"That a world that prepares for war will get it sooner or later.
That militarism has revealed itself as an enemy to civilization and must be destroyed.
That autocrat rulers with power to make war have no rightful place in the modern world. That no more attempts at world domination are wanted, no matter by what nation or race.
That nationality and national boundaries must be respected, territories being enlarged only by the free consent of the population to be annexed, and colonization taking place only by peaceable commercial and industrial methods.
That, while military preparedness cannot preserve peace, preparedness against attack is essential.
That a league or federation of the peaceably inclined nations for mutual protection and for the preservation of international law and order has become a necessity of the immediate future.
That lasting peace may be secured through the development of international law, the extension of democracy, and the cultivation of the spirit of international justice and good will."
Home Missionary women must assume their full share in all efforts to spread illuminating information on this subject, and through their personal attitude, thinking, and praying, strive for the establishment of world relations that will make for peace.
The destruction of homes, hunger, sickness, poverty, degradation, all fall heavily upon women and their helpless little ones.
When the guns have ceased their work of death and the ruined land turns to rebuild its broken commerce and industry, it is the children who must grow up under the privations and the stunting burdens of fearful taxation. From the cradle to the grave, they must pay the billions of treasure eaten up by devastating, destroying war.