The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-23
DR.. SHAW EXT0L5
WASHINGTON
The Editor of the Review of Re-
views Speaks at the University
on American Problems.
Especial to Tho Times-pi.Da.ch.l


CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, February
22.-Washington's birthday was OBJ
served at the University OF Virginia
by suspension of lectures from IL to g,
and by an address to the students from
Dr. Albert Shaw. of the American Re-
view of Reviews.
DIR. Shaw discussed the share of the
American statesman in the develop
ment of the country and the formation
of homogeneous population OF Eng
/ lish origin, traditions and ideals. no
drew attention to Washington's blend
of qualities and depth of mind and
character, which gave him pre-
eminence as leader and which enabled
| him, by his association With men OF
F! great abilities to utilize their gifts
unitedly for the advancement of the
| large purposes which occupied his
| public life. In this wise way he SC :.
cured the cooperation of men as wide
! ~ divergent in views as Jefferson.
| Hamilton and the Adamses in creating
| a nation with ideals new to the world,
| grounded upon liberty and popular par
| ticipation in government. 1nheritinE
devotion to liberty and progress, as
! this passion Vas understood by the
English, our great leader accepted for
beneticent influences which the
achievements and qualities OF the
Teutonic nations afforded.
His Clear Foresight.
All this he did with clear foresight
| Of the great territory we We're destined
to have which, IL 1t reached It's best
| estate, would be filed, not with Penn
j sylvanians, Virginians or Carolinians
but with Americans. homogeneous
popular mass, an achieved American ma
nonality.
Il He adverted to the fortunate fact
that we received our country In the
j wilderness stage, without the problem
OF welding together old communities
; with variant historical backgrounds
faiths and languages, wherein to built
this harmonious national structure. The
course of development was delayed By
!. the demand for cheap labor, which
!. fostering the slave trade and the in
PRODUCTION of the African, introduce:
the race problem. Slayery--n cause o.
great upheavois-was not in reality
1.-The problem. That remains, although
: slavery has long since passed away
1.-THE race problem DR.. Shaw held to b,
lin course of solution. and events to b.
/, tending toward the realization OF the
thin dreamed OF and strived for hS
/, washington. Jefferson and other maste
minds of hundred years ago--a homo
, geneous people welded together In ;
7 powerful nationality.
: The Lesion of jamaica.
, How these builders of the republic
, wrought toward this result he SHOWED
: by reference 20 enactments forbiddine
!. the spread of slavery into new terri
, tory and by the act OF 1903. which
. broke M or o',tlawed the elave trade
What would have been the result /
. this legislation had not been achieve,
he showed by the history of Jamaic;
. and Hayti.
y In Jamaica, at one period in the de
velopment Of that country, the negro
: population of something like 1000
was equaled by the white. To-day tn
!, $1,000 white residents Of that island ar
: overwhelmed by more than 100000 ne
groes. Hayti began white. To-da.
I the island contains nearly 100000 ne
Q groes and less than 200 whites. In tn
American commemorative, where at on,
!. time 1t seemed that those States woul,
be practically taken over by the ne
II sroes, the census shows that the rae
Lis not keeping pace with the wait
J. increase, and in South Carolina, Louis
: lana, Alabama and others of then
: this trend Of population has turned o
is rapidly turning, the overplus to tn
@ white side OF the scale. Many of tn
Southern and Middle States are nov
), practically without race problem.
None Of Our Problems Fundamental.
It With all the splendid achievements o
craftsmanship, which have laid broa
>, the Foundation of our political and so
}. clal life and created our marvelou
Il American nationality, DR.. Shaw he'll
TINT many things remain for social, pc
y litical and Industrial read1ustment
l. None or them, however, arc OF funda
mental nature or present diftlcultie
l. baffllng and hopeless In their character
The Fundamentals have been fixed, an
At we are now advancing into an age o
world commerce and world policies Il
X all this Virginia will have her shar
- as q centre Of commerce and finance
l. nut her surest means of advance, I
which Virginia should invite her son.
! lies in the right kind of educatona
4 training Everything else viii follow