The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-07-27

man and tho red and between the diner
emit tribes Of red mon was unceasinG. but
now that we have expanded. peace has
come; exactly as peace has been brought
to Algiers. to Turkestan and the Soudan.
by the great peoples Of Europe. Every
such instance Of expansion has been Of
Unreasonable benefit to. mankind. and
more and more the civilized peoples are
beg tnning to realize that they can:fwork
hand in hand with one another. See what
Is happening in China to-day. Read the
notes issued by Won Buelow. speaking for
Germany. and John Hay. speaking for
ourselves, and see how absolutely alike
are the policies therein outlined. We are
taking the only course consistent with our
material self-interest. our national SELF
respect, and above all with the well-being
Of mankind at large. The best Of all
things Is where a new nation can b.
brought into the circle Of civilization, a.
Japan has been brought. and where such
Is the case America will ever be foremost
to greet the new civilized power and to
work with her as we now work with
Japan. But to refrain from doing our
duty in the world would be merely ulti-
mately to invite
The Fate of China:
''fhe Chinese policy has always
and she offers today the best ex-
ample Of the fruits Of such a policy
when logically carried out.
"Nominally her policy has been one Of
peace, and in reality 1t has simply been
one which invited aggression from with
out and melted her own people to 'fero-
cious and hideous barbarism. The So
called anti-expansionist. when logical.
insists upon our abandoning the Ameri-
cans, missionaries and laymen alike. who
are In China to their dreadful fate with
out an effort to rescue them, and insists
that America shall take no legitimate
step to secure for our merchants. farmers
and wageworkers the benefit Of the open
market. aAs,.k1.ieh
tExpansi0n means in the end not
war, but peace. hut like every other
great good IT. can normally be
achieved only by effort at the out
set. Woe to us IL we shrink from
such effort! Woe II We fail to do our
duty because the Arst step seems
of little heart! III we are to retain
the. respect Of mankind we must do
mo- wrong and must not suffer wrong
1rnn others. ''".'-. :. :.
I'VE must strive with earnest good
faith to secure the steady betterment of
the populations over which we assume
control. We must show ourselves anx-
ious to work in q spirit of frank and
open friendship with other civilized ma
lions. But we must no more shrink from
introducing orderly liberty and just
and stable government in the islands to
which our new duty has called US than
we shrunk In the past from tho various
kinds Of expansion which carried US from
Florida and New Mexico to Alaska
This election Is more important than
any that this country has seen, save only
the election of "a, and we have tho right
to appeal to every man worthy to call
himself good citizen that he shall stand
by US In this contest for upright and
honest legislation and administration at
home, and abroad for the UNFOLDING Of
the flag and the great privilege Of doing
the worlds work as beseems a great
world power.
study thu. Kansas City Platform
and you cannot help realizing that their
policy is the policy of infamy, that their
triumph would mean misery 50 wide-
spread that 1t is almost unthinkable and
a disgrace so lasting that more than q
generation would have to pass before 1t
could be wiped out. They stand for law
lessness and disorder. for dishonesty and
dishonor, for license and disaster at home
and cowardly shrinking from duty
abroad. We ask the support Of all Amer.
leans that have the welfare Of the coun-
try at heart, no matter what their po-
litical Affiliations may have been in the
past We ask the support of all sound
headed men who do not wish to see our
national well-being swallowed up in an
abyss Of disaster. We appeal to all good
men who believe In civic decency and
shrink from the faint Of financial dis
honor, and we appeal to all brave men
who are proud of the national name and
reputation, and ask them to see to it that
we are not Inundated before mankind.
and that we do not abandon the posi-
ton we have taken In the forefront Of
the great nations Of the EARTH