New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-14
or INTERNATIONAL CEYSORIOUSNESS.

Nothing is easier IMAM 1ault-HHuluS. IL ID no
easy us avoidance OF cause for 1t Is dinicult
Especially in international affairs. In private
life there are certain restraints arising from
prudence and what not Few men venture 10
express openly all the Ill-fcelIngs they secretly
cherish against their neighbors. But when noth-
Ing but foreign government or nation IL con-
cerred what lot or hndrance is there 10 Him.
table abuse? ny all means give the dog the
worst OF names and hang him on gallows
high as Humans What are the Central and
South American republics, anyway, but half
Spanish half Indian. and altogether sayageF
Who are the IIaytians but. rs a most llustrious
parsonage was the other day reported 10 have
called them, n lot Of barbarous ncgroes-or
"nlcecrs'? What rights have such folk that
We superior beings are bound 10 respect?
Well. Il Is not so certain after ALL that they
are so bad lot. or At least that they compare
so unfavorahly with the enlightened nations
which regard them so consciously. Their gov
ernments are not as stable as the laws OF the
Medes and Perslans were reputed 10 be. No.
but revolutions have not been unknown In the
foremost countries OF Europe. Louis Napoleon
made France the victim OF n coup detat as vio
lent. as criminal aud as oppressive as ever was
known among "eringoes" or "niggers BIS
marck as ruthcssly ignored tho Prussian Con
stitution ms any South American dictator has
ever done II the capital OF Pny "halr-breed
rcpubllc In South America has ever been the
scene Of more scandalous disorder and con-
TEMPT not only for law. but for the common de-
ccncles OF civilized life. than the proud, polished
Austrian capital has been for month past, the
fact is not recorded IN human annals. Life and
property are said u be less than ideally secure
IN some Of those Latln-American communities
Rut hive we forgotten the togate raiders OF
Kentucky. the white caps" Of Indiana, the
lynchlng bees OF Texas. tho two hundred muir
ders a year Of South Carolina?
Great Powers. NO are told, must take sum-
mary measures IN dealing with such States rs
Uayti md Nicaragua. because the latter are not
amenable to ordinary diplomatic rules and have
not the fine sense OF international honor that
marks the former So? 1t may be a delusion
but Il really seems possible to recall cases In
recent years in which the greatest OF Powers
have accused each other Of bad faith. III all
their critics say Of them is true, what Is 10 be
thought OF Great Britain in India and Egypt
of France in 1unis Madagascar and Siam or
Germany in Schleswig Hostein. OF Russia In
Central Asia, Of the United States on the Mexi-
can frontier? Where was diplomatic honor in
1870? Was every detail Of the complications
lending 10 the Crimean War marked with per
feet faithi Or on tho whole, environments
and opportunities considered, Is the history or
the great Powers for the last hundred years
notably more free from selhshness, deceit ana
ALI the evil passions Of humanity than that or
these minor States which have been hghtlng
their own battles against the influences OF bad
antecedens and OF maleyolent surroundings
The lnst-named fact Of all must most surely
not he overlooked. For we may be certain that
In the grent scheme OF justice which IL reck-
oncd 10 override ;he affairs OF men the respon-
sibiity OF one nation for another Is not ignored.
The first attempt to deny being brothers
keeper did not result encouragingy for Its
maker The simple fact Is that the great ma
lions are not merely calling the small ones bad
names, but are actually trying to make them
deserve them. II Mexico has at last become
strong and stable State, IT is not because OF, but
I'm spite OF the influence this country exerted
upon her half n century ago. III the average
Uaytian does not now have less regard for the
lawful rights OF his neighbOr than before II
will not he because Germany has not taught
MIN the lesson Nations, like individuals, have
a strong bent toward realizing their regulations.
II States are regarded and trented as outlaws
they are apt TO act as outlaws hut the blame
for their outlawry will not be altogether alb
sent from the heads OF those who gave them
the Ill name. For great nation systematically
TO withhold from n small and struggling one
all sympathy and neighborly recognition, 10
put IN It's way Of Advancement all possible OBJ
stacles and dlscouragements. TO treat 1t as
hopeless inferior to whom the ordinary courtc
sizes Of international comfy are not to be shown.
and then to condemn IT for not having In the
face of all this risen to the highest possible es-
tate of culture and enlightenment, is piece OF
injustice Of which even n IInytian "nIgger"
might well be ashamed.
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