The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-09

and the Suppression of the Indi-
vidual-Anglo-Sax Represents
the Opposite and Must Defend 1t.
PHILADELPHIA, April S.-The third
session Of the Academy Of Science was
held this afternoon, with President Ro-
land P. Faulkner, of the University of
Pennsylvania, in the chair The subject
discussed was "Our Commercial Rela-
items in the Far East" Addresses were
made by Worthington c. Ford, former
chief of the bureau of statistics United
States treasury department, and Robert
Il. Hill, United States geological survey.
The discussion was participated in by
John Ford, of the American-Asiatic as
ISOLATION; e. T. Chamberlain, of the
navigation bureau, United States treas
ury department; F. w. Whiteside, DR..
w. p. Wilson, F. r. Johnson, w. E. Tor
rens, of the National Manufacturers as
ISOLATION; l.. James and r. S. Rowe.
The executive council today elected the
following officers: Prof. e. ]. James,
University of Chicago, president Prof.
8. M. Lindsay, University of Pennsyl-
vania, first vice president; Prof. A. H.
Geddin, Columbia university, second vice
president; Woodrow Wilson, Princeton,
third vice president; Stuart Wood, Phila-
delphia, treasurer; Prof. Henry r. Sea-
ger, University Of Pennsylvania, CORE
spending secretary; Clinton Rogers,
Woodruff, Philadelphia, recording secre-
tary; Prof. ]. @. Adams, University of
Pennsylvania, general secretary; Prof.
Tnhv avx snrI,
brarian.
Robert I. Hill, Of the United States
geological survey, in his address on Our
commercial relations with the far east"
said, in part:
THE future extension of our trade in
foreign countries, China included, must
depend much more upon individual exer-
ton than upon government aid. Our
manufacturers and merchants must win
patronage by supplying the best quality
Of goods at the lowest prices. China will
never take from us that which we cannot
lions. Tho world knows that the vast
area Of China is to be net-worked with
railroads and telegraph lines, opening up
the vast mineral resources which are de-
manded in the worlds arts and indus
tries, and in these lines we shall find our
opportunities for profit.
REAL STRUGGLE.
Prof. Williams said the great rivals
for conquest of Asia were England and
Russia, and the solution of this problem
seemed to be in their hands.
1.-THE past careers Of these two aspir-
ants for world direction" he said, fur
nish clue to what may logically be ex
pected from them in the future. In the
dawn of Slavonic history, we find the
ancestors OF the Russians TO be q way
ward group Of tribes unable to coalesce
in effective federation until conquered
and given the initiative by an alien pow
er.
1.-THE Anglo-Saxon presents striking
contrast in every phase of this compar1
mere numerical superiority or the print
tive efforts of force majur, but by reason
of the inventive and organizing talent Of
the race. ~
..England's true course" continued
Prof. Williams, rs not annexation, but
instructions; the operations of trade bring
her victories more lasting than those
won by Maxim guns; she has no need Of
a better ally. 4Russia's objective, on the
other hand, is international monopoly.
Her tendency is toward increased central
izatfon of authority, and the central1za
ton of aggressive power, whose appetite
for territorial extension becomes In the
end mania. There is no place in her
schemes for countries that her garrisons
90 not occupy. 10 SuUNcFl III uucHuluS
succession, to tax and Cypress her sub
jects for the maintenance of the huge
military machine-these are her aims,
precisely as they were those Of Darius,
long ago. They involve the suppression
of the Individual everywhere for the hene-
fit of the ruler, the abasement Of the
subject and the inevitable reduction Of
civilization to level with the condition
of purely military despotisnls of the
past"
In conclusion Prof Williams said:
ITO keep this prototype of brute force
from pervading and controlling the whole
world, the nations that still cherish lofty
hope for humanity must forget their sec
tionalism and stand together in battle.
1t is madness to abate one particle Of the
issue and declare that something ought
to be conceded for the cause of peace, to
pretend, as do some Englishmen, already
weary of the strain, that Russia, If given
Northern China or Constantinople, or a
port on the Persian Gulf, will be content.
She is not striving for portions. but for
the whole of Asia. When she has gained
this she knows, and we must eventually
agree that nothing human can resist
her"