New-York tribune., 1909-01-19
S0TJAREDEAL FORJAPAN
npESIDENT ROOSETEIT
URGES 1T.
en,ok-r 10 Ncthodists at 4fricnn
Diamond Jubilee IUass
Meeting.

u-s.hfnsron- Ian. 1S.-Introduced by Bishop
s,on as the apostle Of the square deal"
,5ent Roosevelt in address tonight at
Af-icsn diamond jubilee mass meeting held
-. METROPOLITAN Memorial Methodist Epis-
=, church which President Mckinley at
.s.da5 declared that he would not come before
,..+bo5ist gathering if he had not attempted
:, eire the square deal
-, addition TO the square deal in our own
- he continued. 81 want the Methodists
- others TO help give the square deal to
-.non will see TO 1t that in doing this our
ar citizens are protected
.,-o, know am not meIa sentimentalist. l
-, in ,he least afraid Of invoking the big
-,..t. If il is necessary; but should be ashamed
= invoke il unless it was necessary And 1
-, m see us while insisting justice being
80 us equally careful TO do Justice to others.
-. ,a+ionsl government. by agreement with
rs,anese government. and through the
- and =rontaneous initiative OF the Japan
-ernrnent has been able TO achieve COM
,.e,x satisfactory solution Of all possible diff
,,,,iss of all possible questions that could be
,.ssue between our people and the japanese
.,onle II is only the federal government that
:, with wisdom and propriety deal with those
stio,s. and I ask all good Americans to see
.he. ,,nvvise men foolish men, do not jeop
% their own harm and the harm of their
-. -1a,artv-. the arrangement that is now
liking out So satisfactorily to the governments
NJ ,re United States and Japan
before delivering his prepared address the
preei6ent declared that after having heard the
address, given by Bishop Hartzell yesterday he
,,o,,,d have thought that he were plagiarizing If
- had not prepared his address a week or more
ago. So
,,..o- r~-anstor. Who exclaimed: This is the
-. ,,,on NJ Church and state; not organic re
,.,,.bi, hut 70 stand hand in hand. heart
A.-- eve 70 eye for the uplift of humanity.
r.. p-.eidenk said that the Methodists of the
,,,,-+-z- had been an inspiration to him in the
seven end 4 half years Of his Presidency. IN
.,. crises through which 1 have passed. he as
.erted. land during the time between crises
hare found myself touching elbows almost con-
,,an-Iv with members of the Methodist Church
ue referred 70 the fact that this was the last
rrbIic sneech he would make in this city as
President Of the United States
The large CONGREGATION was singing when the
President entered the church. As he mounted
tbs platform the audience arose and gave the
Chautsuoua salute
on the platform with the President were
s;sbon Hartzen. Of Africa; Bishop Cranston, of
University: the Rev. DR.. < R shannon, pastor
of the church in which the exercises were held;
the Rev. ] G. Vaughn field secretary Of the
Jubilee commission, and the Rev. Or. w l.
Davidson. Of the American University
Preceding the Presidents address Bishop
Esrtzen spoke of the missionary worE being
done by the church in Africa
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS. =
The President spoke as follows:
There is feature IN the expansion of the
last four centuries which should never be lost
sight o. especially by those who denounce such
expansion On moral grounds ON me "hIle, st o.it
movement has been fraught with lasting beneht
to most Of the peoples already dwelling IN the
lands over which the expansion took place O1
course, any such general statement as TINS must
ne understood with the necessary reservations
Human nature being what IL is. no movement
lasting for four centuries and extending In one
share or another over the major part OF the
world could go on without cruel lnJustlces peILe
done at certain places and in certain times
Occasionally. although not very frequentIE; q - q
mild and kindly race has been treated Win
vsuton brutal and ruthless inhumanity py the
white intruders Moreover, mere saVages, whose
type OF life was primitive as to be absoiuteiy
Incompatible with the existence Of CIVILIZATION
inevitably died out from the regions across
which their sparse bands occasionally lifted
when these regions became hiled with oenSe
population, they died ouf when tneH were rllIuiN
treated as quickly when they were baolE
treated for the simple reason that they were so
little advanced that the conditions or NE nects-
tsrv 70 their existence were incompatible with
any form Of higher and better existence IL Is
also true that. even where great good mas Deeii
done 70 the already existing inhabitants. where
they have thriVen under the new rule. II mas
sometimes brought with il discomfort froln IN"
very fact that il has brought with il certain
amount Of elbeing and certain amount oi
kDcvledse 80 that people have learned enough
to feel discortented and have prospered enough
20 be able to show their discomfort Such IN
tal y0T1
such: but il is also both unwarranteo anu
foolish and the fact Of its existence In any given
case does not justify any change OF attitude on
our part
There have been very dark spots in the EURO
pean conquest and control of africa; Dut on
the whole the African. regions Wnlch during tilS
last century have seen the greatest cruelty
degradation and suffering. the greatest dlrIlihu-
ton OF population are those where natlFe coi-
trol has been unchecked The advance has oeeh
made in the regions that have been under EURO
pear control or influence: that have been pro
toundiy Influenced by European administrators
and by European and American missionaries
W course the best that can happen 10 any Peo
pie that has not already a high CIVILIZATION OF
It's own is 10 assimste and profit by American
or European ideas. the ideas OF clVlilzation anu
Christianity. without submitting TO alien con-
lr6i, but such control in spite or all IT'S oe-
fects, is in a very large number or cases the
prerequisite condition to the moral ana mate
rial advance Of the peoples who dwell IN the
aarker corners Of the earth Where the controI
is exercised brutaily, where it is made use or
merely to exploit the natives. without regard 10
ther physical moral wellbeing. 1t should ne
unsparingiy criticised and there should be res