The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-03-13
AS A WORLD POWER
Shepard Speaks of the Force
of Sentiment.
Addresses at Tulane on Founders Day---0ur
Position as World Power Older
Than Yesterday.
CBy the Associated Press.l


New Orleans, La, March 12.-Founders
Day was celebrated by the various de-
psrtments of Tulane University today
The ceremonies took place at Tulane
Theatre and the Importance of the occa-
sion was increased by the presence of
Edward M. Shepard. of New York and
President Robert c. Ogden, of the South
ern Educational Conference. Mr. Shep-
ard made an address which received close
attention. His topic was Modern Power
of World Public Operation" He said in
part:
Some time it Is said, l think, absurd
1y, if not unpatriotically, that it was only
five years ago, during our Spanish War,
that the United States untitled to the
true place in military and naval power
and the material respect of the world
which our nation has held since Jack
sons victory over British veterans sew
enty-eight years ago, or since the an
nouncement of the Monroe Doctrine or
since the resolute assertion during Jack
sons presidency OF our rights against
foreign countries, or since our stupen-
dous exhibition of military power during
the Civil War. We have for generations
been a veritable world power, even if un-
til lately we did not pass under the
clamor of imperial or colonial policy.
II beg of you TO observe, however, that
it is not of world powers of which | am
now speaking, but OF world power. In
due time we shall escape from the polic-
ing Of the earth by iron and blood: at
least, that police will move only rarely
and when insenate folly shall be deaf to
the command of an enlightened and be-
nevolent world sentiment The ultimate
risk, even from military or naval point
of view or that Of commerce or finance,
OF offending that world sentiment -...-'
be more serious than the risk of some
specific and immediate offense against
any one Of the war lords of great nations.
Already such true world power. slight
though il be to what the future will
bring, controls from day to day specific
national acts over every nopulous land
and travelled sea within the three hun
dred and sixty degrees of latitude: al
ready are there world sentiments of right
and wrong, of justice and spoilation, Of
mercy and cruelty, Of glory and shame
within the past few weeks an event
not in itself of capital importance has
given us near illustration, perhaps the
most striking yet, of the power of a
world power sentiment now fully come of
age. But month or two ago few shot
thrown by German gunboat into a small
South African fort brought an outcry
the very next day from the whole world
around. Venezuela cried out to the
United States and within a few hours
after the unheroic bombardment every
American newspaper had it's say. With
In forty eight hours it was topic in the
British Parliament; within a few more
the comments of a statement there and
cablegrams from Washington were in the
Foreign Offices of Berlin and Paris. The
German lord stayed his hand when he
understood the world sentiment, and
seemed willing to be soothed by a chedue
from an American iron master: and his
Bditish ally was at once ashamed"
An address by Edward Rightor. presi-
dent of the alumni, a statement by Pres
ident Alderman and the comforting of de-
grees closed te hexercises.
Among those honored by degrees were
Edward M. Shepard, Robert C. Ogden
and Chief Justice f. T. Nichols, of the
Louisiana Supreme Court.