The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-05-20

HOOSeVelt appeared Thursday befOr
an audience that tested the capacit
Of the aula at the University Of Berlir
and delivered a lecture on The Worl
Movement" He spoke In English an
was listened to with the deepest in
terest.
Beginning with an eloquent eulog,
OF h German race and its achieve
ments. the lecturer soon reached tn,
main theme of his discourse, and re
viewed the civilization and culture, 81
far as we know them, OF the e~arlies'
peoples and their contributions TO the
modern world. He hen continued:
At last, a little over 400 years
ago. the movement towards a world civil
zation took up its Interrupted march. The
beginning OF the modern movement may
roughly be taken as synchronizing with
the discovery Of printing. and with that
series or bold sea ventures which culmi-
mated in the discovery OF America: and
after these two epochal feats had begun
10 produce their full effects in material
and Intellectual life. 1t became inevitable
that civilization should thereafter differ
not only in degree but even in kind from
" heN SUMO oSlDIf. lInmeOldttly
after the voyage of Columbus and Vasco
da Cana there began a tremendous re-
hgious ferment. the awakening OF intel
lect went hand in hand with the moral
uprising: the great names OF Copernicus.
Bruno, Kepler. and Calico show that the
MIND OF man was breaking the letters
that had rampe it: and for the first
time experimentation was used as a checl
upon observation and theorization. Since
han nAnflTENF hr
have increased in ra pidity and complex
ity. and have attained their maximum in
both respects during the century Just
past.
Instead OF being directed by one or two
peoples, as was the case with
all similar movements of the past, the
new movement was shared by MANY diff
1ercnt nations. From every standpoint 1t
has been OF infinitely greater moment
h anything hitherto seen. Not in one
In many different peoples there has
been extraordinary growth in wealth. in
population. in power of organization, and
In mastery over mechanical activity and
natural resources. All OF his has been
accompanied and signalized by an i'm
mense outburst OF energy and restless
The result is varied as il In
striking.
Conquest of the World.
In the first place. representatives OF this
by their conquest Of space.
we're enabled to spread into all the prac-
lcally vacant continents. while at the
time. by their triumphs in ~organiza-
and mechanical invention, they ac-
lulred an unheard-of military superiority
IS compared with their fermer rivals. To
hese two facts is primarily due the
fact that for the first time there
$ really something that approaches a
'orld civilization. a world movement. The
pread or the European peoples since the
avs or Ferdinand the Catholic and Ivan
he Terrible has been across every sea
over every continent. In places the
onquests have been ethnic: that is. there
as been a new wandering OF the peoples.
nd new commemorative have sprung up
I which the people are entirely or main
Y OF European blood. This is what hap
ened in the temperate and sub-tropical
eglons or the Western hemisphere. in
in portions Of northern Asia
southern Africa. In other places the
onquest has been purely political, the
representing for the most part
a small caste of soldiers and adj
as in most Of tropical Asia
nd Africa and in much of ropical Amer
"a. Finally. here and there instances oc-
lr where there has been no conquest at
but where an alien people is profound
and radically changed by the mere i'm
act OF western civilization.
mere are or course many grades be-
*een these different types OF influence.
~ the net outcome Of what has occurred
uring the last four centuries is tina civil
zation or the European type now exer-
ses a more or less profound effect over !
ractically the entire world. There are
ooks and corners to which 1t has not yet
enetrated; but there is at present no
rye space OF territory In which the gem
al movement Of civilized activity does
ot make itself more or less felt. This
something wholly different
ON What has ever hitherto been seen.
the greatest days Of Roman dominion
e influence of Rome was felt over only
relatively small portion Of the worlds
trace. over much the larger part OF the
orld the process Of change and develop
ent was absolutely unaffected by any
Ing that occurred In the Roman empire:
ID those communities the play OF whose
nuence was felt in action and reaction,
"a In inter-action. among themselves,
ere grouped Immediately around the
editerranean. Now. however, the whole
orld is bound together as never before:
= bonds are sometimes those Of hatred
Their than love. but they are bonds
vertheless.
All the Nations Linked.
browning or hopeful. every man Of lead
In any line Of thought or effort
ust now look beyond the limits Of his
vn country. The student Of sociology
live in Berlin or st. Petersburg.
or London. or he may live in Mel
or San Francisco or Buenos Aires:
It In whatever city he lives. he must pay
ed to the studies OF men who live in
OF the other cities. When in Amer
\ We study labor problems and attempt
deal with subjects such as life insur-
ice for wage-workers. we turn to see
hat you do here in Germany. and we
so turn to see what the far-off COM
onwealth Of New Zealand is doing.
hen a great German scientist Is warning
the most dreaded enemies of man
creatures Of infinitesimal size which
o microscope reveals In his blood. he
ay spend his holidays Of study In GEN.
al Africa or In eastern Asia: and he
ust know what Is accomplished In the
boratories OF Tokyo. just as ne must
low the details Of that practical applica-
On OF science which has changed the
thmus OF Panama from a Seath-trap
TO what ID almost q health resort. Every
ogressive In China Ii striving to intro
ice western methods Of education and
ministration. and hundreds of European
"a American books are now translated
to Chinese. The influence of Euronsan
yernmenta Uriucip1oo A.. .trf~y