South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-16


| have ignored the fundamental con-
ceptions OF moral progress and de-
: MED the right OF dfteeu millions Of
| people 20 govern themselves. Am
/ bition and greed were prepared 20
sacrifice America and all that Amer
lea stands Tor. i'm orCer 20 acquire
the wealth OF Mexico. The diplomacy
Of "watchful waiting averted these
calamities and preserved In their
original purity the principles of Amer
lean freedom and Justice Watch
ful waiting" repudiated the brutal
dictum Of science that the weak must
20 down before the strong Help
| Mexico lest. over her bloody grave
are sown the dragons teeth of our
own destruction.
Danger OF War
War with any European nation
would have set the world ahame and
stopped the march of progress for
a century. Would anyone have hal
~ SO I'm order To affirm "virile
/ Americanism" Is "a "Virile AmeTi-
canism" bloodshed. destruction. the
horrors OF war and it's uncertainties 2
The substance OF civilization is the
arts. the sciences literature. pri-
losophy. industry the domestic viz
tues, freedom, religion and peace.
But this is the substance of Amcri-
can natiOnalism. This is the virility
of Americanism. 10 knows no ma
tional boundaries. 10 yet lives in the
trenches and broken homes OF Flu
rope and pervades its very thrones.
Therefore. America lives i'm the
trenches and broken homes of Eu-
rope and its thrones The stupen-
P dOus cOnhagration is consuming the
errors of statesmen and dynasties
II is not consuming the substance of
civilization. civilization is a unity
b War with Europe would have cut
asunder the moral forces that bind
the nations and left an age of dark
D. mess. anarchy and despair Standing
ON the immutable foundations OF
. such Americanism. the schOolmasteI
and statesman. with cOnsummate
skill a skill that commands the ad-
miration of the world. direct the
forces OF civilization not with arms
but with reason and moral pressure
: against the excuses of a belligeren1
/ world with preternatural poise and
] clearness of vision. ne is pilOtine
America through the rushing storm
, Who can deny the existence of q
+ moral design in the universe Who
now can question its fulhllment
] Who now can close his eyes To the
b destiny of democracy TO make the
! principles OF civilization dominant
! to bring the warning nations of the
T earth together i'm lasting peace
Truth Survives.
b The passions of men die Tn,
truth lives America has called L
! Europe; Europe is responding il
terms OF "a revitalized civilization
The subhmest picture i'm civil his
b tory is that OF a plain American cit.
izen manoeuvering with the weapon.
OF reason and humanity against tn,
navies and armies Of the contendinl
nations and bringing them i'm ac-
cord with the principles of interna-
tional law. The American standard
of peace and justice now floats on the
sea. II is unfurling over the trenche.
b OF the struggling nations. From tn,
] vantage ground of imperishabl,
Americanism the matchless craft Of ;
/ real pacifst has not only avoided al
war. but is leading the world into IN,
[ ways of peace. What is peace bu
the assertion Of moral progress
7 What is the assertion of moral prog
p ress but the indestructible civilization
! of Europe and America? From tn,
p smouldering uins OF a thousanC
J cities Owe the graves Of millions o.
S brave men. out of the blackness o
2 the battle smoke, arising from tn,
Obscurities of national passions. al
. ready the peoples Of the earth rec
b ognize the dim outlines. CROWNS
ever more distinct OF the compost,
! soul of America i'm the patient ant
humane wisdom OF the worlds rea
= paCiticator OF what avail All tn,
wealth of our beloved land if it haC
= been consumed in the destructive
ness of war? What avail the travail
Iof human progress for ten Thousand
e years had not the schoolmaster anC
o. statesman been pacificator? His
achievement is so vast that ambition.
men are blind TO its reality. But tht
Z plain millions. of all creeds and ma.
S tiOnalities, recognize in il the inn.
! perishable glories of "a Christian civ
Z ilization 10 glorines the peasant and
3 king alike. The schoolmaster i.
/ statesman the statesman is fnancier
b the huancier is emancipation. tht
! emancipator is the pacihcator of IN,
Z world
b Accomplishing Destiny.
p Thus lis the nation accom- plishine
the destiny of democracy. The com
S handing fact Of the modern axe i.
z the spread OF intelligence Tn,
schoolhouse has conquered ignor-
T ance The printing press has trans
o. formed The purposes and capacitie.
3 OF man. Education has qualified
e him for better existence. The Ri.
e BILE has made him moralist NIer
II know that the world is dig enough
, fu SInuOrt the human IN rlifx i'm naana