The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-18

is quite lnconsiderable thanks to abundan
resources and pluck. Nearly all the debt
vi the European countries has bgen accu-
Lhulated by wars. Very little mas arisen
from efforts To ameliorate the lot Of the
masses In education OF physical comfort.
MOST OF the wars had motives, snch as his
tory ana the verdict of posterily have con-
Gemned. Only a few were thoroughly
lustihable. Most of England's colossal
debt was rolled up by wars during the
time of George the Third, and principally
oy the effort 10 crush Napoleon. France
ana England in eight cen turtles have had a
century and a half of war
but Notwithstanding the obvious advan-
lages OF every soldier becoming a CO b bier
or tailor, farm laborer or civil citizen
in hundred other walks If respectability.
there is still the difficulty Of eliminating
the comoatiye spirit from mans nature
the racial antagonism and rivalry, the
thirst to be supreme, and the aversion TO
snare the earth on equal terms with Others
we are in this regard DO more altruisiic
than school of fish, each of which is
eager to snatch the morsels that chance
casts In the way. The barriers of ocean
ana mountain are as mere paper balloons
TO the circus satatory performer compared
win the wall between nations speaking
different languages, having different
traditions, habits and ambitions, and
pent upon struggling for the mas
terry. Ibe law of evolutlon-the strife
OF all and the triumph of the fittest.
through the qualities which nure to sue
cess-hOlds good as to mau as it does
toward the other creatures OF God. The
naturalist has no difficulty in showing that
IL any species of plant or animal we're To
go on multiplying. unchecked by any OF
The retarding Influences now holding it
Oack. the earth would eventually be in
exclusive possession Of that species. The
sea would be full of cod or herring in a
fuvn h. To- l. til
or wilderness of thorns and briers. So
nature steps in with regulation by death
ana destruction. and In the struggle there
Is room Tor many and great variety, and
Tor many generations.
Is lt otherwise with nations? Are the
passions OF hatred and strife allayed be-
cause 1t is murderous as we'll as uncertain
ana costly to solve issues by the sword ?
experience gives but one answer: Living
IN amlty Is but the truce of expediency
Crashing interests arise, or the mere lust
te prevail prompts TO oppression, just as
the VOL picked quarrel with the lamb
downstream, and then glorious war, with
ali Its pomp and circumstances, is ap-
pealed TO, with even the hypocrisy of a
moral excuse faunied in justification.
w nat race Is not sinner in this respect.
and what nation has not taken edifyins
pains to prove itself in the right in the
veritable history it places in the hands of
children to enRraft patriotism in their
minds? There is some truth in the saying
that patriotism is but prejudice But
patriotism exists, and the inner meaning
of the attitude of various nations today is
suggestive of the Mlesian's challenge
Tread on the tail of me ceat!"
Much intermarTyiBg aud crossing of
races there must be ere the pugnacious
and predatory spirit is exercised from man
and he becomes In all things just and
meek. These habits OF the ages are not TO
r.. 49, IL
order OF the earth is so be upset 1t does
not follow that the abolition Of mon arches
and the Introduction of republics univer-
sally would remold the human heart. The
lighting instinct remains, and, If we Judge
by the dictator republics of South and
Central America, is indeed developed.
Still In the future there are racial fates to
be determined as there were when Rome
crumbed before the hordss pushed into
Europe from Asia. Asia will again swarm
China is certain TO hive when ii has thrown
of its musty isolation and nerved itself by
organization. Russia is in the chrysaiis
stage, and must emerge into an expande ed
life full of vigor. Powers that stand in
the way-Turkey. Persia, perhaps India
will go down or be absorbed. All South
eastern Europe is doomed to ferment into
a new leavenhg, and other countries must
feel the shock.
Could all these powers place their mo-
meu lOuS III icots III tuc care OF a trlpunal
endowed with penary jurisdiction, could
the moDarchs fOrego their pride of leader
ship and thirst for greatness and the ma
lions bow down to the rule of reason ana
justice, the change would fer the time
being suggest return to the golden age
What nation will lead the way? A GEN.
tury OF harmony and peace would give US
great increase OF the marriage rate, q
vast increase of population, an anxiety
more acute for food supplies. Death
would come in other forms than by war
Disease, in spite of science and medicine,
would play its part; perhaps, famine.
Gaunt care would still harass. and misery
cast shadow across happiness. The pic
ture is not pleasant. but taking account OF
reality and experience. what else has man
to gaze upon? d. j. MCRoBERTs.