Lower coast gazette., 1910-06-11

the modern nations somewhat ahke, "e
Of the great nations that have expanoeu'
that are now In complicated relauoAs WIN
one another and with alien races ha'e
special problems and special duties Oh ou'
own. You belong TO d nation when pos
soSsns the greatest empire upon Vllch 'ho
sun has ever shone. | belong to a NATION
which IS trying, on a scale hitherto uf''A-
anpled, to work out the problems Oh H3F-
ernmrnt for. OF. and !" The people, "tlls
at the same time doing the lnternh'loNai
duty of a great power. RQl M'le a'o
certain problems WllCh O0th "t US H'No
to solve. and as to which our S'ahoa'ds
should be the same. The Englishman, the
man Of the British isles, in his various
homes across the seas. and the Amer
can, both at home and abroad. are
brought into contact with utterly alien
~poo;,l"s, 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 or we'll
nigh Uncomfortable difficulty. They cannot
be solved by the foolish ScntimentaiitE or
stay-at-hOne people. with little patent
recipes, and those Cut-and-dried theories
Of the political nursery which nave 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 win
other men, and treat ellen races only as
subjects for exploitation.
No hard and fast rule can be drawn as
applying to all alien races, because they
differ from one another far more wide
l-,. a ( y ". Sr1r, re INIf
there are one or two rules which must
not De forgotten. In the long run, there
can be no Justification for one race man
aging or COntroIling another unless the
management 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 con-
time In the future in even greater de-
gree to do, in India. Egypt. and the Phil
iprinos alike. In the next place, as re-
CARDS every race. everywhere. at nome
or abroad, we cannot afford to deVlate
from the great rule of righteousness
which bids rs treat each man on his
worth as a man. He must not be Sehtl-
mentally favored because he belongs TO
Il given race: he must not be given I'M
munity in wrong-doing. or permitted 10
cumber the ground. or given other prlVl-
lcges which would be denied to the
vicious and unfit among themselves. Oh
uhh ,na,E o,.,.,o hi,, 70 rasnact and
.nu, 20 Va u.oro of orr own stock he
+, : ", 80 ,,,oh ortit,od to that resnec1
g." y . - - bn Comes Of anothe,
-. Nv .hovoh tho+ othar stock nro.
duCes a much smaller proportion OF me!
Of his type than does our own. This IA!
a. ,,i,h sociol intorninglinC
~ ~ oo,,na soniol norali,v I
has 70 10 marclv with the question Of do
Inc, ~ aoch man and each woman tina
aI9rrontory iuctica which will hermit hin
' har 80 rain fror life the reward
,,rinh sronL1 always accompany thrift
aohnt. cal, -co,trol rosnoct for tn,
sn...'', ahors ,nd bora and intolll
= ~ ~ . ,iro, and To more tina,
\ 7n ,,,.t tro,.r,o,t no man is entitled
: u, " c u.s. t,on srnb irst treatment no maj
: Nv - -" ''N
: 80" '0
! Duty OF Nation 10 Nation.
: =, ,o ~, ~ 1,,y "a the io+crna
{ '"' -, = 49,. ouoI ~, ana ~,
o 80 ano. 7 Io,3 thot tho laws n
t ''' ..,iah .ho.,d covor, in1ividr
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: Iiu't.",'oH n 9 hoconsa I
'', 49,. or1 IN tba other II ha
: y. 49, o,n,iar - a civil law with fore
# - ,rto i,1i,i5ral can denond fc
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q 'e'e9 -. 49,, a.o,o THO nation can dt
: poNs' ~ ,othiug ~ tho kind. an
pen" upo" o. now - is ~
lii'l'i'''' O.
% nS".S' uu,S rnon .bousolvec In suc
~ trees' peoples ~ Neep torhid - ~
i s,a,s ~ dnsnotism the hone OF a
n a.nss 80 two world hv str
{ les'i"S 'Ho p.o7l,s? ~. ,ooa ~ ~.
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v p'os,I' w. un,iso nersons who 4
~ pay nusu ~ 70 no heoun nv Il
N - noaaIas Who NJ all others shou
~ ,I' ,af. holn,oss hafora anv nossib
pc ~ prt uo nuct renrobate unite
NJ w. ,..h .ho Ioodors .rd tho neonl
"a '.,o"sis - orcour,ga or condon
H. iar ,na irio,,,tv nv the strong
-. - +,o wook wo should &c
% .e on.Iossnoss ond wick edness Meth
-, 80 ,uooE ror nv tho strong: and DO
,d - ona strone we should in retu
~ "eoN a sau,n,ors foirness The f.
AZ uca' W. - - aroot and solf-resnecti,
~ .lsn ""I o,,a he conducted on exact
80. toun"' honor of ,,s;sten
vre ona,s nwn rights and Of respect f
upon othars DC whom q brave a,
Nv .arahlo n,on is dealing with his +,
h. n" "o pormit mo IN s,,nport this stat
no no,t ont If nv own experience. +
~ ns o,n,t wars was the head of
-, n.oi.' 80 ohorgod asnaciallv wi
n the conduct Of It's foreign pohcy; a