The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-20
atty 10 reduced to its minimum IN the
United States.
An easy and gratifying judgment.
| And now tn the ba seball mark:

An easy and gratifying judgment.
And now to the baseball park:
Between the pitcher and the catch
~. wait. for the ball and does his
best to hit II as far as possible with .
mastery stroke OF his bat. n he sue
ceeds. as he often does. he takes advan-
tao OF the few moment In which the ball
IL fying through space to run to the hrst
base and then the second and third II he
has time. 80 The runner in his efforts
to beat the speed Of the ball generally
throws himself at full length on the ground
and Just touches the base with his finger
or foot, or misses II by an inch; and then
there 10 a terrific outburst Of excitement.
shoutins, stamping and sesticulating among
the spectators. who cannot always tell
whether the runner = successful or not.
The description OF the umpire. "mys-
terious parsonage and extraordinary
authority "a sign from whom stops
the shouting and restores quiet"
points a moral for the ta.e II adorns:
II individuals in greatest excitement
can be thus held in hand. why can
not angry nations be pacifed? But
the distinguished visitor must him
self have heard the cry: KIN the
umpire"
There is no music in our blood. bat
we have a taste for II. Our museums
have high art value. but an educa-
tional value stiy higher. The New
York skyscraper is "a monument OF
egotism. ostentation and ~self-adver-
tisemeht." But "mega!omania carries
It's own chastksement." and the
younger communities think New York
out Of date. California cooking Is "a
surprise and a delight for a French
man. anything served at tire tables
Of Californians car be eaten with con-
fidence." II Is surprising to travel
hundreds of miles without seeing a
solder to protect the huge wealth
visible al every step. but the militia,
when seen on parade or al drill. give
the impression Of a people that would
rise like one man TO defend their
country. Let any agcressor beware
Of this much criticised militia"
Women in America are "superlatively
wei. off In comparison with the women
Of other countries" The Mormons
have rendered humanity the very
great service Of retaining an I'M
attractive and supposedly sterile
country Polygamy cannot survive
as dressmakers' bills increase. w
need highroads. our inland water
ways are not adequately used. and
our railroad troubles are caused by
excess of prosperity and overproduc-
ton.
The p..itical disturbances Of 1912
ended in an immense majority vot-
Inc far Nfr UTAnlra,. urt-1.v yIvaA
ington Is not central. Discard the
eagle, adopt the bluebird as a symbol,
and follow the CLEAN of the star on
the spangled banner. In the Mis-
sissippi Valley and especially In New
Orleans the French traveller is pain
fully reminded what a magnificent
work was accomplished by French
initiative and ~rcpud!ated by France"
and longs for cumulative and quail
tative increase of the bonds of popular
friendship uniting this republic to his
own, specifically. an organized news
service not devoted preponderantly
to the Paris fashions.
The protection of American inter-
ests IN Mexico leads to demand for
annexation, but between that extreme,
which would destroy the equilibrium
OF the Americas. and the other, of
"abstention." lies the middle way of
moral Intervention" II we attacked
Japan and defeated her. she. "humi-
lated. would be raised to the role of
victim and later to that OF
She would grow in moral strength.
both In her W eyes and tthose of
Asia at large. She would become a
champion of the right. defender of the
yellow race against the white" But
. oppose Japan were to attack the United
States: II she seized the Philippines
she would threaten British, French,
Russian. Dutch and German colonia,
interests; nor would Japan find help
from Asia should she herself he the
aggressor. Her victory over the
United States would spell her ruin"
Hands across the Pacific. OR hands
on?
Mars II the universal editor to-day.
and the French critic of America adds
10 his delightfully."- free and frank notes
OF a traveller a little not so
delightful. on the present special
duties of this country: The young ma
tons Of the New World should ayoid
the mistakes Of war dashed Europe.
especially militarism. Our 'prodigious
prosperity" has grown out OF our
peace policy. and that was not BASED
upon shortsightedness or co%wardice.
The force OF the sermon Is broken by
indulgence in the habitual looseness Of
speech II he ideals, and pag
dist: Il Is the duty OF the American
Government ito deliver the world
from the scourge OF war;" The critic
would have had this Government at
the beginning of the wal protest
against tho violation Of Belgium. We
went into court. the critic Will now
perceive, when we had a case, and not
before. when u protest had a legal,
not a sentimental. right TO n hearing.
1t Is not the duty OF this Government
to deliver Europe from the IN
OF war 1t Is not even our duty"
as a government to aid suffering in
~div!duals. The free outpouring Of
American aid Is a thing nobler even
than the exact performance OF a duty.
The French critic appreciates as well
as any one the fine things in the Amer
lean character: recent events should
make clearer to him than apparently
1t has been the common sense basis on
which, like a soaring shaft on Its
pedlment of monolithic concrete. the
more visible graces of American char
acter rest.
As Is customary in the writing OF
per!patetic pursuers of the proper
study OF mankind, the things he holds