The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1910-05-18

Berlin. Ex-President Theodore
Roosevelt appeared Thursday before
an audience that tested the capacity
Of the aula at the University Of Berlin.
and delivered q lecture on The World
Movement" He spoke In English and
was listened to with the deepest In.
terest
Beginning with IN eloquent eulogy
Of the German race and its achieve
ments. the lecturer soon reached the
main theme Of his discourse. and re-
viewed the civilization and culture. 90
far a. We know them. Of the earliest
peoples and their contributions to the
modern world. He then continued:
At last. . little over 900 years
| ago. the movement towards . world civili-
cation took up its interrupted march. The
beginning OF the modern movement may
roughly be taken as synchronizing with
the discovery Of printing. and with that
series OF bold sea ventures which culmi.
mated In the discovery Of America: and
after these two epochal feats had begun
to produce their full effects In material
and Intellectual life. II became Inevitable
that civilization should thereafter differ
not only in degree but even in kind from
all that had gone before. Immediately
after the voyage Of Columbus and Vasco
da Cana there began q tremendous re-
iigious fernent: the awakening Of INTEL
lect went hand in hand with the moral
uprising: the great names OF Copernicus.
Bruno kcpler. and Calico show that the
mind or man was breaking the letters
that had cramped It: and for the first
time experimentation was used as q check
upon observation and theorization. Since
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have increased In rapidity and complex
fty. and have attained their maximum in
both respects during the century Just
past
Instead Of being directed by one or two
dominant peoples. as was the case with
all similar movements Of the past, the
new movement WAS shared by many DIFF
ferent nations. From every standpoint IL
has been OF infinitely greater moment
than anything hitherto seen. Not In one
but In many differen: peoples there has
been extraordinary growth In wealth. In
population. in power Of organization. and
In mastery over mechanical activity and
accompanied and signal!zed by an i'm
mecse outburst Of energy and restless
initiative. The result - varied a II u
striking.
Conquest Of the World.
In the first place. representatives OF this
civilization. by their conquest Of space,
we're enabled to spread into all the prac- |
ticaily vacant continents. while at the /
Same time. by their triumphs In organiza- |
ton and mechanical invention, they &C. |
Quired an unheard-Of military superiority /
a. compared with their former rivals. To /
these two facts Is primarily due the /
further fact that for the FIRST time there /
Ii really something that approaches q /
world civilization. q world movement The i
spread OF the European peoples since the
days Of Ferdinand the Catholic and Ivan /
the Terrible has been across every sea
ana over every continent. In places the
conquests have been ethnic: that Is. there
has been q new wandering Of the peoples.
and new commonwealth have sprung up
In which the people are entirely or main.
~ OF European blood. This Is what hap
pened In the temperate and sub tropical |
regions OF the Western Hemisphere. in
Australia. in portions Of northern Asia
and southern Africa. In other places the
representing for the most part !
merely q small caste Of soldiers and ad. |
as In most Of tropical Asia |
and Africa and In much Of tropical Amer |
Lea Finally. here and there Instances &C.
EUR where there has been no conquest at
Ill. but where an alien people Is profound
" and radically changed by the mere i'm.
pact OF western civilization.
There are Of course MANY grades he. !
'ween these different types OF influence,
but the net outcome OF what has occurred
Turing the last four centuries is that civil |
ization OF the European type now exer-
Uses a more or less profound effect over
practically the entire world There are
hooks and corners to which II has not vet
but there Is at present no
arge space OF territory In which the gem |
raj movement Of civilized activity does |
rot make Itself more or less felt This !
epresents something wholly different
rom what has ever hitherto been seen.
n the greatest days Of Roman dominion |
he influence OF Rome was felt over only
relatively small portion OF the worlds
urface. Over much the larger part Of the
world the process Of change and develop
nent was absolutely unaffected by any
hing that occurred in the Roman empire:
nd those communities the play Of whose
influence was felt in action and reaction. !,
nd In inter-acffon. among themselves.
vere grouped Immediately around the |
dediterranean. Now. however. the whole
World Is bound together as never before: I |
he bonds are sometimes those Of hatred | .
ather than love. but they are bonds
All the Nations Linked.
Frowning or hopeful. every man Of lead '
rslIip in any line Of thought or effort ]
,ust now look beyond the limits Of his q
wn country. The student OF sociology | .
lay live in Berlin or St. Petersburg, u
.ome or London. or he may live in Mel. | c
Ourne or San Francisco or Buenos Aires: | n
ut in whatever city ne live. he must pay ! o
eed to the studies OF men who live In | {
ach OF the other cities. When In Amer | q
a we study labor problems and attempt |
} deal with subjects such as life insur- S
hce for wage-workers. We turn to see | p
l,-H "a h4~A t. Il
lSo turn to see what the far-oH COM | 7
lonwealth of New Zealand Is dong | o
'hen a great German scientist is warning | 6
gainst the most dreaded enemies Of man. | y
ind. creatures Of infinitesimal size which | a
lie microscope reveals in his blood he | q
ay spend his holidays OF study in GEN. | p
al Africa or in eastern Asia: and he q