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ERHAPS some day a scholar will write a treatise on "The Frenzies behind the War," frenzies of killing, of hatred, of lust, of patriotism. Wars will continue to break out as long as men consider it glorious to wear sleek uniforms and medals, as long as hearts and heads are swayed by the glamor of martial music, as long as dividends can be derived from the manufacture of war materials. To scrap battleships and limit armament will never end war. If men could scrap jealousies and hatreds they might succeed. Behind every war there is much grim humor. Each nation imagining that God is on its side. It is hard to visualize such a god, a mean small cringing god planning and plotting