The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-11-29
THE COMMANDING FIGURE

Now we ourselves actually facing the period the
epoch mighty Pachcthe Pacific touching, it
doe the shoulders of many nations crowded with people
full of opportunities be the of and
the center OF struggle this twentieth century The Pacc
dotted with islands the Pacific going pillow
with cables and ships 1t great broad dazzling
beautiful sapphire 5000 miles in diameter and length, grdled
around by gold bearing mountains OF the world and the
giants and that ourselves earnestly
For countless civilization has been moving from the
East towards the West beginning IN the outlines OF ASIA has
moved India and Europe creating and destroying empires
building up and tearing down civilizations side currents
have whred north and SOUTH but the great OF the
energy of the human has been westward and west
ward until crossed the Atlantic and for five centuries bated its
way across both Americas and after its centuries of march,
stands facing the ancient home of its beginnings enlarged
hanced exalted enriched strengthened and enlightened by all
the lessons learned from its victories and the defeats OF Its thou
sands years and march and efforts Its journey
completed but probably yet ended We only little
out from the shadow and babarlsm when
remember that has been this earth millions of years
and that have only few little scanty decades of recorded his
tory We have only just commenced the march of splendid
triumph towards the ideal and possible manhood We only
in the babyhood of the possibilities of this divine image earth
There magnificent future human race if we and
children taught responsibilities and
providence intended should We have already gone
far west that anv further west is east Now the nations are as
sembed Heretofore the expansion has been and
today the great problems OF diplomacy themselves
with direction for the expansive of the the
direction north and south England from the southern point OF
Africa and from Egypt croWdng into the position add that
great continent its empire and incidentally make martyr
OF it. Russia has been moving steadily and gradually but
hnchngy and unaerng until has spread all over the north
nd is beginning to its iron fingers and railways down to
the Persian gu-Rusa with her progressive and productive
energy life autocratC nssent and ntelgenthe
great danger America the future longer today Eng
land the imminent danger Germany and the most mmi
nent this mighty shadow coming from almost the Arctic region
Russa And stretching north and SOUTH reaching Alas
ka and reaching kindly hand but strongly protective
the countries south We occupy cogn of great advantage
We assuming peculiarly intimate and increasingly close rea-
tons with Mexico and Central America and South America
well holding inviting to the great continent of the
north of And all for what? All because appealing to
the great force of which from cooperation and cen
tralization
The great focal point great struggle of the future is Am
erica We the of all curious eyes, lying midway be-
Europe and the Orient fronting the whose supre
macy beginning, negbor Mexico and in reaching dis
lance of South America with distances shortened by isthman
canal soon to be built with handcappng traditions feter
utoWing off that which has been tried and found wanting,
and holding fast that which has been tried and found
goodthe United States of North America bound be the
increasingly great and commanding figure of the twentieth
tury.-American Banker.