La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1905-08-05
GOD and A NATIONS
DESTINY.
Examples At Home and The Far
East. The Case Of Porto
Rico.

10 tina Editor of eLRs Correspondent.
Gle. ,
Sir: As eman fest destinys has baen
tha ma giC cry Of all coIoDizi q nations
TO appease the reIentIes critics cf their
expaDsionist undcrtakirgs, 90 eGod I
wills has been the taIismanic watch.
word Cf individual Whenever they
have tried to explain or Justify the
social or political conseq quences brought
forth By internal discontent and inter-
national war.
From the defaGt Gt Waterloo, where
the great Napoleon saw hia star fade
before the forces of the allies, 10 she
pioua Goods will be done. not ours9
of the gentlemanly Mr.. Mckinley,
gpt ksn at his last momentgIos 4 Chris
tian consolation, there has always
been human inclination III the hour
CT dispSir to appeal to divine power
for 3 reaGan and an explanation.
Even Hugo. with all the marvellous
resources of his incOmparabEe im0pinR.
ton. in that brilliant chapter On
Waterloo in GLgs MiserabIeg, ; climbs
into the ethereal domains il seRrCh Of
9 lucid argument TO justifg Napoleon e
licking. when be says: eWas il possible
that Napoleon should win this battIe2
We anSWar:: NJ! Whg? Because Of
WelIingtOn9 Becsuse If Bluchel? No!
BscRuGe Of Godl Napoleon had been
inpeaC1ed before she. ,Icfinite and his
fall WAS decreed. He Vexsd God !,
Waterloo is not . battle; ! it is the
ChRnge of front Of the univeFBe.s
d
The truth is--andd Il, will remain O.
long as there is GthumGn fate and de
tarmined rpOgethat the offairs Of
this universe, no matter what the
seIfishneSs Of man and the strength 81
his disposal. will always be regulated
and supervised By m enernaI Energy
Ab1ve the intelligence Of His creatures
Rnd the ornaments of c0nQueF0rg.
There 10 ample evidence and an un
denis bic proof of this immutabIe law
in the Russ0 JhpsneRe cor fist and its
unexpected results. If we have been
told ab the bres king cat of hsstilities
that the stubb0rnfRu Ruasian would have
been beaten in the way we have
seen we would have laughed derisiveIy
ct the author Of the prediction.
IrasmuCh 90 il seemed only lcgiC that
the designers Of kimonoB and aFtiatic
vases could not Withstand the onslaught
of the veterans of PieVnR and the
peerless CossRckS, the preSent victor
les Of the MikSdo's soldiers appeared
incredible. Here, Bgain, tha same
benz fcsnt rule have brought the
RusS isns to their knees. They shall
not fulfil their Musol vite dream.
If we wish to9fod an appropriate
example Of the strength cf that
theory, there is . notSbla cRse in the
Ousting Of the SpaBiaFdG from their
colonial possessions. Il impFovident
Spain had been . strOr ger nation with
more resources at her command and
all ths advantages on har side. she
still would have been unable TO oppose
ths will { f thst moral fOrCe that had
alreadY deCreed the cessation of her
mission as q Colonizipg factor. After
Rll her bitter etrUggies md tre.
mendOu8 contests for the retention of
CnbB. after eli the rRncor and hatred
for the elusive insurgents. imagine
triumphant Spiin in heP fight W th
the republic: Spsin, in her turn, got
her deserts. % Russia is getting hers
for the suppression Cf Poland. as
Eugland will get hers for the Trans.
vRal annihilAtiOn. 40 Uncle Sam ....
Well, Uncle Sam ID not responsible
for the condition Of Porto Rico. The
strange conduct Of the United States
in its treatment Cf our ig'end, or,
rather, the sttitude tGWaPd il Of the
present Administration. do not belong
in the same class .as the Russian and
, British atrocities. bat it still hive It's
revolving features. and AmeFioa may
vet come under the ban cf thAt same
moral power alluded to by Victor
Hugo. f..
During the seven years Cf Ameri.
can occupa tion we hsve been stFug'
Cling desperately to knew the charRC.
Ter Of the political sts tus bsstC W ed
upon as, and have been refuFel need
ed help in Our truly sWfdl plight.
If we, the Porto Ricans. could only
invoke successfully the good will and
bene6cent irfidence tf. that EternA
Arbiter and noble moral Power moi
ii the sense Of iudicious dispenser Q.
lreteibutive justice TO 3 hospitAb'e anC
generous nation where we have Oul
hoheu- but in order TO wake up ii
their human duty the ChriStian soul
cf her realm; then. and only then, W,
will csII the Americans the real Iibsr
ators Of our unhappy little island.
D. CoLLAZo.