The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-06-09

n NV ENNNfNN.AN anu NANIE nNA
European nations are not as great as those
which separate the 'uew" nations one
from another and the 'old" nations one
from another, There are IN each case
very real differences between the new and
me 90 naton-diferences both Tor good
ana Tor evil but IN each case there 70
ahe same ancestral history 20 reckon with.
the same type Of civilization. with It's at
teudaut BENEFITS and shortcomings: and.
atter the pioneer stages are passed. the
problems 20 be solved. IN spite q superb
clal differences, are IN their essence the
same. they are those that confront all
elNllAed peoples. not those that confront
peoples struggling from barbansm into
civilization.
So. when we speak OF the death" Of
Tribe. a nation or a civilization. the term
ma De used for either one or two totally
ulhsrent processes The analogy with
what occurs In biological history being
complete Certain tribes % savares. the
IaFmaniana Tor instance. and various lit
ue clans q American ndlan have within
the last century or two completely died
out; al % the individuals have persisted.
leaving no descendants. and the blood has
disappeared Certain other tribes o.
lnelarB have as tribes disappeared or
are now disappearing. but their blood
remains, being absorbed into the veins O.;
The white intruders, or o. the black men
introduced by these white intrIders. 50
NAV In reality they are merely being
Transformed into something absolutely
Different from what; they were.
4 Ike wide diversity In fact may be
covered IN the statement that a c~!yiliLa-
ton has died out"
Phenomena That Puzzle.
n Sealing not with groups q human
beings On simple and primitive relations.
Dur with highly compiler. highly special
izei. civilized. or scml-cIvlIaad societies.
there u need % great caution in drawing
analories with what has occurred On the
development % the animal world Yet
even IN these eases % Is curlus 90 ses
how Some % the phenomena Ia the
growth and disappearance Of these com
pIeH' ARTIFICIAL groups Of human beings
resemble Wha has happened in myrads
q Instances in the history Of NE on This
planet
Why 40 great artificial empires. whose
riuaens are knit BY a bond OF speech and
culture much more thar by a bond Of
blood show periods Of extraordinary
groWih. and again OF sudden or lingering
decay In some cases we can answer
readily enough. In other cases we can
not az yet even guess what the proper
answer should Be II In any such case
tho centrifugal forces overcome the cen
trpetRl. The nation Will % course ~ 20
rieces. and 'se reason for It's failure 90
'H 70 dominant ANfhN - patent To-
every enc The minute that the spirit
which unds So healthy development Ia
local self government and Iu the uuffHata
70 ifr dangers % an extreme rerfraUra-
ton, develops into mere ~particglarsm.
into inability 20 combine rTrrsvs1v f4r
achievement ot a common end. then % Is
hopeless 90 expect great results Poland
and certain republics % the western
hemisphere are the standard Ynwprs q
failure % this Kind and Tire r1.ted states
would have ranked w.th them and lts
name would have become q TFurrF OF
t@srisi0n. n the forces % union haI not
triuwpHet IN the civil war So the
growth ~ soft luxury after % has reached
q certain point becomes a national DANGER
patent % nil Again. % needs ba; uttle q
ne vision % a seer 90 forr;cn Uha must
harTrr iu any community u the aVgrare
woman ceases 20 become tho mother o.
FAMILY % healthy children. " tho average
man loses tho will and the power &c work
up Go ola axe and 90 rght whenever the
need arises. q: tho hcmcly. commonplace
virtues de out n strength % character
NAnlHHrs in graceful s~rif-IntuIrcars. u tho
N'-le qualities atr1phy then the nation
has lost what no material prosperity can
OFFSET
hut there arc plenty 81 other rhrnom.
oua wholly uf partially lurAntHaNla. Il u
easy 90 SOC why Rome frrH1,d downward
when grvat s'ayc.ulIc1 farms spread over
''H" .." WHO NffN a NNAFffhH.Nn OF
peasant grorriotors. when Efsrd and lux
urN ana s~crsuaHty atc iHo a.ifs iato me
ftrF ~ fNr UPPER E~iUFrra. while the mass
- 'hr oitlsrus Ergw fa depend. not uprn
their own rAvfinra bot upon Jlu state.
FOR iho'r pleasures amt their very liyrl.
tnrd lHt this does NOT explain why the
forward movement stopped az d.rrrsut
tur7 as Gar aH ffryr-HT raf'ru were
concerned nt one umr a. regards lfrra-
'Hfr af another limo as regards arrrfta--
iHr" no another time 90 rsEarfu city
building We cannot even Fayss why ,so
erfiHr7 ~ ono kInd % energy dried 10
While" i"'rr was yrT no cessation o. an
other Kind
Holland as an Example.
Tato another and smaller irs,,rs, that
% Holland Tor a prFIrf covering
little mote than tho seventeenth -rrf5-,
Holland. Nhu Some 81 iNr Italian CIV
states az au earlier period. stood an he
dangerous hriEhts nf Er0atryes beside ma.
uoua s' vastly hvr superior in territory
And population az Co make % Inevitable
That sooner cr later she must fall from ne
glorious ana p]grilous rmlnlaus % Witch
She bad husn rHisri Boy hcF own irfrmJfa
bio soul liyl faN came ft could NOT
have been l1decniirIy postpone. hut n
came Far quicker than o. rorIrl 90 conn,
o~c.Hsne q ahortrom'uFs ou her part 90
which both Grvat Britain ana me United
states would DO wise Co pay heed nor
government was ~sinWularly Ineffective tn,
decentralization being such as often to
permit iHr s]cparatlsI the partIellaHsf
spirit ~ the provinces Co rnb tnr central
Authority 90 al efficiency This was haB
enough But the fatal weakness was that
o. common lu r,yh, prlrr-layiur st-,sliss
who're mon hate to think 90 war as p1asi.
bic aud try Co Justify their own reluctance
Co face q either BY hiEb-s6undinr moral
platitudrs or else BY a phIasgphv ~
short-siEhtcd matcrinlism The putrh
were very wealthy They grew 10 no.
uCye that they could hire others TO 40
their rgHtiug Tor them Ou land. ana on
sea, where they dtd their own nrhtinr
n fought very well. they refused In
time ~ peace 60 make ready nests so 81
ncicut az either 90 insure tho Dutch
against tho peace being broken or else
10 giNc them the victory wncn war
came To be opuleut and unarmsd Is 10
secure ease IN tho present az tho almost
certain cost of disaster In the future
Its therefore easy % Sc Why Holland
Lost when she ala her position AMONG the
powers but Il L. Ear more dlncult Is OK.
plain why az the same time theru should
have come AZ least a partial loss OF nosi.
uon In the world o. ART and letters. some
spark % divine nre burned itself out In
the national soul A. the lire OF Fraat