The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1906-07-05

"AAOLI IL his I1CldChto1 O0AO
fit conferred by the opening of new
markets must be apparent to anyone
who has watched the stimulating in
fiuence of the new ideas which have
been introduced into Asia and Afri-
ca through the medium of the English
language. This is not the mother
tongue of very many of the worlds
leaders in religion, craftsmanship.
science and literature, but it has re-
ceived thorough translation the best
that has been written and spoken in
other countries. He who learns this
language, therefore is like one who
lives upon a great highway where
he into daily contact with the
world. Without disparaging other
modern languages it may be said
with truth that whether one travels
abroad or studies at nome there is
no other language SO useful at the
present time as that which We employ
at this banquet board, and the nation
which is instrumental in spreading
this language conferS an ineStimable
boon eve though. the comforting of
it be not included in its general pur-
pose. England a rendered this SER
vice to the people, of India and the
United States is rendering the same
service to the people of h Philippines
while both England and the United
0NoNOo u I(Sh hOAPAoA ~ ooPoh
and China in this way.
But the advanced nations cannot
content themselves with the confer
ring of incidental benefits. if they
would justify their leadership they
must put forth conscious n con-
| slant effort for the promotion of the
welfare of the nations which lag be
| hind. Incidental benefits may follow
even though the real purpose of a
nation is a wholly selfish one, for
as the sale of Joseph into Egypt re-
suited in blessings to his family and
to the land of the Pnaraohs, so cap
tives taken in war have sometimes
spread civilization and blacks car
ried away into slavery have been i'm
proved by contact with the whites.
But nations cannot afford to do evil
in the hope that Providence will rams
mute the evil into good and bring
blessings out of sin. Nations, if they
would be great in the better sense
of the term, must intend benefit as
well as confer it, they must plan adj
vantage. and not leave h results to
chance.
l take it for granted that our du-
ty to the Socalled inferior races is
not discharged by merely feeding
them in times of famine or by contri-
buting to their temporary support
when some other calamity overtakeS
them. A much greater assistance is
rendered them when they are led
to a more elevated plane of thought
and activity by deals which stimulate
them to self-development. The i'm
provement of the people themselves
should be the paramount object in
all intercourse with h Orient.
Among the blessings which the
" -f- III 4s~Ao
able-and in duty bound-to carry to
the rest of the world, l may mention
five; education, knowledge of the
science of Government, arbitration is
a substitute for war, appreciation of
the dignity of labor and a high con
ception of life.
Education m first, and in moth
ing have the United States and Eng
land been more clearly helpful than
in the advocacy of universal educa
ton. If the designs of God are dis
closed by His handiwork, then the
Almighty never intended that learn
ing should be monopolized by a few,
and he arrayes himself against the
plans of Jehovah, who would deny in
tellectual training to any part of the
human race? 1t is a false civilization,
not a true one, that cOuntenanceS the
he permanent separation of society
int the distinct classes, the one en-
couraged to improve the mind and
the other condemned to hopeless ignor
ance. Equally false is that conception
of international politics which would
make the prosperity of one nation
depend upon the exploitation of an
other. While not one is far sighed
enough to estimate with accuracy the
remote, or even the immediate, con-
equence of human action, yet as we
can rely upon h principle Is each
individual profits rather than loses
by the progress and prosperity of his
neighbors, so we cannot doubt that
it is to the advantage of each nation
that every other nation shall make
the largest possible use of its own
and the capabilities of its
people.
No one questions hat Japan's influ-
ence has been a beneicent one since
she has emerged from illiteracy and
endowed her people with public
schools open to all her boys and girls
The transition from a position of OBJ
security into a world power was
scarcely more rapid nan her transi-
ton from a n into an ally.
perience and / am confident that her
era of reform will make her. not a
yellow peril but a powerful co-labor-
er in the nternational vineyard. In
India, in the Philippines, in Egypt
and even in Turkey statistics show
a gradual extension of education and
l trust l will be pardoned if | say