Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-07-05

peueAilS, III tney would juSti
~ their leadership they must put
.ortn conscious and constant effort
ior the Iromotion OF the welfare el
Tue natioas which lag bchnd Incl
ueltai benefits may follow even
lhoush the real purpose of IL nation Is
wpblly selfish one, for tho sale OF
Joseph into Egypt resulted in bless
rigs to Ills family and to the land OF
the Pharoais, SO captivcs taken in
war have sometimes spread civilian
ton and blacks carried away :ntu
slavery have hccn improved hyscon
Ract with the whites. But nations cau.
not afford to do evil In the hope that
providence will transmutc the evil
INTO good and bring blessings out of
sin. Nations. If they would he great
III the better sense Of the term. must
intend benefit rs we'll as confer 1t
.hey must plan advantage and moi
ieave the results to chance.
What the Duty Consists of.
-. Jake IT for granted that our duty
10 The so-callcd inferior races is moi
discharged by merely feeding Them
I'm times of famine or by contributing
60 their temporary support whom
some other calamity ovcrtakcs thcm
n much greater assistance is render
ed them when they arc led to a more
eleVa'cd plane Of thought and activity
by ideals which stimulate them To
se'f-ucvclopmcnt. The Improvement
Oh the people themselves should bc
the paramount object in all inter
course with the Orient.
Among the blessings which the
Chrlstian nations are this time ables-
ana IN duty bonnh-tn carry to the
In ri,
education, knowledge of tho science
-, government, arbitration us a sub
s.'lula for war appreciation of tho
dignity of labor and high conccp.
I ton of life.
Education Comes First.
Euhcation comes first anu in
motning nave the United States and
England been more clearly hclpful
than in the advocacy of universal edu.
cation If the designs Of God ar, dis
closed by Ills handiwork. then the
creation never intended that learning
Should be monopolizcd by few and
ne arrays himself against tho plans
Oh iehovah. who would deny intcllec-
tnal training to any part of the human
race?
IL is false civilization, not a true
one. that connlcnanccs the perma.
nent separation of society into the
'aistihct classes, the one encouraged
TO improve the mind and the other
condemned to hopeless Ignorance
Equally false is that conception of
international politics which would
make the prosperity of one nation dc.
pend upon the exploitation of another.
while no one is far sighted enough
10 estimate with accuracy the remote
or even the immediate, consequences
OF human action, yet we can RELY IN
on the principle that each individual
profits rather than loses by The pro.
gfess and prosperity of his ncighh.r!
SO we cannot doubt that 1t is to In,
advantage of each nation that ever,
other nation shall make the larSe,.
possible use of its own resources an.
the capabilities of its people.
Public Schools In Japan.
No one questions that .Iapan':; In
fluence has been a benefioicmt GU,
since she has emerged from illitcracy
and endowed her people with public
SCHOOLS open to all her boys and girls
me transition from position of oh
security into world power WAS scarce
ly more rapid than her transition
from menace into an ally.
"China Is entering upon similar
experience and am confident that
her era of reform Will make her not
yellow peril but powerful co.lahor.
er In the international vineyard. In
India, in the Philippines, in Egypt ana
even In Turkey statistics show n graf
ual eXtention of education and trust
Will be pardoned If say that ,.i.h.
er the armies, nor the navles. nor v5t
the commerce of our nations, have
given us so just a claim to the graft.
tude of the people If Asia as Iavs our
school teachers, Sent, many of .liem.
by private rather than by pubic
funds.
It Conveys Truth.
The English language has become
the vehicle for the coa yayancc Of sov
ernmental truth even more than for
the spread of general information for
beginning with Magma Charterand con
tlnuing through the era of The Ameri-
can revolution and the Declaration of
Independence down TO he present 40
Language has been so much employed
Tor the propagation of that theory of
government which traces government
tai authority to The consent of the
governed Our own nation presents
the most illnstrious example known
to history Of a grcaI reputation woli:-
ing out its destiny through laws Of lis
own making and un'ler officials of It's
own choosing, although. may add,
we scarcely go beyoad England in re.
cogniztng the omniprtence OF Il VA, id.
ment fresh from the people
III Is difficult to o'e.'estimaIe the
progress of nation and, III turning
the thought of the wor. away frr:,n
despotism to the possibilities Of self
government, the pioneer, nf freedom
made Western civilization IKssibIe.
An idna will Some finn. rnuclIii ani.L.