The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-05-01
Around the World With Will
liam Jennings Bryan.

II the sultan. anu a comparison th.
Two Distinctly thai America s.
tuence IS already being fe5t
White I do BOT believe tAat 1y
large number u Americans can he Ia-
t,iuccI ta settle fertua. sHtly 4a N44.
idhao tani Aiaiaraa Seems ts Er
th" most iuyitiac ritert tu-r, IS Ia
ample time ga ts~f .hIs question su
q government is being cStabI5s.fel
among the Moras 1t IS more l4s s
THAT tho waste lands vail be @,ft|.
upon by emigrants from she northern
Islands and that 5u time the Chrisfl.1
Filipin"s Viii be sufficiently numerous
to control the island aud they caa
then be annexed tp the northern
group.
The Ietycn OF American ideas Is af-
ready spreading. At ZamboauG8 Uo
met natu Alandi. @ho has adopted the
American dress anI opened One II ils
buildings for a Moro school for EIr-.
He is manifestiug au increasing inter
lest in the American work. Dttu
MdndlS brother was one Of the NoroS
taken To the worlds fair and he too.
has Abandoned the native dress. /
have already referred to the desire
expressed by Datu Plang TO have Ais
sons attend school in America. This
is a good sign. and money spent In
educating them would reduce military
expenditures in that part of the island
The sultan of SuIu also wants to visit
America. n q trip would do him
more good than a years salary. As
soon as we convince these people that
II is an uuselnsh one. thc,-
viii become willing pupils. and in the
course of time they viii find the home
more c~ongeniaI than the harcm ana
the way Of peace more pleasant than
the war path.
While our plans should be unselfsh.
they would probably prove profitable
in the end. for friends are better Gus
toners than enemies, and our trade
is apt to develop in proportion as we
teach the natives to live as we do.
When solomon came 10 the throne. in
stead Of choosing richie or long life.
he asked for wisdom that he might
govern his peOp'c Alright. and he re
.ceivcd not only wisdom. but the riches
and the length Of days which ne had
regarded as less important. May we
not expect a similar reward if we
choose the better part and put the
welfare of the natives above our own
gain?
After all, the test question is. Have
we faith in the wisdom to do right ?'
Are we willing to trust the conscience
and the moral sense Of those whom
we desire To add
IndlNldudlS nave put christianity 10
the test ana have convinced them
selves that b~cneVolence unarmed is
mightier than SelflShneSS equipped
With sword and mail, but nations have
as yet seldom Venturcd to cmbody the
spirit of the Nazarcne in their for
eign policy. Is it not an opportune
time for our nation to make the trial?
Our president has recently been hailed
as a peace maker because he took the
initj1tiNp in Terminating a orG1f war
but this involved no sacrifice upon
part. May we not win q greater VIC
tory by proving our diSinterCStcd con-
Germ for the welfare Of a people sep
aratcd from us not only by vast waters
but by race, by language and by COLOR
Carlyle. in concluding his history IF
the French revolution, declared that
thought is stronger than artillery
parks and that back of very great
thought is love. This is a lofty plat
form, but not too lofty for the United
States Of America.