The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-17
THE SERVICE or HUMANITY.
what Warrington Believes the President
Hopes To Accomplish.

From an Occasional Correspondent Of THE Sun
WASHINGTON, June 16.--Slnce Presi-
dent Wilson's speech over the dead of
Vera Cruz, In which his vision Of our
national duty in the service Of humanity
was first disclosed, sufficient details have
been supplied TO allow the formation
OF general idea of the policies by
which he hopes to accomplish his pur-
pose to raise the United States to q
place never attained by any other
nation.
What we are doing In Mexico Is al
ready revealed: We are supporting the
ambitions and the men who would over
throw the established system OF that
nation against the relic OF it's power
represented by Huorta. man who, in
MS violence, his designations and his
Ideals. htly represents the past and Ia
personally az well as politically OBJ
noxious to men OF Mr.. Wilson's type.
In Colombia We are TO assume the
attitude OF contrition, and salve the
wounds inflicted by previous Admins
tration with an apology deemed ade-
quate by those to whom 1, is made. and
money payment sufficient to appease
their sense OF Material loss.
The next great step will be a compost
ton OF the long enduring japanese con-
troversy, In which the United States Is
to rise superior to all local prejudlces,
all merely parochial considerations, all
racial and sectional jealousies. and set
for ltsef a standard Of conduct at once
generous and self-sacrincing.
II is not by accident that the Japa-
nese question took second place to the
Colombia dispute in the adjustment OF
our foreign affairs. In our dealings
with Japan the hint OF war was never
absent: concessions granted to the
Mikados Government might have been
construed as privileges wrung from
us. II not by fear at least by an en-
lightened discretion. Colombia. in the
nature OF events. could hold no menace
for US: what we give to her IL given
by good will and high conscience. not
under the threat OF skilled soldiery.
Yielding to Colombia established the
policy as OF our own fabrication: es-
tablished II will permit a yielding TO
japan without consequent suspicion OF
weakness or timdity.
In the mind Of President Wilson
these progressive steps must convince
the world OF our magnanimity and dis
interestedness. These accepted univer-
sally. a field OF humanitarian effort Of
wonderful possibilities IL opened for US.
Not "A disagreement OF any kind be-
tween rulers and ruled. government and
governed. employers and workers. can
be- foreign to our good offices. When
ever injustice and discomfort manifest
themselves our ready and impartial ef-
forts TO restore good feeling can be
offered without arouslng suspicion OF
Interior purpose or selfish intent.
How many urgent opportunities for
such an interventisl present themselves
IL Is unnecessary to point out. The
Congo atrocities. the South African
racial and labor troubles. the South
American rubber situation. the English
militant suffragette and Irish problems,
the serious needs Of Russia. the COM
plants Of the natives OF Chosen
merely to catalogue the nations in
which the need Of arbitration by an
honored and unfeared authority Is
recognized would occupy columns Of
newspaper space.
That this universal ediatorship can
not be won without struggle and sacri-
Ace Is not pretended or assumed here.
False pride must be abandoned. and the
intrusion OF merely personal ambitions
and desires must be firmly checked.
Local sentiment must he subordinated
20 the higher national purpose; preju-
dices must be restrained; the material
well being Of individuals, and even =
degree OF national prosperity, must be
relegated 20 secondary Importance.
To cultivate an understanding OF the
trivality OF that which must be lost TO
gain the supreme place the Administra-
ton covets for the American nation all
the efforts OF President Wilson are now
devoted. None knows better than he
the obstacles to be overcome, but he is
strengthened to the task by realization
OF the unprecedented reward that would
crown the accomplishment OF his vision.
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