Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-12
The amelofG Commerce and Dove Of Peace

The amelofC Commerce and loye Of Peace
'sa''The' true armies Of world peace to-day, accord
ing to President Willard Straight Of the American
Asiatic association, "are the merchants engaged in
international trade. In this army, the secretary OF
state is a chief Of staff and the ambassador a corps
commander
I'VE are always" MI. Straight insists, lin active
service in the worldwide struggle for daily bread
But betweeRspations mutual confidence and esteem is
founded most permanently and truly upon fair a1d
mutually profitable diplomatic and bsiness dealings.
The greater our foreign commerce, the better will be
our relations with. foreign peoples and the less chance
there will rbc for trouble" @
Mr. Straight discharged these shells of the sup
posedly defunct dollar diplomacy" in the presence
aad into r!Ae lap Of Mr.. William Jennings Bryan,
who's" sincTn interest in world peace is, unquestion-
cd While nc IS generally credited with the determine
ton (amounting, some say, almost to a DEVOTIONAL
dedication) ito take the dollar out of diplomacy"
Can the dollar be taken out OF diplomacy? Isn't
the camel of commerce after all, the best convoy for
the dove Of .p~eace?-the dove which Mr. Bryan is
popularity supposed to cherish and protect, snug and
safe, either Sn the roofgarden of the State Depart.
ment building in Washington, D. c.. or is It the cab
bage, Or grapefruit garden at Lincoln, Nebraska?
lt'wouldtseemL indeed, that the Peerless Paciicist
does see a new light; that he does realize the indis-
%solubility of the union between dollar and diplomatic
dealings; that he is beginning to appreciate the para
mount fact fiat, as Mr.. Straight puts it, f"tae. true
armies OF world peace, today, are the merchants
engaged in International trade"
Replying to the implied criticism uttered a few
minutes befose by the President of the American
Asiatic association, Mr.. Bryan pleaded:
Man is not a creator in the strict sense. He can
not put life into a grain of wheat, but he can give, it
the environment in which. It may develop life. The
same applies as between d government and trade.
The government cannot create trade, but 1t can give
trade an environment in. which it will develop and
prosper
1t is this environment, essential to the. develop.
nent and prosperity Of American commerce with the
great Orient. which: Americans most familiar with
the facts in the case. have sought through the proper
application lof diplomatic agencies. AS soon rs the
earnest, most eloquent and undoubtedly most since
secretary 81: state makes up his mind that the camel
OF American commerce in the Far East can play q
most potential part. in keeping pruned and prin tie
soft and delicate feathers of his docile, dove If II
not unlikely that she will find a way of keeping the
dollar in diplomacy. .
And that means keeping and extending our most
fruitful foreign markets; augmenting the great army
corps of peace; taking out a promising policy Of in
surance against the always present fear of hard times
at home.
Also-but that is of secondary importance-it will.
amputate the commercial camels hump, which has
been considerably in evidence for some months past.
ProgrsssiFes are undiscouraged by their failure to
elicit any demonstrations of great enthusiasm from
Theodore Roosevelt concerning their activities during
his absencee Il South America.