Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-10
LOOKING TOWARD DESTINY.
Progress of the World as Reelected In
American Relations.

GoodWin's salt Lake weekly.
The representatives of two great empires
are about to meet in our country's capital
to try to arrange a peace 1t is strange
fact that our country should have been Sc
lected for such a purpose-ours the only
really great republic in the world. 1t en-
phasizes the fact that our nation has be-
come a world power in the worlds esti-
nation On the eastern continent the eau
casian is confronting the Monaghan, the
Indian and Malay. With Japan triumphant
1t will not be many years until it will be
found that almost imperceptbly its genius
has infused China with a spirit OF agrees
siveness, and that its myriads have been
trained in the arts of both peace and war.
1t was in anticipation of this that the Ger
man emperor, not long since, expressed
sympathy for Russia, adding: Russia is
fighting Europe's battle" That is, in fancy
he saw the Asian hive swarming in ter
rible competition for the worlds trade. IL
not in arms for the western worlds con-
quest. Asia and Europe are Joined, but we
are 80 situated that we look to the east
for Europe, to the west for Asia. Plan as
we may we can no longer keep our sphere
of influence to ourselves. This time two
great empires seek our shores to find a
place in which to arbitrate their differences.
Next time our nation will have TO be the
arbitrator.
Looking around over our country a won
derful spectacle is presented. Our harvests
are feeding half the world; our textiles
supply half the worlds looms; our mines
are yielding such tremendous volume of
wealth that soon, of the gold and silver OF
the world, our country will possess a vastly
undue proportion OF the whole.
Noraovar nj tha Uorldig strong raaaS a
host equal In numbers TO the armies of
Russia and Japan are landing upon our
shores annually from foreign countries and
merging with our people. Keeping in mind
that God was watching at Valley Forge, at
Saratoga and Yorktown; that He was
watching at Lundy's Lane and New Or
leans; that he was watching when Texas
and California and the treasure-laden desert
were wrenched from Mexico to become a
part of our republic; that He was about
Vicksburg and Gettysburg and AppOmatox,
that our republic might be saved intact;
that He turned the missiles aside from our
ships in Manila bay and OF Santiago-it
would be impossible not to believe that a
purpose was behind the creation of our
great republic. To our dimmed eyes II
looks as though that purpose was to revert
the rule OF the ages In all the past among
/ the ndlOnS n rev peOple nave beth every
thing, the masses nothing. Is that this
present purpose to prove that man is moth
ing, the people everything; that is, that
there Is 10 be a readjustment and level
ing-that the grosser forces are TO wither
| and that heart and brain are to rule the
world? And is there not purpose In filling
our land at the same time with an ire
sistible host OF people and with inestimable
! treasures? Does it not mean that our coun-
I try is TO be the final arbiter between the
east and the west. and that our tree OF
/ liberty is to expand until a reconciled world
shall rest under it's benign shade? Who
knows?
But the possibility should cause our PEG
| pie TO be more perfect themselves In al
| the arts OF both peace and war; that We
may never be caught unprepared; that the
manhood OF the nation be all the time kept
alert and equipped 10 the very highest
point Of efficiency. and every man in the
republic trained 10 think that the safety
/ and glory OF the country rests in part upor
himself and that a failure on his part e
make the very best OF himself would be 8
reproaeh to the fathers. dishonoT 70 the
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