The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-23
LIVING AND DYING NATIONS.
What Lord Salisbury Said on Prim-
rose Day That Offended spain.

On May A. Lord Salisbury delivered an ad-
dress to the Primrose league, in London the
concluding portion of which, that referring
TO living and dying" nations gave great
ofense to Spain. This portion of the address
was as follows:
You may roughly divide the nations of
the world as the living and the diving On
one side you have great countries of enor
nous power, growing in power every year
growing In wealth. growing in dominion
growing in the perfection of their organiza
ton. Railways have given to them the power
to concentrate upon any one point the whole
military force Of their population, and to as
semble armies of magnitude and powe.
never dreamt of in the generations that have
gone by. Science has placed in the hands O,
those armies weapons growing in their
efficacy Of destruction, and therefore adding
10 the power-fearfully to the power-of these
who have the opportunity of using them.
by the side OF these splendid organizations.
OF which nothing seems to diminish the force.
and which present rival claims which the flu
ture may only be able by a bloody arbitra-
ment to ad1ust-by the side of these there are
a number of communities which | can only
describe as dying. though the epithet app,ies
10 them, OF course. in very different degrees
and with very different amount of certain
application. They are mainly communities
that are not Christian. but l regret to say
that Is not exc usively the case. And in these
stateS ulsorganiZaton end decay Ire adv4ncinr
In the living nations that stand opnosi.o thcr,'
decade after decade they are weaker pocrer
ana less provided with leading men or IN
stftutlons in whom they can trust apoarnn,'v
drawing nearer and nearer to their fate. ana
YET ciinging with strange telacity 10 .hs
lie which they have got
In them misgovernment Is not only not
cured, but is constantly on the Increase T T1os
soclety-and official society-the administra
tlon-is mass Of corruption. so thai Their,
Is no firm ground on which any hone ~
REFORM or restoration could be based and
In their various degrees they are presenting
terrible Picture to the more enlightened
portion OF Che world-a picture which unfor-
tunately the increase in the means of our
informatioBy anda communication draws with
brighter should say darker-and more con-
spicuous Ineaments in the face of the eyes
OIL all nations and appeals to their feelings
as well as to their interests. calling upon
them to bring forward a remedy.
How long this state of things is likely to
go on or course do not attempt to prophecy
All can indicate is that that process is
proceeding, that the weak states are becom-
Ing weaker and the strong states are becom-
ing stronger. 1t needs to enter into no
detail and to attempt no speciality of prophecy
to- point out to you what the inevitable re-
suit of that combined process must be. For
one reason or for another-from the necessi-
ties Of politics or under the pIeense OF phi an.
thropy-for one reason or another the liv-
ing nations will gradually encroach on the
sciiieoiy VI euc uyiHB' anu SttuS anu
causes of conflict amongst civilized nations
will speedily appear. or course, 1t is not To
be supposed that any one nation of the liv-
ing nations will be allowed to have the
profitable monopoly of curing or cutting up
these unfortunate patients-Qaughter)-a
the controversy as to who shall have the
privilege of doing So and in what manner
he shall do it-these things may INTRODUCES
causes Of fatal differences between the great
nations whose armies stand opposite threaten
ing each other. These are the dangers I
think which threaten us in the period that
is coming on.
at is period which will tax our reso-
luton, our tenacity. and imperial instincts
to the utmost. Undoubtedly we shall not al
low England to be at disadvantage in any
Encouragement that may take place. (Cheers)
On the other hand, we shall not be jealous
If desolation and sterility is removed by the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of a rival in regions to which
our arms cannot extend"