itrators. Civilized nations should do the same.
There ought to be an international court.

Let every man do all he can to prevent war--to prevent the waste,
the cruelties, the horrors that follow every flag on every field
of battle. It is time that man was human--time that the beast was
out of his heart.

_Question_. What do you think of McKinley's inaugural?

_Answer_. It is good, honest, clear, patriotic and sensible.
There is one thing in it that touched me; I agree with him that
lynching has to be stopped. You see that now we are citizens of
the United States, not simply of the State in which we happen to
live. I take the ground that it is the business of the United
States to protect its citizens, not only when they are in some
other country, but when they are at home. The United States cannot
discharge this obligation by allowing the States to do as they
please. Where citizens are being lynched the Government should
interfere. If the Governor of some barbarian State says that he
cannot protect the lives of citizens, then the United States should,
if it took the entire Army and Navy.

_Question_. What is your opinion of charity organizations?

_Answer_. I think that the people who support them are good and
generous--splendid--but I have a poor opinion of the people in
charge. As a rule, I think they are cold, impudent and heartless.
There is too much circumlocution, or too many details and too little
humanity. The Jews are exceedingly charitable. I think that in
New York the men who are doing the most for their fellow-men are
Jews. Nathan Strauss is trying to feed the hungry, warm the cold,
and clothe the naked. For the most part, organized charities are,
I think, failures. A real charity has to be in the control of a
good man, a real sympathetic, a sensible man, one who helps others
to help themselves. Let a hungry man go to an organized society
and it requires several days to satisfy the officers that the man
is hungry. Meanwhile he will probably starve to death.

_Question_. Do you believe in free text-books in the public
schools?

_Answer_. I do not care about the text-book question. But I am
in favor of the public school. Nothing should be taught that
somebody does not know. No superstitions--nothing but science.

_Question_. There has been a good deal said lately about your
suicide theology, Colonel. Do you still believe that suicide is
justifiable?

_Answer_. Certainly.