The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-01
big STICK WAVED At BRITAIN


1 eN1uNE- ANH NssIAAls
We have just spent nearly a year In
Africa While there 10 saw four British
protectorate-. and I grew heartily 10
respect the men theFe met. the ssttlers
and tho civil and military oHiciAls. Il
seems IN me tho best service can render
them and you II to very briefly tell you
hoW vas impressed by some of the thing
saw.
your men in Africa are doing great
work for your empire and alsO for civil
iEAGion. The people at home. WHISTLER
In Europe or america. who live soltly.
Often fail 10 fully realius what is being
done for them by the men who are &C
tually engaged In the pioneer work OI
civilization abroad
IRA VOR GOOD WILL
The civilized nations Who are con
quering for civilization in savage lands
should work toEether In a spirit Of hearty
mutual good will. III will between such
nations 10 bad enough AnyWhsr0 Il
h peculiarly harmful and contempt.
ible when those actiated by q are
engaged In the same tssk. a tAsk OF such
fPr rePohing Importance ." humAnity--ln
the task Of subdiinG the savagsry % Wild
men OF q Wild nature and bringing abreast
Of our civilization those lands where there
10 an older civilization which has somehow
gone crooked
The Colonel after praisinE Frances
work m Algiers and T,inis and that Of
England in India Continued:
In the same way Il IL 10 the interest
of all civilized men that similar success
should attend alike the Englishman and
the German az they work In Fast Africa.
exactly a. Il has been II benefit 70 every
one that America took possession Of the
Philippines. Those 81 you who know
lord CrOmers book comparing modern
and ancient imperialism do not need any
worCil from me 10 prove that the dominion
Of modern civilized nations over the dark
places on earth has bean fraught with
widespread good for mankind
MY plea IL that civilized nationa en-
gARs6 in this work shall treat one another
with respect and friendship and shall hold
II 70 BE- discreditable TO permit envy. jeal-
ousy, hackbitinE or antagOnism among
themsslves'
COLONEL APPROVES
Col Roosevelt then narrated his ex-
perieno~s in Fast Africs. Uganda. the
Sudan and Egypt. preiaoing his story
With tho remark:
About the first three have nothing 10
say except what IL pleasant a. well a.
true. About the last wish 10 say few
words because they are true. whether or
not they are pleasant
The Colonel then praised the admins
tration II had been said. he declared.
that Uganda had never been a white mans
country, lie praised the officers for de-
veloping the natives along their own
lines Instead Of trying 10 make them imi-
tation EhElishmen
The Colonel vas enthusiastic in HE
eulogy 81 the administration % the su-
dan. He said.
I have met people who are doubtful
as tO whether the sudan viii ray. .
think Il will This does not alter the duty
of England 10 STAY there. Il IL not worth
while belonging - a big nation unless a
hig nation il willing whsn the necessity
arises n undertake q big task. feel
about YOU aud the Sudan ius' a. ! felt
about the United States IN Panama
Worthy people wondered whether the
canal would pay. always answered that
y was one ~ the great world works
which had 10 he done ard !, was our busl-
ness ~ a nation 20 do - u We we're ready
to make good our claim 10 be treated as
great world Power AMI that az We were
unwilling 10 abandon that claim no Amari-
can worthy Of his sal, ought 10 hesitate
about performing the thsk
As To ,ECTPr
Taxing up Egypt. the Colonel aid
! speak 10 you ~ an outsider. hut in
one way this is an advantage. for I speak
without national prejudice I would not
talk n YOU about your own internal
aHairs here at home but you are - very
busy a. home ! am not sure whether you
realize itat how some things are abroad
Anyway Il can do you no harm % hear the
vlew of one who has been on the ground
and has Information at first hand. Of one
who b the sincere well Wisher of the
British Empire but who IL not English by
Mood and who " impslled % speak mainly
because 81 his deep concern in tho welfare
Of mankind and future civilization
Remember also that ! an no, only |
an American but a radical. a real not a
mock democrat. and that what have %
say is spoken chiefly because Il IL demo- I
Tat and . man Nho feels that his first
thought ia hound 10 be for the Welfare ~ !
the masses Of mankind his first duty IN /
war against violence injustice and wrong !
doing wherever found and I advise YOU |
only In accordance with the principles !
IN shich have myself acted A. an Ameri- |
can President in dealing vith the Philip
pines
Col Roosevelt warned his audience !
that the present condition nj AFFAIRS in I
Egypt vas = grave menace u both the
empire and 20 civilization After assert.
ina that England had given Egypt the
hest government In ?.OOO years he ON.
tinued
EHRoRs ~ vrAL POINTS
Yet recent svents. especially With
What happened 10 connection with and
following the assassination Of Routroi
Pasha THE Egyptian Premier who was
killed BY nationalist. have shown that
In certain vital points you hAve erred and
Il 10 for YOU 10 make god your e-rOr
II has been an error proceeding from an
Effort n do too much. and not too little.
In the intsrests of the Egyptians them
selves.