Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-07-05
Bryan Sets High Ideal
For Civilized Ma
ti0ns.
BUT NOT BY VIOLENCE
Significant Fourth of July Ad-
dress Before American So
ciety at London.

London, July 5.-William Jennings
Bryan in a Fourth of July address al
the banquet of the American society OF
London set high ideal for the premier
nations of the world He declared their
mission should be to uplift the weaker
and more benighted peoples of the
orient by an example far more endur-
ing than violence affords.
As is the citizen thus lis the state,
asserted Mr.. Bryan, and America and
England as the highest type of enlight-
ened nations owe it 70 themselves and
the world to hasten the day when
peace instead of war shall prevail and
when the brotherhood of man and the
welfare of all shall take, the place of
selfishness and greed.
Praises President.
President Roosevelt and King Ed
ward were praised by Mr.. Bryan for
their influence in behalf of peace and
the cause of arbitration.
Mr.. Bryan declared the odium which
rests upon the work of the hand has
eXerted a baneful influence on the
world, and this theory, me said. was
largely responsible for the creation of
an almost impassable gulf between the
leisure classes and those who support
them
On White Mans Burden.
The subject of Mr. BrTan's address
was 1.-The White Mans Burden He
said:
The memory of the evening spent
with the American society, Thanksgiv-
ing day two and a half years ago, is
such a pleasant one that esteem my
self fortunate to be able to accept the
invitation SO kindly extended by our
ambassador. Hon. White
law Reid. 70 be your guest on this oc-
casion Our English friends. under
whose flag we meet tonight, recalling
that this is the anniversary of our ma
tion's birth, would doubtless pardon
us if our rejoicing contained something
of Self-congratulation for il is at such
times as this that we are wont to re-
view those national achievements
which have given to the United States
it's prominence among the nations.
Turns from Past.
1uJ L SudlI uOl De lIlOuShI iSiN1N
ing in patriotic spirit if. instead of
drawing a picture of the past, bright
with heroic deeds and unparalleled in
progress, | summon you rather to Sc
rious consideration of the responsible
ty resting upon those nations which
aspire to premiership. This line OF
thought is suggested by a sense OF
Dropriety as well as by recent expert
ances-by a sense of propriety because
such subject will interest the Briton
as well as the American, and by re-
cent experiences because they have i'm
pressed me not less with our national
duty than with the superiority of west
ern over eastern civilization.
Adopts KipIing's Theme.
Asking your attention to such a
.heme it is not uniting to adopt
phrase coined by poet to whom Amer
ca as well as England can lay some
Mans Burden"
Take up the white mans burden
In patience to abide,
To veil the threat of terror
And check the show of pride.
BY open speech and simple,
An hundred times made plain,
To seek another's profit,
And work another's gain
Thus sings Kipling, and, with the ex-
,eption of the third line s(of the mean
ng of which 1 am not quite sure) the
tanZa embodies the thought which is
lppermost in my mind tonight. No one
AN travel among the dark-skinned
aces of the orient without feeling that
he white man occupies an especially
avored position among the children
# men and the recognition of this fact
S accompanied by the conviction that
here is a duty inseparably connected
With the advantages enjoyed. There
s a white mans burden-a burden
which the white man should not shirk
ven if he could, burden which heI
ould not shirk, even if he would. That
10 one liveth unto himself or dieth unto
limself has a national as well as an
Individual application. Our destiniesl
re SO interviewer that each exerts an
directly or indirectly upon
III others.
Sometimes Unconscious.
Sometimes this influence is uncon-l
ciously exerted, as when, for instance,
he good or bad precedent. set by one
Iation in dealing with its own affairs,