The sun., 1916-01-14
EPH SMALL'S IDEAS.
what Is the Mission Of This Re
public?

public?
| To THE EDITOR or THE SCN-SU
what do you think about the PROPOSE
tion that the mission of this nation Is
one Of service to humanity" ! asked
| Eph Small the other morning.
| Jest the same AS | do abaout hand
| shakin' at a prayer meetin.' he replied
ITS all right il you don't take no stock
| in II.
Thar prob'ly amt no nation in the
world" he continued. that's sloughed
| of more Snug buncombe durin' the past
! year than this here nation of ourn. II
/ II want fer a few real tests OF our
sincerity this talk of sarvlce to humanity
might IA hoodwinked a considerable sight
more people than 1t has"
| What tests do you refer to?"I asked.
| wall" he replied. 81 don't Jest reclect
all of 'em, but it's nun to mention the
iLoosytania, the Anconia an the Pershie.' -
precisely" I argued "and as ma
tion shocked at such wanton destruction
| of human life. our Government has pro.
tested vigorously in each OF these throe
cases
"Ye amt referrin' to them air billy
docs written on scented note paper. he
ye?' he auericd.
I'm referring" ! retorted somewhat
testify. ito the Administrations very not
able achievements In diplomacy.
Eph smiled contemptuously.
Diplomacy" he drawled. "beln' the
gentle art OF persuadln' fellow to agree
to apologize ev'ry time lie slaps ye in
the face. But callin' 'em vg'rous pro-
tests fer the sake Of argument" he con.
tinued. 81 ask ye what did they protest
agin?"
why against the destruction o!
human llfe.' ! answered
mot SOS you'd notice IT," he erowlcd {;
1--WE amt done no sech thing What we
protested agin was the destruction OF
Americans. and accordin' to geography
an statistics, we Americans H. only a
small part OF humanity. II they hadn't
a been no American on any OF them
ships we never would "a peeped"
And quite properly So" ! Interrupted
1--WE have all We can do to attend 10
our own affairs
l,ph laughed.
"Eggzackly." he said II SEQ ye aR ec
with me. But s'posn' our mission was
one OF ssrvicc to humanity, what dif-
frunce would IL "a made whether they
was Americans or Frenchmen or Roosh
uns or Hottentots?"
But" said. cndeavoring TO shift the
grounds OF the argument. "you'll surely
admit that the mission of this nation IN
-" ~ - w ''1'S H"'"' ''''' WI
eartn. goon WIZ toward men.
mo, sir said Eph. II don't admit
nuth!n or the sort. The mission of tn's
here nation IL to look out fer itself
America fer Americans-rust, last an
all the time
ihat u narrow an" S"tfish hoc'riht'
! a"s"er'u' nc hsH'"h 81 tniS I''
tlon is 10 hasten tho time wh"L war
shai pe no more our id'ii should he
World federation
Jpn Regarded me i"i moment ir
silent sc"'h. u was pam that nc cone
s'uered my IDEAS altogether visionary.
"fe tax Ike poet or coIlcg" pro.
iesHor' ne sa'd "edTIl\.
bl, aps Ee N'n telI me nc
qurI!'u. no" Ee aho.lSh war
ny U'du'S' explained Lot the
ua"o"S OF the World s"iemnIy pledge
themselves TO submit to arbitration ANY
ana All questions OF an Information a
'haL ter,
ne virtue o' solemn pledge quot
Iph. gives me q pain IN tn" neck. To
say nuthin' Of the pledges tina, have beeu
broken IN This here war, ask ye Il y.
ever r, herd ten Of a solemn rledge that
had anything las''n abAon' Il 'c"pt IT,
; SI''nhitN' w not hearln non" men-
Toned u" continued with scarcely
pause. ASK y" anoiher question
Would 80 expect tins itati"n Of "urn to
keep itS solemn pledges any h"ticrn 80
expe'' W Nv" foremost citizens 10 keep
'neirn
eNp'rt u IN hoth cases. ! said.
Egg1a"hl\.' he replied, uoddiug his
mead. AN IN View OF them air sent
n"n's ! eau yer attention to the pledge
ha' hoosyNtt gave when h" was Pres
'den'--ohc "' yer solemn sort 90 pledges
IN" pledge that nc wouldn't u" a candi-