Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-06-10

the preservation OF mankind Is worth
while. 1t Is an evil and a 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
ciaI conditions to better. In dealing with
all these social problems. with the init
mate relations of the family, with wealth
in private use and business use. with la
Dor. with poverty. the one prime neces-
sity Is to remember that. though hard
ness Of heart is a great evil, 1t Is no
greater an evil than softness of head.
But in addition to these problems the
most intimate and important Of all
which to a 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 alien races. have
special problems and special duties of our
own. You belong to a 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
ernment 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 Engiishman. the
man of the British isles, in his various
homes across the seas. and the Ameri-
can. both at home and abroad. are
brought Into contact with utterly alien
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 dificulty. They cannot
be solved by the foolish sentimentality of
stay-at-home people. with little patent
recipes. and those cut-and-dried theories
or the 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 tho. 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 as
applying 10 all allen races. because they
differ 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 1ustihcation for one race man.
aging or controlling another unless the
management and control arc exercised In
the interest and for the benent of that
other race. This is what our peoples
have In tho main done. and must con-
tinue In the future In even greater de.
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
worth as a man. He must not be senti-
mentally favored because he belongs to
a given race: he must not be given i'm
munity in wrong-doing. or permitted to
eumber the ground. or given other privi-
leges which would be denied to the
vicious and UNIT 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 a much smaller proportion of men
Of his type than does our own. This has
nothing to do with social intermingiing.
with what Is called social equality. II
has to do merely with the question Of do
ing to each mnn and each woman that
elementary Justice which will permit him
or her to gain from life the reward
sobriety. seif-controi. respect for the
rights OF others. and hard and intelii-
gent work to a given end. To more than
such Just treatment no man In 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. the duty owed by one ma
tion TO another. hold that the laws Of
morality which should govern individu-
ais in their dealings one with the other
arc Just rs binding concerning nations In
their dealings one with the other The
application of the moral law must be
different in the two cases. because In
one case Il has. and In the other II has
not. the sanction of q 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. as 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
barbarian or despotism the hope Of ar
resting the progress of the world by stri-
king down the nations that lead in that
progress. 1t would be foolish indeed to
pay heed to the unwise persons who de-
sire disarmament to be begun by tho
very peoples who. Of all others, should
not be left helpless before any possible
foe. But we must reprobate 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
crate lawiessness and wickedness neither
by the weak nor by the strong: and both
treat with scrupuious fairness. The for
eign policy of great and self-respectinR
country should be conducted on exactly
the same plane of honor. of insistencs
upon ones own rights and OF respect for
the rights Of others. As when a brave and
honorable man Is dealing with his fell
lows. Permit me to support this state
ment out of my own experience. For
nearly eight years I was the head of .
great nation and charged especially with
the conduct of Its foreign policy: and
during those years took no action with
reference to 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 a right to feel that
long careers of achievement lie before
our several countries. To each of us 10
vouchsafed the honorable privilege of do
ing his part. however small. In that work.