The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1910-06-08

most intimate ana important Of all
which to a larger or less degree affect all
the modern nations somewhat alike We
OF the great nations that have exrar ded.
that are now in complicated relations with
one another and with allen 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 nation
winch Is trying. on a scale hitherto unex-
ampled, to work out the problems of gov
eminent for. Of, and by the people. while
at the same time doing the International
o GUY OF a great power. But there are
t to so;n. problems which both of US have
so!ve' and as to which our standards.
snouio be the same. The Englishman the.
man OF the British isles. in his various.
..ones across the seas, and the Ameri-
can can, both at home and abroad. are,
oIousnt into contact with utterly alien
clent than our own. others still in ~.
naving but recently arisen from, the bar
oarisnl which our people left behind y pea
ago. The problems that arise are of we'll
nsn inconceivable difficulty. They cannot
oe solved by the foolish sentimentality Of
stay-at-home people. with little patent
recipes and those cut-and-dried theories
OF the political nursery which have such
united applicability amid the crash Of
elsmental forces. Neither can they be
solved by the raw brutality Of the men
VINO, whether at home or on the rough
..ontler OF civilization. adopt might as
tne only standard of right in dealing with
other men. and treat allen races only as
subjects for exploitation.
NO nara and fast rule can be drawn as
applying to all alien races, because they
olHer from one another far more wide
~ tnan some OF them differ from U.S. But
there are one or two rules which must
not be forgotten. In the long run. there
can De no Justification for one race man
aging or controlling another unless tina
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-
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-
eards every race. everywhere, at home
or abroad. we cannot afford to deviate
from the great rule Of righteousness
wnlcn dds us treat each man on his
mentally favored because he belongs to
given race; he must not be given inn
munlty In wrong-doing, or permitted to
cumper the ground, or given other privt-
ieges which would be denied to the
W. ana unit among themselves. On
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-
auces much smaller proportion of men
nothing to do with social intermineling.
with what Is called social equality. Il
mas to do merely with the question of do.
ng to each man and each woman that
elementary justice which will permit him
,r her to gain from life the reward
"lnch should always accompany thrift,
'onriety, self-control, respect for the
lights of others, and hard and intelli-
gent work to a given end. To more than
'uch just treatment no man is entitled.
ina less than such just treatment no man
should receive.
Duty of Nation to Nation.
The other type Of duty is the interna.
lcnal duty, the duty owed by one ma
ION to another. I hold that the laws of
morality which should govern individu-
lis IN their dealings one with the other
re just as binding concerning nations in
heir dealings one with the other The
pplication of the moral law must be
ifferent IN the two cases. because in
ne case 1t has, and in the other It has
ot, the sanction of civil law with force
ehlnd It, The Individual can depend for
is rights upon the courts. which them
elves derive their force from the police
over Of the state. The nation can de-
end upon nothing OF the Kind and
therefore,, as things are now, it is the
1ghest duty Of the most advanced and
reest peoples to keep themselves in such
state of readiness as to forbid to any
arbar1sm or despotism the hope of ar
esting the progress of the world by stri-
Ing down the nations that lead In that
rogress. It would be foolish indeed to
ay heed to the unwise persons who de-
re disarmament to be begun by the
cry peoples who, of all others. should
OF be left helpless before any possible
oe. But we must reprobate quite as
rongly both the leaders and the peoples
no practise, or encourage or condone,
and iniquity by the strong at
le expense OF the weak. We should toll
ate lawlessness and wickedness neither
Y the weak nor by the strong; and both
eak and strong we should in return
eat with scrupulous fairness. The for
gn policy OF great and self-respecting
ountry should be conducted on exactly
Re same plane Of honor, of insistence
pom ones own rights and Of respect for
he rights of others, as when brave and
onorable man is dealing with his fell
WIS, Permit me to support this state
ent out of my own experience. For
early eight years I was the head of
eat nation and charged especially with
e conduct of its foreign policy: and
lring those years took no action with
the earth that I would not have felt
stife9 in taking as an Individual in
'aling with other individuals.
believe that we Of the great civilized
ltions of today have right to feel that
ng careers Of achievement lie before
lr several countries. To each of us il
uchsafed the honorable privilege of do
8 his part, however small, in that work.
It us strive hardly for success, even IL
so doing we risk failure. spurning
G poorer souls Of small endeavor who
low neither failure nor success. Let us
'pe that our own blood shall continue
the land. that our children and chill
ems children to endless generations
all arise to take our places and play
lightly and dominant part in the world.
1T whether this be denied or granted by
Q years we shall not see, let at least
o satisfaction be ours that we have
rried onward the lighted torch in our
IN day and generation. If we do this.
en-, as our eyes close. and we 60 out
to the darkness. and other hands grasp
G torch, at least we can say that our
TT has been borne we'll and valiantly.