El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-11-10
IN DEALING with the Russian pass
port matter it is wiser to exclude /
the racial question.

IN DEALING with the Russian pass
port matter it is wiser to exclude
= the racial question.
We all understand that it centers in
Russia's refusal to honor American
passports issued in behalf Of Jews. but
IL IS not properly a Jewish matter, and
the Jews have repeatedly indicated
their unWilhngness to have the racial
feature Of the problem emphasized.
The discussion requires rather to be
discussed on broad grounds and in the
light OF the recognized fact that Rus
STA has violated not a Jewish contract
but an international one in which the
United States government IS one party
in the compact; so that It is of no sig
nificance whose passport Russia fails
to honor or how many or how few
she fails to honor; she has broken her
treaty, she has violated her national
oath, and ought after all these many
years Of parleytng to be dealt with
sqJarely on that basis.
The difficult feature Of the case is
that Russia belongs to a different or
der Of civilization from that to which
we belong.
We are dealing with an impossible
people, and cannot proceed on the same
principle S would be applicable in the
instance Of England or Germany.
Those nations we could reason with.
We could insist on their holding their
conduct to ethical lines If in the con-
ference with them we adduced the ap-
plicability Of moral principles they
would understand what We were talk
ing about. Right and wrong, oath,
pledge and loyalty are words which
stand in their vocabulary, so that
these are terms mutually Ineligible
that would facilitate conference and
be likely to conduct II to a satisfac-
tory issue.
But in dealing with people that we
may almost say belongs to the back
ward races we lack an essential me-
dunn Of Accommodation. That IS
the situation that we are up against.
If a dog commits an attack upon
child and fastens its teeth upon him
there are those holding extreme views
upon the question of cruelty to animals
out with the beast
Considered as dog he may be
very admirable animal, but he does not
understand the English language. and,
which is still more important has no
appreciation of the practical relation In
which the case stands to the Ten Com
mandments. So that while the preach
er goes on eXhOrting the dog. the dog
goes on chewing the child.
Our RussiOn admirers must excuse
the harshness of the illustrat ton. but
its aDtness TO the situation is sufficient
Justification Of It's use.
Children In the Street.
Almost any observing person going
about the streets of New York viii
conclude that a good many Of our
mothers imagine that they have done
their whole duty by bearing children
without going to the trouble of taking
care Of them after they are born.
The street is the DEVILS schOolhOuse,
where nothing is taught that ought to
be known, everything taught that
ought not to be known, and where he
puts his pupils through the successive
grades with a dispatch unparalleled
i'm any other educational institution.
II all that we wanted our boys to
learn were keenness to take in the
whole of a situation, and alertness to
bring things to pass with the least
waste Of time and energy, the street
would be the place Of all places to put
them.
The street graduate is smarter than
the high school graduate, y because he
has been using his wits more and be-
cause it is in accord with a boys ma
ture to get along faster in coming up
than III being brought up.
In the former he follows the line Of