The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-06-11

the preservation Of mankind II worth
while. Il u an evil and . dreadful thino
TO be callous to sorrow and SUFFERING, ana
for the betterment Of soc|1d conditions.
But Il IL an unspeakably fodlleh thing 70
strive for this betterment by means %
destructive that they would leave no CO..
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 10 to remember that, though hard
ness OF heart II great evil. II 10 no
greater an evil than softness Of head.
But In addition 70 these problems the
most intimate and important Of all
which to larger or less degree AFFECT all
the modern nations somewhat alike. w
or 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 = nation which pos
sesses the greatest empire upon which the
sun has ever shone. I belong to nation
which II trying. on scale hitherto unex-
ampled. to work out the problems Of gov
eminent for. of. and by the people. whils
at the same time doing the international
duty OF great power. But there arr
certain problems which both Of us have
to solve. and az to which our standards
should be the same. The Englishman. the
man OF the British isles. in his various
homes across the seas. and the Amert-
can. both at homo and abroad. are
brought into contact with utterly allen
peoples some with q civilization more an
Client than our own. others still In. on
having but recently arisen from, the bar
barism which our people left behind ages
ago. The problems that arise are OF WELL
nigh inconceivable difncuity. They cannot
be solved by the foolish sentimentality oa
9taY-At-10mo manila with littla nafanM
recipes. and those cut-and-dried theories
OF the political nursery which have such
limited applicability amid the crash ofl
elemental forces. Neither can they b.
solved by the raw brutality Of the mem
who. whether at home or on the rough
frontier OF civilization. adopt might ar
the only standard OF right in dealing with
other men, and treat alien races only a.
subjects for exploitation.
No hard and fast rule can be drawn an
applying 10 all alien races, because they
differ from ono 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 the
management and control are exercised In
the interest and for the benefit OF that
other race. This IL what our peoples
have in the main done. and must con-
tinue In the future In even greater deJ
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 deviatO
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
munity In wrong-doing. or permitted to
cumber the ground. or given other privi-
ieges which would be denied to the
vicious and UNIT among themselves On
the other hand. where he acts In a way
which would entitls him to respect and
reward II he were OF our own stock, he
ID Just an much entitled to that respect
and reward II no comes of another
stock. even though that other stock pro
dyGe2 3 Wycf gmeiier proportion of men
OF his type than does our own. This has
nothing to do with social intermingiing,
with what II called social equality. It
has to do merely with tho 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
which should always accompany thrift.
sobriety, self-control. respect for the
rights of others. and hard and intelli-
gent work to given end. To more than
such just treatment no man Is entitled.
should receive.
Outy OF NATION 70 Nation.
The other type OF duty Is the internal
tional duty. the 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 as 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 II has. and In the other It has
not. the sanction Of a civil law with force
behind II. Tho 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 al things are now. It Is the
highest duty OF the most advanced and
freest peoples to keep themselves In such
a state Of readiness al to forbid to any
barbarism or despotism the hope Of ar
resting the progress Of the world by stri-
king down the nations that lead In that
progress. It 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. But we must reprobate quite ~
strongly both the leaders and the peoples
who practise. or encourage or condone,
aggression and iniQuity by the strong at
the expense of the weak. We should toll
crate lawlessness and wickedness neither
by the weak nor by the strong: and both
weak and strong we should In return
| treat with scrupulous fairness. The fof-
.eign policy of q great and self-respectins
| 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. Al when brave and
| honorable man 10 dealing Witb his fell
lows. Permit me To support this state
/ msnt out Of my own experience. For
nearly eight years was the head Of .
| great nation and charged especially with
| the conduct of its foreign policy; ana
| during those years took no action with
reference to any other people on the face
| Of the earth that would not have felt
| justified in taking Al an individual In
dealing with other individuals.
/ believe that we Of the great civilixed
nations of today have a right to feel that
long careers Of achievement lie before
| our several countriea To each Of us n
vouchsafed the honorable privilege Of do
i Ing his part, however small. in that work.
Let us strive hardly for success. even II
by 10 doing we risk failure, spurning
the poorer souls Of small endeavor who
know neither failure nor success. Let 10
hope that our own blood shall continue
| in the land. that our children and chill