Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
Edward M. Shepard Discusses
World Sentiment.
EFFECT ON WAR LORDS
BY THE RECENT
VENEZUELAN BLOCKADE.
Address Delivered on the Anniversary
Of Founders Day at Tulane
University.

NEW ORLEANS, March 12.-Founders'
day was celebrated today by the various
departments Of Tulane University Of Louis
lana. The ceremonies took place at Tulane
Theater, and the Importance of the occa-
sion was increased by the presence of Ed
ward M. Shepard Of New York and Presi-
dent Robert c. Ogden OF the southern edu-
cationat conference. Mr.. Shepard made an
address which received close attention.
Mr.. Shepard said in part:
Il shall speak of the world public senti-
ment. I shall speak more especially of it's
growth in the latter years of the nine
teenth and the first part of the twentieth
century. to be single, definite, practical.
quickly effective force, and Of all forces
the most powerful In organized civilization
Beginning Of This country's Greatness.
Sometimes, 1t is said, 1 think absurdly,
If not unpatriotically, that 1t was only five
years ago. during our Spanish war, that
the United States really became a world
power The saying seems to me quite UNI
fitted to the true place in military and
naval power and the material respect OF
the world which our nation has he'd since
Jackson's victory over British veterans
seventy-eight years ago, or since the an
nouncement of the Monroe doctrine, or
sons presidency Of our rights against for
eign countries, or since our stupendous ex-
hibition Of military power during the civil
war, since.
world power, even II until lately we did not
pass under the glamour Of imperial or colo
NAL policy.
IT beg of you to observe, however, that
now speaking, but Of world power. We
are not, on your founders day, concerned
with the lesser and relatively obsolete or
obsolescent exercise of brute force in wars
large or small. In due time we shall escape
from the policing of the earth by iron and
blood: at least that police will move only
rarely and when insensate folly shall be
deaf to the command of an enlightened and
benevolent world sentiment
1.-The ultimate risk, even from q military
Or naval point of view or that OF COM
merce or finance, Of offending that world
sentiment will be more serious than the
risk of some specific and immediate offense
against any one Of the war lords Of great
nations.
World Sentiment Will Rule.
81 am not today concerned with the world
powers known to diplomacy, the United
States or Great Britain or Germany or
France or Russia or Japan, but with the
powerful sentiment of the whole world
which, under God. will rule all the world
powers, Subdu1ng all their dlplOmacleS ana
armed forces.
Already such true world power, slight
though 1t be to what the future will bring,
controls from day to day specific national
acts over every populous land and travelled
sea within the 800 degrees Of latitude. AL
ready are there world sentiments of right
and wrong. of justice and spoliation, OF
mercy and cruelty, of glory and shame.
Already is the power Of the public senti-
ment of the world concretely exercised
by commands to do or refrain, given within
few weeks or days or even few hours
after the deeds or events which call them
out.
within the past few weeks an event not
in itself Of capital Importance has given us
another illustration, perhaps the most strfk-
ing yet, of the power of a world-power SEN
timent now fully come of age But a month
or two ago a few shot thrown by German
gunboat into a small South American fort
brought an outcry the very next day from
the whole world around Venezuela cried
out to the United States, and within few
hours after the unheroic bombardment
every American newspaper had its say.
within forty-eight hours it was topic
In the British parliament; within few
more the comments of statesmen there and
cablegrams from Washington were In the
foreign Offices Of Berlin and Paris. The
German war lord stayed his hand when he
understood the world sentiment, and seemed
willing to be soothed by a check from an
American iron master; and his British ally
was at once ashamed