The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-02

I0ea Oi mat liberty Tor which we fought
King George? No. IL came from King
John OF the Magma Charta down TO the
Times when man stood up against the
klngly prerugalyes, as Iustauccd IA
King Charles 1. C.omwell worked out
at the risk of lie and property. that
lace. ~ IoT which Washington and his
noble cOmTceTs save their highest aad
uUUIest devotion.
Every spark OF liberty which Amer
lea stan tea with, ana mas deEe lOped ald
.seu DuIi,u,d AID enlightened with,
was the gift OF magnificent old Eu-
sand. nU- for england We would not
awe mad these ideals OF liberty which
lTe the glory OF America today | want
10 pass To another thing in favor OF
England. WHAT has been her policy
coward her colonies since 30? What
did Rome do? Did Rome give her
colonies liberties. rights or any OPP
portunities whatever? No. The
Caesar who happened to be on the
throne, generally picked out some
pampered favorite as Governor, giving
MIN the opportunity to enrich hImse.l
by squeezing the colony to the last
drop. WHAT has Spain done with her
colonies? She has invariably used and
~AfiDAt'h NutAl " lEA Oh II auk1OI1ke
and that is the reason every Spanish
colony has broken its relations with
the mother country.
~ nat has England done? She has
no single advantage over any of her
colonies today over other nations. ex-
cept those which are based on her kim
ship. The ports of all her colonies are
as open to US, to Russia. to France and
10 Germany, as they are 10 the mother
country; unrestricted commerce to the
world is open in her ports. What is her
policy in India? The Rajahs of old
robbed tne provinces for their own per-
sonal gain. England has not taken
one dollar from India on her own be-
half. The taxes of India are used In
India for the benefit OF India.
II have not the inclination 10 raise
the question as 20 what is leading En-
gland into different countries all around
the globe. She has raised from social
and political degradation some of the
most down-trodden people on the face
IF the earth. Her strong hand has put
down slavery and bloody tyranny
wherever IL has been found. Not one
step has she taken i'm the world that has
not meant the uplifting Of humanity
20 a higher religious an, Industrial ad-
vance.
Let glance a moment AZ the condi-
ton Of things in South Africa We are
being told everywhere that England is
simply grabbing for new possessions
there. for mines for wealth. for power
Before | answer that question I want
20 raise another I want TO ask what
: the right Of an individual or a nation
in the land which they happen to pos
sess? II a man is cast upon an island
and takes first possession Of Il. and a
second man is cast upon II afterwards;
has the first man the right to thrust
the second into the sea to perish. or
must he share the opportunity for life?
II 7 understand the situation in South
Africa. II is something ike this: The
Roers possess this country which was
thought at first TO he mere agricultural
land. But 1t was discovered To be i'm
mensely rich i'm gold and I'm diamond
mines. Naturally people began to flock
from oil over the world. Have the
Beers the ripht 70 keen everybody cleo
out? We did not conceive any such
lights In California In 30: such claim
has not been made IN tho Klnndikp. or
~ Cove Nome said 20 no one ~ the
richest spots on the face OF the earth.
The English fOckGd IA there and at
the beginning OF the war there were
more UlJlduders than Beers. The lat
ter promised, but they did not keep
,ueir promises. one Oh their laws vas
that the Englishman must be resi-
dent Tor fifteen years before he could
vote; but he had TO pay heavy taxes
! the first year he was there. He had 10
take out a passport every six months II
he would travel from one part of the
country to the other. He was taxed at
every turn and had no voice in the gov
eminent of the country which dominat-
co every movement Would you Amer
| leans stand that sort of thing? What
/ did you do a few years ago when the
/ Crown Of Hawaii attempted 10 aOruse
I your rights? Did you want 1t to be
done? NO.
| Il do say. speaking from the Anglo
| Saxon standpoint. that the contention
OF England is a righteous one; and
/ trust she wins in this struggle, as II
seems certain she Is going to win. En-
gland will not Cypress the Beers. and
/ certainly will not exercise the kind OF
| expressions by them over Englishmen
/ II will mean justice and enlighten-
ment. because / believe from my heart
/ hat the Anglo-SaXon ideal OF Govern
. mCnt is nODler ana better LOT the BOeis
/ in Africa. While | deeply deplore
this war and long TO see peace on hon
/ orable terms. yet ! do pray or the
! ereedv success Of British arms. This
is my view OF the ethical problem IN
! South Africa as / have been able "a
gauge the situation from what | have
read.
| 81 want to lift you up to see tn
/ highest conceivable moral level OF tn
worlds problem OF today. Before Ma
poleon began his disastrous Russian
campaign he uttered the prophet,
! words. that within fifty years all Eu
rope would be republican. or all Cos
sack. He tried to check Cossack pow
err / believe you viii agree with m
when I say that in mary ways Russ;
IL the mightiest military power on tn
face OF the globe. Look at the map o
Russia and see how large a portion
of northern Europe belongs TO Russia
Look at Asia and see her territoT!
stretching across TO the Pacific ocean
There are thousands upon thousand
OF Cossacks there. No ruler on tn
globe has one 1.-THE the power possesse'
by the Russian Car.
The White Gar Is reaching out II
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