The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-07

Of stzy-at-hhuae people, with little patent
recipes. and those e1t-aue-dr1ed theories
limited appIfcabfIfty amid the crash %
elemental forces Neither can they be
solved BY the raw brutality of the men
Wdor whether at home OF on the rough
frontier Of civilization. adopt might a.
the only standard Of right IN dealing with
other men. and treat alien 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 widely
than some OF them differ from Us But
there are one or two rules which must not
be no Justification for one race managing
OF controlling another unless the uanaEe-
ra<eSC and Tor the benefit OF that other
race This is what 0rer peoples have IN
the main done and must continue IN the
Lul1rs a even greater degree 10 do n
India Egypt. and the Philippines alike
In the next place as regards every race.
every where. AT home or abroad We can
not afford to deviate from the great rule
Of Righteousness which bids Us treat each
man Gu his worth as a man He must
not De Sentiment4IIy favored because he
bei0ngz TO given race he must not be
given immunity IN Eruug-doing. or per-
other privileges which would be denied te
the vicious and unfit among ourselves
which would enrfrIe him To respect and
reward fl he were Of cur own stock he Is
I-7t - A - sL--L11i1 20 tl4L EeSp@f-t A1t1
reward II he comes CT another stock, even
though that other stock produces q much
smaller proportion OF men OF his type
th7- does our own This has nothing to do
with social furerrningfiug. with what u
called social equality. It has to DO u1ere-
" with the question Of doing TO each
man ard ea-E vzr1r7a- that sIzr-z-rzr7r
justice which viii permit hin or her To
gain from life the reward which should
always accompany thrift S0brfery. self
control. respect for the rights Of Others
and hard and Intelligent work to q given
no man Is entitled. and less than such
Just treatment no man should receive
International Duties.
The other type OF duty is the tnteruz-
another I hold that the laws Of morality
which should govern individuals IN their
binding concerning nations in their deal
fugs one with the other The application
Of the moral law must be different In tina
two cases. because IN one case It has. and
IN the other it has not. the sanction Of .
civil law with force behind IL The tn5f-
V1d1AI can depend for his rights upon the
courts. which themselves derive rke1E
force from the police power Of the state
The nation can depend UPON nothing ee
the kind and therefore as things ara nov.
It Is the highest duty Of the most adj
vznced and freest peoples to keep rnerz-
forbid 70 any baroar1su or dspocIsua thu
hope Of aEresClg the progress OF the
lead in that progress It would be foolish
indeed TO pay heed to the urVtse persons
VINO desire dls.rr1lal11=uI % ns begun ~
the very peoples VINO or Al others.
should noC be left helpless before any
possible foe But we must reprehare
quite as strongly both the leaders and the
peoples who practice or encourage OF cor
done, aggression and E1Quity By the
strorr al the expense OF the weak We
should tolerate Izwfessnezs and wicked
ness neither by the weak nor BY Eh9
strong and both weak and strong we
should IN return treat with scrUpuf0Izs
fairness. The foreign policy Of great
and ssIf-respectfng Country should pc con
Quoted On exactly the same plane OF honor.
OF frsf<tence upon ones own rights and
Of respect for the rights 9f others ~
when q brave and honorable man Is deal
PORT this statement cut Of MY own expert
ence For nearly eight years 1 was the
head CT a great nation and charged espe-
cfziIy with the cOucuCE OF It's E0rS1zE
policy and during those years took no
action with reference 10 any other people
on the face Of the earth that would not
have felt justified n taking i1SiIVld-
uzE N dealing with other individuals
believe that We Of the great civilized
uatiOus Of today have a right 20 feel that
long careers Of acnlever1eut lie before cur
vog1chSarezI the honorable privilege q
doing his part however small II that
work Let Us strive hardly for success
even II By 50 doing We risk failure Spu<u-
ing the poorer souls Of suzu eudeRzo=
who know neither failure nor succs--
Let is hope that our own blood zhz--.
and ehEIdreu's children TO endless genera
tons snail arise to take our places and
uIay a na5Enry and dominant part in the
wcxld But whether this De denied Or
at Ieast~this satisfaction be OUTS that We
have carried onward the Lighted torch n
our own day and generation Il We do
this. then zSNczr eyes close. ard We 90
0gt into the 5Arkness and other hands
grasp the torch Ak least we can say that
eur part has been borne well and
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