battle between 

 the "Monitor" and "Merrimac" at the place 

 where that battle was fought. 



Great museum of war relics from all nations 

 and all ages. 



Greatest gathering of warships in the history 

 of the world. 



Prize drills by the finest soldiers of all na- 

 tions and by picked regiments of United States 

 and State troops. 



Races of military airships of different na- 

 tions. 



The largest military parade ground in the 

 world. 



Contests of skill between soldiers and sailors 

 of different nations. 



Daily inspection of warships in the harbor 

 and troops in camp. 



The greatest military and naval parade ever 

 witnessed. 



More naval and military bands than were 

 ever assembled in time of peace. 



Greatest array of gorgeous military uniforms 

 of all nations ever seen in any country. 



More members of royalty of different coun- 

 tries than ever assembled in peace or war. 



The grandest military and naval celebration 

 ever attempted in any age by any nation. 



A great living picture of war with all of its 

 enticing splendors. 



The tendency of our country is toward 

 militarism, and the efforts of both naval 

 and military oflficers are to enforce upon 

 our people the greatest navy and army 

 of any country in the world. 



False rumors have been circulated, and 

 the press of the country, hungry for news 

 of an exciting character, has spread 

 these rumors broadcast, that one country 

 or another was preparing for a descent 

 upon our coasts and ill-gotten islands, 

 with vast navies, for the purpose of con- 

 quest — the object, in every case, being 

 to frighten Congress and the people into 

 a frenzy, the Hague and peace forgotten. 



The proper encouragement, by Con- 

 gress and each State Legislature, of the 

 art and practice of ]ilanting forests, would 

 assure a never-ending supply of timber 

 and limiber for all pur])0ses, which will 

 continue the great manufactories of the 

 Nation, give employment to five millions 

 of people, and support their families, 

 numbering twenty million souls, educate 

 the children, and guarantee a taxable in- 

 come to States and Nation of ten thou- 

 sand million dollars, at a fraction of the 

 cost of war. 



What will war insure? 



Ruination of national prosperity, great 

 increase of war indebtedness, a million 

 homes destroyed, many killed or shattered 



