The Washington times., 1905-10-18

not, we are a great people and must
play a great part in the world. 1t Is
will play that great part or not We
have to play It; all we can decide is
whether we shall play 1t well or Ill.
And l have too much confidence in my
countrymen to doubt what the de-
cision will be. Our mission in the world
should be one of peace. but not the
peace OF cravens. the peace granted
contemptuously to those who purchase
It by surrendering the right
No. Our voice must be effective for
peace because ii is raised for righteous
ness first ard for peace only as the
handmaiden OF Righteousness. We must
be scrupulous In respecting the rights
of the weak and no less careful to
make Ii evident that we do not act
through fear of the strong. We must
be scrupulous in doing justice to others
and scrupulous in exacting justice for
ourselves.
We must beware equally of that
sinister and cynical teaching, which
cal standards in international relations,
and of the no less hurtful folly which
would stop the whole work of civil
sistency IN trying TO apply TO peoples
untitled for them those theories of gov
ernment and of national action which
are only suited for the most advanced
races
Police the Seas.
In particular we must remember that
in undertaking to build the Panama Ca
nal we hava necessarily undertaken to
police the seas at either end Of 1t, and
this means that we have a peculiar in
terest IN the preservation Of order IN
the coasts and islands Of the Caribbean.
1 firmly believe that py a little wise
and generous aid we can help even the
most backward of the peoples In these
coasts and Islands forward along the
path of orderly liberty so that they
can stand alone. II we decline to give
thep such help the result will be bad
both for them and for US, and will in
the end In all probability cause us 10
race humiliation or bloodshed
The problems that face us abroad are
important, but the problems that face
US at nome are even more important
Ihe extraordinary growth of industrial
Ism during the last half century brings
every civilized people face to face with
tne graYest social and economic Ques-
tions. This is an age of Combination
anong ag Capitalists and combination
70 prevent such combinations. Our ef-
Iorts should be to see that they work
Ior the good and not for the harm of
the body polite
New devices Of Law are necessary from
time to time In order to meet the
changed and changing Conditions. R1,t
aIter all we will do well TO renen,her
Ina cha. aithough the problems to be solved
cnange from generation to generation.
tne Spirit In which their solution must
re attempted remains forever the same
II is In peace as it is in war
Tactics Change.
Tactics cange and weapons cb,ngo
Inc Continental troops in their blue ana
pun' VINO fought under Washington and
Ireene and Wayne. differed entirely In
aIfns ana In training from those who in
piue or gray faced one another in the
armies OF Grant and of Lee, of Sherman
ana OF Johnston And now the sons Of
these same Union and Confederate VET
Grams who serve in our gallant littIa
army of today, wear a different uniform
carry a different weapon, and practice
different tactics.
But the soul of the soldier has re-
mained the same throughout. and the
Qualities which drove forward to VIC
tory or to death the men Of rs and the
men Oh 6l. are the very Qualities which
me men OF today must keep unchanged
IT In the hour of need the honor OF The
nation Is to be kept untarnished
30 IT is in civil life. This Govern
the principle of treating each man ON
ms worth as man, of paying no heed
to his creed or his social standing, but
his duty to himself, TO his neighbor. to
the state. From this principle we can
not afford to vary by so much as |
hands breadth
No Class Government.
Many republics have risen In the past, |
and some of them fiourished long, but |
sooner or later they fell; and the cause |
most potent IN bringing about their |
fall was in almost all cases the fact |
that they grew to be governments in |
the interest of a class instead of gov