New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-05

sis, them. In former times we had the
.iNh"ay robber. now we have the gold
orich swindler: then we had oppressive tax
.eNies TO support privileged classes, now we
nave the Industrial monopolist; then we
iieeoed more force, now more intellect and
conscience
Must Have High Class CITIZENSHIP
we are safe from foreign foes: we must
De safe from domestic Ills Foreign dam
gers are always direct and bold; domestic
ones are indirect. shrewd, insidious. 1t
may require force, armies and navies. TO
repei the former: 1t requires wisdom, dill
Sence and honor to overcome the latter.
country whose government rests on the
VIII or the people in order to have a GER
eainiE just government, whose burdens are
ie'led and whose blessings are distributed
iihiAruaiiy. must have a high class cti-
zenship- SO intelligent that it cannot be
deceived. so conscientious that it cannot
be corrupted. SO courageous that it cannot
be intimidated.
The training Of this citizenship largely
depends on the teachers of America You
are the worthiest band of captains the
world ever knew, leading the grand army
OF the Republic-the boys and girls of
Anerica-against the forces OF Injustice
ignorance and prejudice. leading them to
victory in the fields OF light and truth
War and Manhood.
Following Governor Kitchin, DR.. David
Starr Jordan spoke on War and Man
hood" He said:
Benjamin Franklin once remarked that
me standing army must eventually bring
about its own abolition because it dimin-
lshes the size and breed of the human
species by monopolizng the flower of the
nation. who, in general. cannot marry.
Franklin also said: Wars are not paid
for in war time: the bill comes later
The study of biology shows us that.
with men with animals. it is always
those that are left who determine what
the future shall be. All progress is con-
ditioned on selective breeding Perma-
nent advance depends on improvement in
the type of parent. and decline arises
from breeding from the second best in
stead Of from the best.
The fall Of Rome was not due to lux
ury- effenlinacy or corruption 1t was
fixed at Philippi and earlier. when the real
men fell in war or were left in far away
colonies, and the life of Rome went on
with q weakling parentage Then rose the
mob. and the Emperor, the mob's expo
nent
1T is not the presence of the Emperor
which makes Imperialism. It is the alb
sence of the people. the want of men.
The decline Of people has but one cause
the decline of the type from which it
draws its sires. herd of men is under
the same law herd of cattle.
Few historians have looked on men as
organisms and on nations as dependent
on the specific character of those organ
isr,ls destined for their reproduction. The
seeds OF destruction are found alone in the
influences by which the best men are cut
Of from parenthcod
More than three million men are said to
have been victims of the ambition of Ma
poleon. Millions on millions might have
been. but are not, because the best that
France could produce were chosen as food
for powder. Napoleon seized the young Of
large stature end left them scattered over
European battlehelds, and as result the
French people u-hc followed are mostly Of
small stature
Source of Nations Strength
The marvel Of Japan's military prcwess
in recent years, after two hundred years
OF peace. has been again and again COM
rlented on. but that IS Just rF2st We should
expect after six generations in which there
has been no slaughter OF the strong no sac
rihce Of the courageous In the peaceful
struggle for existence tE1e vtriIe and the
brave survived, the idle. weak and dissi-
peted vent to the wall No nation has ever
virile and strong after two hun
ored years OF incessant battle Other things
being equal, the nation that has known
least Of way IS the most likely 70 develop
strong battalion. with whom victory must
rest
What could be the effect on England Il
the thousands upon thousands OF her young
men who have fallen in battle during the
last generation could be returned TO her,
with those that should have been their de-
scendants to-day? If we may personify the
spirit OF the nation, England grieves most
not over its unreturning brave but over
those that might have been but never were,
ard who so long IS history lasts can never
be