The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-06-09

most intimate and important al all
which TO larger or less degree affect all
the modern nations somewhat alike. We
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 nation which pos
sesses the greatest empire upon which the
sun has ever shone. belong to a nation
which is.trying. on scale hitherto unex-
ampled, No work out the problems of gov
eminent %5r. Of and by the people. willis
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 civilization more an
Gent 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 sentimentaity 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 the 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
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 wide
ly than 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 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
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
ippnes 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
Is just as much entitled to that respect
| and reward IL he comes of another
| stock. even though that other stock pro-
| duces much smaller proportion of men
| Of his type than does our own. This has
! nothing to do with social lntermin Cling,
with What is called social equality. 1t
| 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.
sobrety. self-control. respect for the
| rights of others. and hard and intelli-
| gent work to a given end. To more than
such just treatment no man is entitled
| 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 l hold that the laws OF
morality which should govern indiv idu.
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 1t has, and in the other 1t has
not. the sanction of a civil law with force
behind it. The individual can depend for
his rights upon the courts. which them-
| 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, 1t 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 al
| 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 scrupulous fairness. The for
| eign policy of a great and self-respecting
| country should be conducted on exactly
the same plane OF honor. of insistence
| 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 CT my own experience. For
| nearly eight years l was the head of a
great nation and charged especially with
the conduct of Its foreign policy: and
| during those years l took no action with
reference to any other people on the face
| of the earth that ! would not have felt
| justified in taking an individual in
| dealing with other individuals.
| l 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 Is
vouchsafed the honorable privilege OF do
| ing his part. however small. in that work.
Let us strive hardly for success. even IL
| 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
| dren's children to endless generations
| 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. If we do this.
| then. our eyes close. and we go out
| into the darkness. and other hands grasp
| the torch. at least we can say that our
| part has been borne we'll and valiantly.