The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-07-05

rapid than her transition from a
menace into an ally. China is entering
upon a similar experience and am
confident that her era of reform VIII
make her, not a yellow peril but a
powerful co-laborer in the international
vineyard. In India, in the Philippines,
in Egypt and even in Turkey statistics
show a gradual extension of education
and trust 1 will be pardoned If say
that neither the armies, the navies nor
yet the commerce Of our nations, have
given us so Just claim to the grail
tude of the people of Asia as have our
school teachers, sent, many of them by
private rather than by public funds
The English language has become the
vehicle for the conveyance of govern
mental truth even more than for the
spread of general information, for be-
ginning with Magma Charter and con-
tinuing through the era of the Ameri-
can revolution and the Declaration or
Independence down to the present, no
language has been so much employed
for the propagation Of that theory OF
government which traces governmental
authority toethe consent of the goVsrn-
ed Our own nation presents the most
| illustrious example known to history
| of a great population working out its
destiny through laws of its own max
| ing and under officials of its own
choosing, although, ! may add we
| scarcely GO beyond England In recog-
nizing the omnipotence of parliament
fresh from the people 1t is difficult to
overestimate the potency of this con-
ception of government upon the pro-
gress of a nation and, in turning the
thought Of the world away from des-
potism to the possibilities OF SELF
government, the pioneers of freedom
made western civilization possible. An
idea will some times revolutionize an
individual, a community, state, a ma
ton or even a world and the idea that
man possesses inalienable rights which
the state did not give and which the
state though it can deny, cannot take
away. has made millions Of human pc
ings stand erect and claim their God
given Inheritance while the era Of
constitutional liberty is ever widening,
while the tyranny and insolence OF ar
lbitrary power are every year decreas-
| ing, the leaders Of the worlds thought
| not only the English speaking nations
but the other Christian nations as well,
have vet much to do in teaching reVef-
ence for the will Of the majority ana
respect for the public servants upon
whom the people bestow authority.
The Christian nations must lead the
movement for the promotion OF peace
| not only because they are enlisted IN
der the banner Of the Prince OF Peace,
| bnt also because they have attained
such a degree Of intelligence that they
can no longer take pride IN purely
PHYSICAL victory. The behet thut
mora, questions can be settled by the
shedding Of human blood Is q reno q
barbarism; to doubt the dynamic power
~ righteousness is infidelity to truth
itself That nation which is unwliihg
n trust its catrse to the universal con-
science ar which shrinks from the pre-
sentatfon of its claims before tribunal
where reason holds sway betrays lack
of faith in the soundness of It's posi'loh'
"Our country has reason 70 consfat-
Mate itself upon the success OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt in fastening peace be-
tween Russia ana Japan. Through him
our nation won neral victory more
glorious than a victory In war hlhg
EDWARD has also shown himself pro-
n,oter az arbitration and large num-
her of members Of parliament are en-
listed in the same work, 1t means much
that the two great English speaking
nations are thus arrayed on the SIDE OF
peace" 8u ,.,u
venture to suggest that the world $
naace would be greatly promoted by an
agreement among the leading nations
tbat no declaration Of war should be
made until the submission OF the ques-
tion in controversy to an impartal
court for investigation, each nation re-
serving the right to accept or reject
the decision. The preliminary invesu-
cation would in almost every instance
Insure an amicabe settlement and the
reserved rights would be sufficient
protection against any possible IN
justice, -,
let me go a step farther and appeal
far n clearer recognition Of the dignity
~ labor. The odlum which rests upon
tbo work of the hand has exerted
haneful influence the world around me
theory that idleness Is more honorable
than toll; that 1t Is more Respectable "
consume what others have produced
tban 10 be a producer Of wealth-has
NOT only robbed society of an enormous
sim but it has created an almost I'M
nassable gulf between the leisure
classes and those who support them
Tolstov Is right in asserting that most
40 the perplexing problems of society
| grow out of the lack of sympathy be-
tween man and man. Because some
imagine themselves above work While
others see before them nothing but a
life Of drudgery there is constant war
ring and much of bitterness. When
mon and women become ashamed of
doing nothing and strive to give to So
ciety full compensation for all they re-
ceive from society there will be harm
ony between the classes
While Europe and America nave adj
vanced far beyond the Orient In plae-
ing a proper estimate upon those who
work, even our nations have not yet
fully learned the lesson that employ
ment at some useful avocation Is es-
sentlal to the physical health, intellec-
tval development and moral growth If
America and England are to meet the
requirements of their high positions
thew must be prepared to present In the