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vast natural resources or with such
high standard of living and of indus
trial efficiency among it's workers We
| have as nation an, era of UNI
exampled prosperity ahead of US; we
shall enjoy it. and our children will
enjoy it after US. The trend of we'll
being in this country is upward, not
downward. and this is the trend in
the things of the soul as we'll as In
the things of the body.
Government in its application is
often a complicated and delicate work,
but the principles of government are.
after all, fairly simple. In broad
general way we should apply in the
affairs of the national administration,
which deals with the interests OF all
our eighty-odd millions of people.
just the same rules that are necessary
in getting on with our neighbors in
our several neighborhoods; and the
nation as a whole should show sub
stantia1ly the same qualities that we
would expect an honorable man to
show in dealing with his fellows. To
illustrate this, consider for a moment
two phases of government action.
First as to international affairs
your friends, what is the attitude you
| like to see man take toward his fell
lows, the attitude you wish each of
your sons to take when he goes out
into the world? Is 1t not COM
bination of readiness and ability to
hold his own If anyone tries to wrong
him, while at the same time showing
careful regard not only for the rights
but for the feelings of others? Or
course it isl
The Right Type of Man.
OF course the type of man whom
We respect, whom we are proud OF II
he is a kinsman, whom we are glad
to have as a friend and ne1ghbor, Is
the man who is no milksop, who IS
not afraid, who will not tolerate nor
n re- RI
who himself never infiicts insult or in
jury, is kindly, good-natured, thought
full of others rights-in short, a man
to do business with or nave ilve IN
the next house or have as a friend. On
the other hand, the man who lacks
any of those qualities is sure to be
Objectionable. If man Is AFRAID 10
hold his own, If he will submit tamely
to wrong doing, he is contemplate. If
he is a bully, an oppressor. a man who
wrongs or insults others. he is even
worse and should be hunted out or
the community. But, on the Wnole,
the most contemplate position that
can possibly be assumed by any man
is that of clustering or Dragging, of
insulting or wronging other people
while yet expecting to go through NE
unchallenged, and being always Will
ing to back down and accept humil1a-
ton if readiness to make good is de-
manded.
Well, all this is just as true OF a ma
ton as of an individual, and in deal
ing with other matte ms we should act
as we expect a man who is both game
and decent to act in private lie:
There are few things cheaper and
more Objectionable, whether on the
part of the public man or OF the prl-
vate man, ON the part OF writer or
Of a speaker, an individual or a group
of individuals, than a course OF con-
duct which is insulting or hurtful,
whether in speech or act, to IN
dividuals of another nation or to the
representatives of another nation or
to another nation itself. But the
policy becomes infamous from the
standpoint of the interests or the
United States when 1t is combined
with the refusal to take those meas
ures of preparation which can alone
secure us from aggression on the
part of others. The policy of peace
with insult" is the worst policy upon
which it is possible to embark.
whether for a nation or an individual,
To be rich, unarmed, and yet insolent
and aggressive, is to- court weH-nigha
certain disaster. The only safe and
honorable rule of foreign policy for
the United States is to show itsen
courteous toward other nations
scrupulous not to infringe upon their
rights, and yet able and ready to de-
fend it's own. This nation Is now on
terms of the most cordial good will
with all other nations. Let us make
serve these conditions
Justice to All.
To do SO it is necessary on the one
hand to mete out a generous Justice
to all other peoples and show them
courtesy and respect; ana on the
other hand, as we are yet a good
way off from the millennium, to keep
ourselves in such shape as to make 1t
evident to all men that we desire
peace because we think 1t is just and
right and not from motives of weak
ness or timidity. AS for the nrst
requisite, this means that not only
the government but the people as
whole shall act in the needed spirit;
for otherwise the folly of few in
dividuals may work lasting discredit
to the whole nation. The second
requisite is more easily secured-let
us build UP and maintain at the
highest point of efficiency the United
States navy. In any great war on
land we should have to rely In the fu-
ture as we have relied in the past
chiefly upon volunteer soldiers; and
although it is Indispensable that our
little army, an army ludicrously small
relatively to the wealth and popula-
ton of this mighty nation, should
and should be valued and respected
as is demanded by the worth of the
officers and enlisted men, yet it is
not necessary that this army should
of other great nations. But as re-
CARDS the navy all this is different. We
have an enormous coast line, and our
coast line is on two great oceans. To
repel hostile attacks the Notifications,
and not the navy, must be used; but
the best way to parry is to hit-no
fight can ever be won except by hit
ting-and we can only hit by means
of the navy. 1t. is utterly impossible
to improvise even a makeshift navy
under the conditions of modern war
fare Since the days of Napoleon no
war between two great powers has
lasted as long as it would take to
build a battleship, let alone fleet Of
hattleshins: and it takes lust as long