The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-06-09


while. /; is an evil and a dreadful thing
20 DO callous 10 sorrow and suffering and
blind to our duty TO do all things possible
for the bettcrmcnt OF social conIitiona
But 1; is an unspeaknbly foolish thing TO
strive for this betterment by means 50
destructive that they would leave no so
cinl conditions TO better. In dealing with
all theme social problems. with the init
mate relations OF tho family. with wealth
in private use and business use. with la
Dor with poverty. the one prime neces-
sty IL to remember that, though hard
ness OF heart Is q great evil, It Is no
greater an oyIl than softness OF head
But in addition to these problems the
most intimate ami important Of all
which to larger or LEGS degree AFFECT all
the modern nations somewhat alike. wc
Of the great nations That have expanded,
that are now IN complicated relations with
one another and with alien races. have
special problems and special duties OF our
own. You belong to q nation which pos
srss"s the greatest empire upon which tho
sun has oN"r shune | belong 20 nation
which iH N.IH", on scale hitherto uuuN-
amplcd. 90 work on' the problems NJ gov
eminent Err ~ ANA hv the people. willis
NJ the s.'un time doing tine international
duty of r..rt power. Tut There nrp
certain problems which both NJ us huy"
60 Hu,sn. r'I HH 90 which Hur standards
should D, ls awn. Tho E.s'IauWHu. the
mun Of 'N. Ir,UaN isles. GOO n.H various
homes 1.r.g Tie seas. HuJ rho NmurI-
can, bot. 20 l.w" and abroad. are
brought ..'a contact witt utterly allen
peoples. u" with civilization unru ana
""r' ''.- 'Hr own. nth'rr "'N 3d. or
having l.' recently arisen fr.m t.n har-
hariam ~ 10 Our people l..t behind ages
ago. Tho p. h'om7 that arise aro NJ we'll
u'@h iUr.. .N1hiu difficulty TNov cannot
be- solved p. Tie foolish snuNunufH'i'y of
'i"r-"'-N -n people, with N''ir patent
recipes. H.I those cut-ard.GT.r1 theories
~ H." political nursery which have such
limited applicability amid the crash ~
elemental .cns. Neither can they ho
solved hv 'Io raw brutality ~ the men
who, whether at homo or nn the rough
frontier %; civilization, adopt might ne
the only standard ~ right in dealing with
other mon. and treat alien races only IA
subjects '.- exploitation.
No hlr3 and fast ruIu r1n ho drawn NJ
applying f' ~ allen rur"s because they
diner from one another fHr more wide
" than SOM" NJ them differ from us But
there ar" one or two rules which must
not he trrr0ticn. In the long run. there
can be uH Justification for one race man
aging or "on'rolling another unless tho
management and control are exercised in
the Interest and for tho benefit uf that
other ru This r. what our peoples
have I'm tH' main done. and must con-
tnuc In the future TN oven creator de-
gree to DO IN India. Egypt. and the Phil
lprlnes allie In the next place, as re-
CARDS CN'fy race, evcrvwhrT". az home
or abroad, We cannot AFFORD to d"vIutH
from tho great rule ~ righteousness
which bids MS treat each man on his
worth ms n man. lie must not be- srnu-
mentally favored because he belongs to
a rIt# ssn r...F L.. ola
munity 'n wrong.dolng or permitted to
cumbCr Cd" ground, or given other prlvi-
Ieges which would bc denied to the
Vicious and UNFIT among ihnm8cl'cs. on
tie other hgud, where he acts I'm q way
which would cHtitlc him TO re4ucct and
reward II hc were of our own stock he
ia Just ms much entitled to that respect
and reward n o." comes uf another
stock, even though that other stock pro-
ducos much smaller proportion of men
~ his type than docs our own This has
nothing 10 do with social in'crmuglinE.
with what ia called social equality, IL
has TO dc merely with tho question Of do
Ing To each man ana each woman that
elementary Justice which will permit him
or her 10 gain from lie the reward
which should always accompany thrift,
sohrlcty. s'lt-control, respect for tho
rights Of others. and hard ans iutcll-
gent work to n given end To moro than
such Just treatment no man H. entitled.
and loss than such just treatment no man
should receive
Duty Of Nation TO Nation.
Tho other type Of duty 'n tho lntcrn1-
tiongl duty, tho duty owed hy one ma
tion 10 another. hold TINT tho laws Of
NOR. Itv which should govern iudiyldu-
ais iu their dealings one with tho uthrr
are tagt ms binding concerning nations In
I'D. NH &. Hoo a..
application u tho moral law must ne
different In the two cngrs because in
ON" Eusc It has, and I'm the othrr II has
rN'. tho sanction Ot n civil law with force
l'N'i u. rho individual can 1rprnd for
h,f lights upon the courts. which them
solves derive their force from tho police
power OF the state The nation can do
pond upon nothing Of tho kind. and
'N.'rfu rc. ~ things arc now, % is thu
highest duty u the most advanced and
| fr'..' peoples to keep themselves iu such
% state OF readiness us to forbid To any
| hnr."rsm 0r dcsrousm the loro " ar
r, ting the progress Of the world by stri-
hiU. down the nations that lead In that
progress. II would he foolish indeed to
pms heed To the uuwiso persons who de-
sire disarmament To- b" begun by the
| very peoples who. Of all others. should
not be left helpless before any possible
| Zoe. But we must rcprohntr quite as
| strongly both the leaders and the peoples
| who practise, or encourage or coulone
aggression and iniquity by the strong at
| the expense OF the weak. We should toll
| erlt" lawessnoss ana wirkcducsg neither
| 10y the weak nor by the strong. and both
| weak ana strong we should IN return
| treat with srrupuous fairness. Tho for
| cirn policy Of a great and sslr-respcctlng
| country should be conducted on exactly
| the same plano ~ honor. OF insstcnce
| upon ones own rights and Of respect for
| tho rights Of others. as when a brave and
| HONORABLE. man ~ dealing with his fell
| lows Permit me TO support this state
| ment out of my own experience, For
| nearly eight years / was the head Of q
| great nation and charged especially with
| the conduct Of It's foreign policy: and
! during those years I took no action with
! reference to any other people on tho face
| Of the earth that | would not have felt
| justified in taking MS an Individual In
| dealing with other individuals.
| | believe that we OF the great civilized
| nations of today have right to feel that
| long careers OF achievement lie before
| our several countries. To each Of us IL
| vouChsafed the honorable privilege OF do
| ing his part. however small. in that work.
| Let us strive hardly for success. even II
| by so doing we risk failure. spurnng
| the poorer souls OF small endenvor who
| know neither failure nor success Let us
| hope that our own blood shall continue
| In tho land, that our children and chill