The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-25

pounded to me by ex-Secretary of
State Knox when he said:
Instead OF. desiring the political
union Of these two nations, 1t Is to the
advantage Of the United States that
Canada remain outside the American
republic and within the empire OF
Great Britain. The power of America
today is the power of the United
States and the power Of Canada plus
the power Of Britain. Were
empire and become either an indie
pendent commonwealth or a group Of
states in the American republic, there
would be for North America no plus
the power of Britain"
70 the people of Canada, that "plus
the power of Britain" counts. 1t
counts not only in matters Of security
from attack by sea, but much more
| does 1t count in national dignity, in
national aspiration and in national
prestige. To be the halfway house
Of an empire that sweeps round the
world. challenges all that is best in
this young dominion Of the north.
America Plus Britain.
But sir, that "plus the power Of
Britain counts for the United States
as we'll. It counts every time thought
full Americans reflect OF what may
some day be involved in the assertion
Of the Monroe doctrine. 1t did count,
n count for much, in one memora-
BILE crisis on Manila bay in, 1898. Not
once merely or twice in the story Of
the Pacific has it made plain that
blood is thicker than water. Today
California stands on the Pacific Tor
English-speaking standards of life
n ideals Of civilization, and back or
California stands the republic; SO also
stands British Columbia, and back Of
it stands the Dominion. And in days
to come, days which some Of us may
live to see, it may mean everything
for the Canadian dominion, that un-
der the Southern Cross, Australia and
New Zealand, at the far gates Of the
Pacific, rise up in their youthful
might, flying also the Red, White and
Blue. The United States. Canada,
New. Zealand, Australia, the English
speaking quartette on the Pacific.
plus the power of Britain.
But while America and Britain and
the British dominions seem much to
one another in their mutual defense,
they have a message of immense i'm
portance to all the world. Is not this
their message, that what has been
done on this continent, and what is
being done among the English-speak-
ing peoples. may also be done on all
continents and among all peoples IN
he great family of nations.
The Wider Sweep.
Internationalism takes a, wider
sweep han the Anglo-Saxon frater-
nifty. America itself Is pound by ties
Of blood and interest to the great re-
public of France and the great en-
pire Of Germany. The early history
of the United States in colonial days,
and most emphatically in the great
days of the revolution, binds the re-
public of France in bonds of sympa-
thy and gratitude. The reflex of
American independence on the his
tory Of France multiplied those bind
ing cords and made them enduring
'Louisiana'' and Lafayette" awaken
memories that the United States will
not willingly let die. Canada on her
side boasts that o%ne-third of her pop
u~lation today, while they give loyal
allegiance to the flag of Britain, pride
themselves in the blood and traditions
and languages of the fair land of
France. Germany, too, out of all her
states has given of her best to build
up the commerce, the industry, the
educational institutions and the re-
ligious life Of America, n both the
United States and Canada are bound
to the German fatherland by the
Teuton blood that in Americas veins
mikes peacefully with the Saxon and
the Celt.
Rising Tide of InternationaIism.
So, too, Britain itself is bound by
all the vital ties whether of kinship
or of association, or of inextricable
financial interests with Germany
with France, with Italy, and, indeed
with all Europe. And not America
and Europe alone, but the orient as
well, is being swept by the rising tide
of internationalism into one great in
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nifty Of nations.
What does all this mean? 1t means
that the people of each nation in theil
abundant life are outgrowing the
local governments. The authority OF
the government stops at the shore
but the people cross and recross the
seas, cover the continents with theil
r networks of transportation and trade
weaving and Interviewing a wild,
web Of life and sentiment and O
sympathy and of ideals and of com
mrecial relations and of financial in
! t~erests; until out Of all these Their
= shall emerge international ideas, in
ternational customs, i~nternationa
policies, international conventions, in
: ~ternational courts of justice and
! body of international public opinion
= which shall become law for all tn
s nations.
60 @N1 A"S ""A, IA al bA&AoD0 IN 1OIiS
M the battle flags are furled
, In the parliament of man, the feder
alton Of the world"
The Function Of the Church.
In this great worldwide movemen
! Of internationalism does the christia,
church play any worthy part or knoy
! any high obligation? Sir, the churc
= stands in the forefront. It's very gent
us is international. BY its origina
. commission, by it's programme and it
purposes n by the immeasurajbl
: range of it's evangel, it. is above a
- other institutions ~splendidly interna
tional. The glad tidings of Bethle
- hem were not for Jews alone, but $50
= from Olivet, go We into all tn
. world" take no account Of politica
! divisions or local patriotism or ma
. tional flags. Of necessity the stat
q and its government are confined with
= in the bounds Of their own domain
. but for the church, "the field is tn
! world" Into that world field tn
u church goes, not with any .nationa
: flag or any political programme, bu
! with a pregnant idea and with the ir