Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1910-06-09

the mOuoEn uatiOnH somewhat alike,
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 q nation which Dos
sesses the greatest empire upon which the
sun has ever shone. belong to q nation
which 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
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 Englishman, 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 q 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 difficulty. They cannot
be 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
limited applicability amid the crash of
elemental forces. Neither can they be
solved by tho raw brutality of the men
who. whether at home or on the rough
frontier of civilization. adopt might as
the only standard of right in dealing with
oliei hicus anu treat amen races only az
subjects for exploitation.
NO hard and fast rule can be drawn as
applying to 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 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
Nfh M l.
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-
CARDS every race. everywhere. at home
or abroad. we cannot afford to deviate
from the great rule of Righteousness
which bids US treat each man on his
worth as a man. He must not be senti-
mentally favored because he belongs to
given race; he must not be given Inn
munity in wrong-doing. or permitted to
cumber the ground. or given other privi-
leges which would be denied to the
vicious and unfit among themselves. On
the other hand, where he acts in a way
which would entitle him to respect and
reward IL 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 intermingling,
with what is called social equality. It
has to do merely with the 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
and less than such Just treatment no man
| should receive
Duty Of Nation to Nation.
The other type of duty is the interna-
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 It has. and in the other It has
| not. the sanction of a civil law with force
behind it. The individual can depend for
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, It Is the
highest duty Of the most advanced and
| freest peoples to keep themselves in such
| state of readiness as 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. 1t 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 as
| 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 scrGpulous fairness. The for
eign policy of a great and self-respecting
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 / was the head OF a
| 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 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 ID
| vouchsafed the honorable privilege of do
| Ing his part. however small, in that work.
Let us strive hardly for success even II
| by so doing we risk failure, spurning
the poorer souls of small endeavor who
| know neither failure nor success. Let us
| hope that our own blood shall continue
in the land, that our children and chill
| drens children to endless genera lions
| shall arise to take our places and play a
| mighty and dominant part in the world.
But whether this be denied or granted by
the years we shall not see. let at least
| the satisfaction be ours that we have
| carried onward the lighted torch in our
own day and generation. II we do this,
| then. rs our eyes close. and we 60 out