The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-18
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gest possible ways of meeting and
overcoming them, in the first place
there is human nature. 1t is not only
dogs which delight to bark and bite.
The human animal is a fighter. it is
said. even at his best. If there is one
quality which all men respect and ad-
mire it is courage, and a quality
which everyone despises is cowardice.
A nation that does not keep up it's
fighting quality may be at the mercy
of strong nations, and at any rate a
craven people are not to be admired.
Now, all this is literally true, but
st is also true that a thoroughly bad
man may have courage in doing evil
and the best men, in a sense, are
afraid to do wrong. 1t is not neces-
sary that a high-spirited man, trained
to protect himself and others, shall
therefore be irascible, quick to give
and ready to take offense Time was
when it was the thing to do to kill
people or to hurt them and to destroy
their property if they gave you Of
Tense or menaced you or did you
wrong in any way by word or act.
That time has long passed among civ
ilized people. The law takes charge Of
such cases now. At a still later time
it was considered that the only thing
which a gentleman could do, when in
suited by another, was to fight a duel
with him and kill or wound him or let
j him kill or wound you. That fashion
Y has become obsolete. People who in
dulge in it now are not usually con-
sidered to be safe members of So
ciety.
Why, then, should the human nature
of nations prevent them from coming
to an agreement of some kind on the
subject of going to war about dis
putes? Here, again. come in not only
the evil passions to which l have re-
ferred, but greed. selishness, indiffer-
ence to rights of others, the satisfac-
ton of exercising control over other
peopIe-all these things make against |
permanent international peace.
BONDS OF PEACE.
But looking back again to primitive I
conditions when tribal relations were
formed for mutual helpfulness and |
when the tribal relation was followed
by association of tribes making up a |
nation. the people. as in case of |
tribe. were supposed to stand by each
other, while outsiders were usually
hostile and treated as enemies. Inter-
tickle and uncertain, depending main
ly upon self-interest: but the increased
community of interests, the helpful
ness of trade, making mutual appre-
citation which is nearly allied to
friendship, is a great advance over
the time when all peoples were bar
barians to each other. And 1t has
come to pass now that the enormous
cost of war makes it for the interest
of all nations to maintain peace so far
as they can do so. This is. perhaps,
the most effective bond of friendship,
so-called, between nations.
Another and very grim, bond OF
peace is the appalling destructiveness
of the engines of war which science is
bringing into use. The time may come
when humiliation, not only of con-
tending armies and fleets, but entire
nations will be practicable in war
Then must come either the great fed
Grafton of the world or else return
70 living in caves of the earth like the
primitive man.
THE WHITE MANS BURDEN.
Rut still it is not simply a question
of civilized nations agreeing not 10
Interfere with small nations. In this
way SWllZeTldHu anu ASCAS'NA'
tho,- indanendence. But these are
neopIe of the highest order of intelli-
gences This can not be said of Turks,
Egvptians. Asiastics and Polynesians
People who do not know the meaning
of a civilized government, who have '
no conception of human rights De-
tween themselves, can not be expected
To resnect the rights of others and are Z
to be kept in restraint in no other
way than by force or the rear OF
force. =.
Now. I do not share in the fear OF
tba yellow peril which is often ex- I
pressed. nor do I think that the vast
hordes of the Orient may some DAY 7
swamp the civilization of the occ'-
.aent. The reason why Rome sue
,cumbed was that it was no longer
fit to survive.
But in dealing with people VINO nave =
no thought of right or wrong moran .
strength is not enough. There must :,
also be the strong hand to be useo IL o.
NECESSARY. and this means that the a
civilized world can not rely on moran lie
suasion-unon doing right itself-ln 8
order to keep it's own civilization IL Is
must be able to use force if necessary W
and in this sense the burden OF the OIL
white man can not be lald do"h' tt
And how is it when our own peopie OF
do wrong to aliens among us? Inc m
nations TO which they belong may not re
be content with apologies and COM ia
pensation. They may demand the OF
same security to life and property Ell
which they give to our citizens ahohs r
themselves Failing to furnish the 81
security. nothing but force would men
avail U.S. Without 1T We should Ut
orally be at the mercy of strohs ~
nation with a grievance a.
WHAT MAY BE GAINED BY PEACE 1t
CONFERENCES. w,
But although the days of force may o
never end, the coming together at Inc ao
Hague of representatives of clVlilzeu ..
nations to discuss the possibility Oh Q.
dniner an-a,. H,.ith useless deStruCllOn W.