La Junta tribune., 1910-06-18

ages ago. The problems that arise
are Of welLnigh inconceivable diffi-
Guilty. They cannot be solved by the
foolish sentimentality OF stay-at-home
people. with little patent recipes. and
those cut-and-dried theories Of the
political nursery which have such lim-
tied applicability amid the crash Of
elemental forces. Neither can they
be solved by the raw brutality Of the
men who. whether at home or on the
rough frontier Of civilization, adopt
might as the only standard or right
In dealing with other men, and treat
allen races only as subjects for ex.
ploitation.
No hard and fast rule can be drawn
Is applying to all alien races. because
they differ from one another far more
widely than some Of them differ from
us. But there are one or two rules
which must not be forgotten. In the
long run. there can be no justifica-
ton for one race managing or con.
trolling another unless the manage
ment and control are exercised In
the interest and for the benefit of
that other race This is what our
peoples have In the main done. and
must continue In the future in even
greater degree to do. In India, Egypt.
and the Philippines alike. In the
next place. as regards every race. ev-
erywhere, at home or abroad, We can
not afford to deviate from the great
rule Of righteousness which bids us
treat each man on his worth rs a
man. He must not be sentimentally
favored because he belongs to given
race; he must not be given immunity
In wrong doing. or permitted to cum.
Der the ground. or given other priv.
ileges which would be denied to the
vicious and unfit among ourselves. On
the other hand. where he acts in =
way which would entitle him to re-
spect and reward II he were OF our
own stock. he Ii just rs much enti-
tied to that respect and reward II he
comes Of another stock, even though
that other stock produces a much
smaller proportion Of men Of his type
than does our own. This has nothing
to do with social intermingling. with
what Is called social equality. 1t has
to do merely with the question Of
doing to each man and each woman
that elementary justice which will
permit him or her to gain from life
the reward which should always &C.
company thrift. sobriety. self-control,
respect for the rights Of others. and
hard and intelligent work 10 . given
end. To more than such Just treat.
mcnt no man ix entitled. and less
than such Just treatment no man
should receive.
The other type Of duty is the In
territorial duty. the duty owed by
one nation to another. hold that
the laws Of morality which should
govern individuals In their dealings
one with the other are just as bind
Ing concerning nations In their deal
ings one with the other. The appli-
cation Of the moral Law must be dif-
ferent In the two cases. because In
one case Il has. and In the other case
II has not. the sanction Of civil
law with force bheind II. The indi-
viduxl can depend for his rights upon
the courts. which themselves derive
their force from the police power Of
the state. The nation can depend
upon nothing Of the kind: and there
fore. As things are now. II Is the high.
est duty Of the most advanced and
freest peoples to keep themselves In
such y state of readiness as To forbid
to any barbarism or despotism the
hope Of arresting the progress OF
the world by striking down the ma
tions that lead IN that progress. II
would be foolish indeed to pay heed
to the unwisc persons who desire dis
armament to bc begun BY the very
peoples who. Of all others. should not
10 left helpless before any possible
foe. But We must reproiat quite ~
strongly both the leaders and the peo.
pies Who practice. or encourage. or
condone aggression and iniQui'y BY
the strong at the expense of the
weak. We should tolerate lawlcss.
nsss and wickedness neither BY the
weak nor BY the strong; and both
weak and strong We should In return
treat with scrvpulous fairness. The
foreign policy of . great and scif.rc-
spsctlAg country should be conducted
ON exactly the same plane Of honor.