The Hawaiian star., 1910-04-23

trust the man who can take the same
dispassionate view of his wife and his
mother. However broad and deep a
mans activities, however intense his
activities. he need have no fear that
, they will be cramped by love Of his
native land
Now this does not mean in the
least that man should not wish to
do good outside of his native land.
On the contrary, just as | think that
the man who loves his family is more
apt to be a good neighbor than the
man who does not, so / think that the
most useful member of the family of
nations is normally a strongly patri-
otic nation. So far from patriotism be-
ing inconsistent with a proper regard
for the rights Of other nations, I hold
that the true patriot, who is as Jealous
of the national honor as gentleman
of his own honor, will be careful to
see that the nation neither inHicts
nor suffers wrong, just as a gentle
man scorns equally to wrong others
or to suffer others to wrong him.
1 do not for one moment admit that
political morality is different from
private morality, that a promise made
on the stump differs from a promise
made in private life. ] do not for one
moment admit that a man should act
deceitfully as a public servant in his
dealings with other nations, any more
than that he should act deceitfully in
his dealings as a private citizen with
other private citizens. | do not for
one moment admit that a nation
should treat other nations in diff
ferent spirit from that in which an
honorable man would treat other men.
In practically applying this principle
to the two sets of cases there is, of
course, a great practical difference to
be taken into account We speak of
international law; but international
law is something wholly different
from private or municipal law, and
the capital difference is that there is
a sanction for the one and no sane
tion for the other; that there is an
outside force which cOmpels indi-
viduals to obey the one, while there is
no such outside force to compel obe-
dience as regards the other Interna-
tional law will, believe, as the gener-
atiOns pass, grow stronger and
stronger until in some way or other
there develops the power to make it
respected. But as yet it is only in the
first formative period AS yet, as a
rule, each nation is of necessity
obliged to judge for itself in mat
ters Of vital Importance between it
and its neighbOrs, and actions must
of necessity, where this is the case,
be different from what they are where
as among private citizens, there is
an outside force whose action is all
powerful and must be invoked in any
crisis of Importance. 1t is the duty
of wise statesmen, gifted with the
power of looking ahead, to try to en-
courage and build up every move
ment which will substitute or tend to
substitute some other agency for
force in the settlement of interna-
tional disputes. 1t is the duty of ev-
cry honest statesman to try to guide
the nation so that it shall not wrong
any other nation. But as yet the great
civilized peoples, if they are to be
true to themselves and to the cause
of humanity and civilization, must |
keep ever in mind that in the last
resort they must possess both the
will and the power to resent wrong
doing from others. The men who
sanely believe in a lofty morality |
preach righteousness; but they do |
not preach weakness, whether among
private citizens or among nations.
We believe that our ideals should |
be high, but not so high as to make it
impossible measurably to realize |
them. We sincerely and earnestly
believe in peace; but if peace and
justice conflict, we scorn the man
who would not stand for Justice
though the whole world came in
arms against him.
THE TWO GREAT REPUBLICS.
And now, my hosts, word in part
ing. You and l belong to the only
two republics among the great pow
ers of the world. The ancient friend
ship between France and the United
States has been, on the whole, sin
cere and disinterested friendship. A
to you would be a sorrow to
us, But it would be more than that.
In the seething turmoil of the history
of humanity certain nations stand
out as possessing a peculiar power
charm Soma gnaaio1 ,rfrt . I.-...