Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-25
MERRY CHRISTMAS"

m HE first Christmas morning dawned
on a world dominated by mill
II tarism and putocracy. The COM
mercial and manufacturing genius of
Rome had roved the earth for mar
lSets, and its imports and exports We're
so vast it's galleys were known on
every European sea. Almost the entire
known world was in training for civili-
zation, and ROME WAS THE
TRAINER. From the effects of this
training civilization is suffering to this
day. Our militarism is Roman. Our
hard, selfish business system is Roman.
Even our coinage is Roman. There
is hardly one OF US, excepting the hum
Bile Italian laborer whom we scorn-
fully cail the "dago." of whom it cam
not be said his ancestors were whipped
into subiection by Rome. as modern
Britain whipped Hindustan, as the late
Belgian king exploited the Congo saw
ages.
Our forefathers were kept as slaves
in Roman houses. They were exposed
for sale in the Roman market places,
where their white skins and rosy cheeks
attracted the gaping wonder of the
sallow Romans, who had never seen
the like before. nor had dreamed there
could be human beings of such deli
cacy Of tint.
"Non Angll. sed Angen," said one
old Roman, staring at group of
. t. H.. tn1
Angles, but Angels"
We. the pretty pink and white con-
quered and enslaved angels Of the old
Roman days. have become in our turn
the conquerors and enslavers Of the
earth. Dominion accompanies our
standards by shore and sea. and in
ten centuries the only defeats the Eng
lish-speaklng peoples have suffered
have been administered fraternally-
one branch or one family occasionally
fighting and licking another Just to
vary the monotony of perpetually
whipping everybody else
The resul, of this long reign Of racial
supremacy has been to produce con-
I'ditions which make the English-speak-
ing world of today like the Latin
speaking world of the first Christmas.
In the governmentally more liberal and
more advanced part of our civilization,
the United States of North America,
| there are conditions with which it is
hard to be tolerant, inasmuch as there
! is no reasonable excuse for them. But
we should take heart o. grace this
merry Christmas: and, looking forward,
thank God and take courage.
The very fact that representative
American papers like Los Angeles Her.
aid can talk fearlessly OF conditions,
can CRY aloud and spare not" with
out the slightest danger Of interference
by tyranny Of any kind, Is evidence
the spirit of liberty still lives in the
, hand. AS long as 1t lives. Americanism
will live. AS long as Americanism
lives the republic will flourish and will
| lead the world in good works lead the
world in good results. lead the world
in ethical culture, lead the world in
science Of government, lead the world
| in brotherly kindness, lead the world
in everything that IS worth while.
The angels are still singing of peace
and prosperity among men of good Will.
And these men of good will must real
ize in order to make the angelic song
an everyday reality they must demon
strate their good will to one another.
Let us have the Christmas spirit in
government; let us have the Christmas
spirit in business let US have the
Christmas spirit in social and do
nestle life. let US have the Christmas
! spirit all the year round.
Los Angeles Herald wishes its great
! host Of readers and friends and all
good people everywhere A MERRY
| CHRISTMAS, and, to quote our dear
! old Dickens friend, Tiny Tim, God
Bless Us EVERY ONE"