The state herald., 1910-05-13

of the aula at the University of Berlin,
and delivered lecture on THE World
Movement" He spoke In English and
was listened to with the deepest In
terest.
Beginning with an 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, so
far as we know them, of the earliest
peoples and their contributions to the
modern world. He then continued:
At last. little over 400 years
ago. the movement towards a world clvili-
zation 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 cpochal feats had begun
to produce their full effects in material
and Intellectual life. It 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 a tremendous re-
iigious ferment; the awakening of INTEL
iect went hand in hand with the moral
uprising, the great names of Copernicus
Bruno, kepler. and Calico show that the
mind Of man was breaking the letters
that had cramped It: and for the first
time experimentation was used as checl
upon observation and theorization. Since
then, century by century, the changes
have increased In rapldlty and complex
ity. 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 dif-
ferent nations. From every standpoint It
has been OF infinitely greater moment
than anything hitherto seen. Not In one
but In many different peoples there has
been extraordinary growth in wealth. In
population. In power OF organization and
In mastery over mechanical activity and
natural resources. All OF this has been
accompanied and signallZed by an i'm
mensc outburst Of energy and restless
Initiative. The result is varied as II is
striking.
Conquest Of the World.
In the first place, representatives OF this
civilization. by their conquest OF space
were enabled to spread into all the prac-
ucally vacant continents while at the
same time, by their triumphs In organiza-
tion and mechanical Invention, they ac-
auircd an unhcard-of military superiority
ms compared with their former rivals To
these two facts Ia primarily due the
further fact that for the FIRST time there
is really something that approaches a
world civilization. n world movement The
spread Of the European peoples since the
days OF Ferdinand the Catholic and Ivan
the Terrible hns been across every sea
and over every continent. In places the
Araur. UN...
has been new wandering OF the peoples
and new cofnmonv~llths have sprung up
In which tho people are entirely or main
iy 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
ana southern Africa. In other places tho
conquest has been purely political. tho
Europeans representing for the most part
merely a small caste OF soldiers and ad.
rninistrators. as In most OF tropical Asia
and Africa and In much Of tropical Amer
lea Finally. here and there instances oc-
cur where there has been no conquest at
all. but whcr. nm allen people IL profound
ly and radically changed by the mere i'm
pact Of western civilization.
There nre of course many grades be-
tween these different types Of influence.
but the net outcome OF what has occurred
during the last four centuries Is that civil
ciseH more or less profound effect over
practically the entire world, There are
nooks and cornNrs TO which II has not yet
penetrated. but there IL at present no
large space Of territory In which the gem
eral movement OF civilized activity does
not make itself more or less felt This
represents something wholly different
from what has ever hitherto been seen.
In the greatest days OF Roman dominion
the Influence OF Rome was felt over only
n relatively small portion OF the worlds
surface, over much the larger part OF the
world the procoRs Of change and develop
rsnt was absolutely unaffected by any
thing that occurred In the Roman empire:
and those communities the play OF who's.
Influence was felt In action and reaction,
and In lnter-action. among themselves.
were grouped Immediately around the
Mediterranean Now. however. the whole
world II bound together ms never before;
tho bonds are sometimes those of hatred
rather than love, but they are bonds
nevertheless.
All the Nations Linked.
browning or hopeful. every man OF lead.
-rship In any line Of thought or eror,
must now look beyond the limits OF his
own country. The student OF sociology
may live In Berlin or 81. Petersburg,
Rome or London. or he may live In Mel.
bourne or aan Francisco or Bucnos Aires,
bth w wy nc ANFht Hf must pay
heed 10 tho studies OF men who live In
zach Of the other cities. when In Amer.
tea We study labor problems and a,,emp,
TO deal with subjects such nr life inHurs
anee for waFe-workerr. We turn 10 sec
what you do here IN Germany, and we
also turn 10 see what the far-on com.
monwcalth OF New Zealand II doinE,
When a great German scientist IL warning
against the most dreaded enemies Of man.
Kind. creatures Of innniiosimal slna which
tho microscope reveals In his blood he
may spend his holidays OF study In cen.
trai Africa or In eastern Asia, and h-
must know what II accomplished In the
Laboratories of Tokyo, jurt as he must
know the details of that practical npnlica.
tion Of science which haH changed the
iHthmuu Of Panama from n death.irap
Into what Ia almost health resort Every
progressive In China In striving 10 Intro.
durr western methods nf education and
administration. and hundreds OF European
and American books are now translated
tnts Chinese. The Influence OF European
governmental principles IN Hifikinrly ~.
Illustrated by tho fact that admiration fot
them has broken down the Iron barriers of
hosiem conservatism. 30 that their intro