The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1910-06-10

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the preservation of mankind Is worth
while. 1t Is an evil and dreadful thing
to be callous to sorrow and suffering and
blind to our duty to do all things possible
for the betterment of social conditions.
| But 1t Is an unspeakably foolish thing to
strive for this betterment by means SO
| destructive that they would leave no So
cial conditions to better. In dealing with
| all these social problems, with the inti-
mate relations of the family. with wealth
| in private use and business use, with la
Dor. with poverty, the one prime neces-
sity IL to remember that. though hard
ness OF heart Is q great evil, 1t Ii no
greater an evil than softness Of head.
But in addition to these problems the
| most intimate and important of all
| which to q larger or less degree affect all
| the modern nations somewhat alike. We
| Of the great nations that have expanded.
| that are now In complicated relations with
one another and with allen races. have
| special problems and special duties of our
| own. You belong to q nation which pos
sesses the greatest empire upon which the
sun has ever shone. belong to a nation
| which is trying. on a scale hitherto unex-
ampled. to work out the problems of gov
eminent for. of. and by the people. while
at the same time doing the international
duty Of great power. But there are
certain problems which both of us have
to solve. and as to which our standards
should be the same. The Englshman. the
man OF the British isles, In his various
homes across the seas, and the Ameri-
can. both at homo and abroad, are
brought Into contact with utterly allen
peoples. some with a civilization more an
cient than our own. others still In. or
having but recently arisen from, the bar
barism which our people left behind ages
ago. The problems that arise are OF we'll
nigh inconceivable difficulty. They cannot
be solved by the foolish sentimentality OF
q n " mt -hn ..,IaI
recipes. and those cut-and-dried theories
OF tho political nursery which have such
limited 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 of right in dealing with
other men. and treat allen races only as
subjects for exploitation.
NO hard and fast rule can be drawn rs
applying TO all allen races, because they
diner from one another far more wide
ly 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 justification for one race man
aging or controlling another unless tho
MANAGEMENT and control arc exercised in
the interest and for the benefit of that
other race. This is what our peoples
have In the main done, and must con-
gree to do. in India. Egypt, and the Phil
ippines alike. In the next place. as re-
CARDS every race. everywhere, at home
or abroad. we cannot AFFORD to deviats
from the great rule of righteousness
which bids us treat each man on his
worth as man. He must not be senti-
mentally favored because he belongs to
given race: he must not be given i'm
mnnity In wrong doing, or permitted to
cumber the ground. or given other privi-
leges which would be denied to the
vicious and unfit among themselves. on
the other hand. where he acts In a way
which would entitle him TO respect and
reward II he were of our own stock. he
Is Just as much entitled to that respect
and reward II he comes of another
stock. even though that other stock pro-
duces much smaller proportion of men
OF his type than does our own. This has
nothing to do with social Informing Cling
| with what is called social equality. II
has TO do merely with the question OF do
Ing TO each man and each woman that
elementary Justice which will permit him
| or her TO gain from life the reward
sobriety. self-controi. respect for the
rights of others. and hard and intelii-
gent work TO n given end To more than
such Just treatment no man Is entitled.
and less than such Just treatment no man
should receive.
Duty Of Nation to Nation.
Tho other type OF duty Is the interna.
tionni duty. tho duty owed by one ma
ton TO another. hold that the laws OF
morality which should govern individu-
| ais In their dealings one with the other
are Just ns binding concerning nations In
| their dealings one with the other. The
application of tho moral law must be
different In the two cases. becaus. In
one case II has. and In the other II has
not. the sanction OF a civil law with force
behind II. The individual can depend for
/ his rights upon the courts. which them
selves derive their force from the police
/ power OF the state. The nation can de-
| pend upon nothing OF the kind; and
therefore. ms things are now. II Is the
highest duty of the most advanced and
freest peoples to keep themselves In such
| state OF readiness as TO forbid to any
harbarism or despotism the hope OF ar
resting the progress OF the world by stri-
king down the nations that lead In that
| progress. II would be foolish indeed to
pay heed to the unwise persons who de-
sire disarmament to be begun by the
| very peoples who. OF all others. should
not be left helpless before any possible
foe. hut We must reproba,s quite as
strongly both the leaders and the peoples
| who practise. or encourage or condone.
aggression and iniauity by the strong at
| the expense of the weak. We should toll
/
by the weak nor by the strong: and both
weak and strong We should In return
treat with serupulous fairness The for
eirn policy Of great and r-if-respectinE
| country should be conducted on exactly
the same plane Of honor. OF insistones
upon ones own rights and OF respect for
the rights OF others, ms when n brave and
honorable man In dealing with his fell
| lows Permit me to support this state
ment out OF my own experience. For
nearly eight years I wa. the head OF a
great nation and charged especially with
tho conduct OF Its foreign polcyi and
during those years took no action with
reference 10 any other people on the face
OF the earth that I would not have felt
Justified In taking as an individual In
dealing with other individuals.
! believe that We OF the great civilized
nations OF today have n right to feel that
long careers OF achievement lie before
our several countries. To each OF us 10
Vouchsaf-d the honorable privilege Of do
Ing his part. however small In that work.