The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-02

| tits outcome in their minds, not in
ours) depends every relationship of
| the United States with Latin America,
whether in politics or in commerce
and enterprise. These are great issues
and lie at the heart of the gravest
tasks of the future, tasks both econo-
mic and political and very intimately
/ inwrought with many of the most vital
OF the new issues of the politics of the
world The republics of America have
IN the last three years been drawing
together in rev spirit of accommo-
datlon, mutual understanding, and
cordial cooperation Much OF the pol
itics of the world in the years to come
will depend upon their relationships
with one another. 1t is n barren and
provincial craftsmanship that loses
sight of such thingsl
The future. the immediate future,
| VIII bring us squarely face to face
Win many great and exacting prob
| lens which will search us thru and
thru whether We be able and ready to
play the part in the world that we
mean to play. 1t will not bring US
| INTO their presence slowly, gently
with ceremonious introduction, but
suddenly and at once, the moment the
war in Europe is over. They will be
| new problems, most of them; many
VIII be old problems in a new setting
and with new elements which we have
| never dealt with or reckoned Die fNce
and meaning of before. They will re-
| Gu1re for their solution new thinking
fresh courage and resourcefuIness. and
il some matters radical reconsidera-
| lions OF policy. We must tie ready to
mobilize our resources alik. of brains
and of materials
1t is not future to be afraid of. 1t
| Is. rather, future to stimulate and
excite us to the display of the best
powers that are in US. We may en-
ter it with confidence when we are
sure that we understand it-and we
cd
the means of understanding it,
Look first a what it will be neces-
sary that the nations of the world
should do to make the days to come
toierabIe and fit to live and work in;
and then look at our part in what is
| To follow and our own duty of prepa-
ration. For we must be prepared both
1t resources and in policy.
For "A Worlds Court.
There must be just and settled
peace, and We here in America must
contribute the full force of our en-
thusiasm and of our authority as d ma
ton to the organization of that peace
upon Worldwide foundations that
cannot easily be shaken. No nation
should be forced to take sides in any
quarrel in which its own honor and in
tegrity and the fortunes of its own
people are not involved; but no ma
ton can any longer remain neutral
as against any wilful disturbance of
of war can no longer be confined to
the areas of battle. No nation stands
wholly apart in interest when the life
land interests of all nations are thrown
into combustion and peril. If hopeful
and generous enterprise is to be re-
newed. if the healing and helpful arts
of life are indeed to be revived when
lpeace comes again, new atmosphere
of justice and friendship must be gen.
Grated by means the world has never
tried before. The nations of the
world must unite in joint guarantees
that whatever is done to disturb the
whole worlds life must first be tested
in the court of the whole worlds opin-
ion before it is attempted.
These are the new foundations the
world must build for itself, and we
must play our part in the reconstruc-
ton, generously and without too much
thought of our separate interests. We
must make ourselves ready to play it
intelligently, vigorously and well.
One of the contributions we must
make to the worlds peace is tins: We
must see to it that the people in our
insular possessions are treated in their
own lands as we would treat them
here, and make the rule of the United
States mean the same thing every
where.-the same justice, the same
consid erat ton for the essential rights
of men.
Besides contributing our ungrudg-
ing moral and practical support to the
world we must actively and intelli-
gently prepare ourselves tc do our full
service in the trade and industrs-
which are to sustain and develop the
life of the nations in the days to come.
Away From Provinciaiisl.
We have already been provident in
this great matter and supplied our
selves with the instrumentalities of
prompt adjustment. We have created.
in the federal trade commission,
r cans of inquiry and of accommoda-
ton in the field of commerce which
ought both to coordinate the enter
priSeS of our traders and manufa ctur-
ers and to remove the barriers of mis-
understanding and of a too technical
Interpretation of the law In the new
tariff commission we have added an
ether inStrumentality of observation
and adjustment which promises to be
Immediately serviceable. The trade
commission substitutes counsel and
accommodation for the harsher proc
esses OF legal restraint, and the tariff
commission ought to substitute facts
for prejudices and theories. Our eX-
porters have for some time had the
advantage of working in the new light
thrown upon foreign markets and OPP
portunities of trade by the intelligent
inquiries and activities of the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce
which the Democratic congress so
wisely created in 1912. The tariff
COIHiiHsslOl COHlpAeleS the lfldCninefy
by which we shall be enabled to open
up our legislative policy to the facts
as they develop.
We can no longer indulge our ira
ditional provincialism. We are to play
q leading part in the world drama
whether we wish it or not. We shall
lend, not borrow for ourselves, not
initiate or follow: organize and initi
ate, not peep about merely to see
where we may get in.
We have already formulated and
agreed upon a policy of law which
will explicitly remove the ban now
supposed to rest upon cooperation
amongst our exporters in seeking and