The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-29

Iamentably below our penal code,
shows a desire for the establishment
q Justice between man and man.
DIR. Saleeby has published a transla-
ton OF the existing code. together
with the code mot yet adOpteD pre-
pared by the present prime minister
of the sultan. and a. comparison of the
two shows distinctly shat American in
fluence is already being fetz-
While I do not believe that any
large number of Americans can be in
duced 10 settle permanently in Min
danao (and Mindanao seems 70 be
the most inviting place., there viii be
ample time to test this question while
a government, is being esta blished
among the MOrOs. 1t is more likely
that the waste lands Will be settled
upon by emigrants from the northern
islands and that in time the Christian
to control the islands, and they can
then be annexed to the northern
group
Spread of American Ideas
The Ieaven of American IDEAS is al.
ready spreading. At Zamboanga wa
met Datu Mandi. who has adopted the
/ American dress and opened one of his
! buildings for a Moro school for girls
He is manifesting an increasing inter-
/ est in the American work. DatU
/ Mandis brother was one of the Moros
! taken TO the worlds fair and he, too
has abandoned the native dress Z
/ have already referred to the desire
| expressed by Datu Piang to have his
/ sons attend school in America This
: good sign, and money spent in
Educating them would reduce military
/ expenditures in that part of the
I island. The sultan of Sulu also wants
! to visit America, and a trim would DO
him more good than a years salary
AS soon as we convince these peoDla
that our purpose is an unselfish enc.
they will become willing pupils. and
in the course Of time they will find
the home more congenlal than the
| harem and the ways of peace more
pleasant than the warDath.
/ While our plans should be unselfish-
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 to the throne. III
! stead of choosing riches or long life,
he asked for wisdom that Re might
govern his people Alright. and he re-
ceiVed not only wisdom. but the riches
and the length of days which he 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
Test of Christianity.
/ faith in the wisdom to do right
Are we willing to trust the conscience
and the moral sense of those whom
we desire to aid?
Individuals have put Christianity TO
the test and have convinced them
selves that beneVOlenCe unarmed is
mightier than seldshness equipped
with sword and mail. but nations have
as yet seldom ventured to embody the
spirit Of the NaZareny in their for
eign policy Is 1t not an OppOrtune
time for our nation TO make the trial2
Our president has recently been hailed
as a peacemaker because he took the
initiative in terminating a great war.
but this involved no sacrifice upon our
part. May not win a greater vic
tory by proving our disinterested con
Germ for the welfare of 4 people Sepa-
rated from US not only by vast waters,
but by race. by language and by colOr2
Carlyle. in concluding his history OF
the French revolution. declared that
thought is stronger Than artillery
parks and that back of every great
thought is love This is a lofty plat
form. but not too lofty for the United
States of America
. Copyright. 1906. by Joseph 3. -BowIes.)
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