Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-17
4 resident Describes
7roubZes in Handling
European Situation

\ grows morally more ana more iuhuen
| ttal, even when she is not aware OF
! 1t; and that If she is to play the part
which she covets. it Is necessary that
! she should act more or less from the
! point OF view of the rest of the world.
IF | cannot retain my moral in
fuence over man except hy occas-
| ionnlly knocking him down--.if that Is
/ the only basis upon which he will re-
, spect me-for the sake of his soul
have got occasionally to knock him
down. You know how have read
in--isnt 1t in Ralph Connor's stories
OF Western life i'll Canada that all
his successful sky pilots are ready for
Il crisis at any time. and how the ui-i-
mate salvation of the souls of their
parishioners depends upon their using
their fists occasionally. If II man will
not listen TO you quietly In a seat.
sit on his neck and make him listen,
Just as l have always maintained, par
ticulariy in view of certain experiences
OF mine. that the shortest road TO a
boys moral sense is through his cuti-
Gle. There is direct and. II may
he permitted the pun. fundamental
connection between the surface OF his
skin and his moral consciousness. You
arrest his attention first in that way.
and then get the moral lesson conveyed
to him in miider ways. that it he were
grown up. would be the only WAYS
you would use.
MIGHT HAVE TO DO WHAT
WE DID NOT WANT TO DO
$50 l say that have been aware
that in order to do the very thing
are proudest of the ability to do there
might come time when we would
have to do it in a way that we would
Ex.x y T.,
den on my spirits, gentlemen. has been
that IL has been up TO me to choose
when that time came Can you ina
Sine thing more calculated To- keen
q man awake at nights than that? Be
cause, just because did not feel that
l was the whole thing and was aware
that my duty was n duty of interpre-
tation. how could be sure that | had
the right elements of Information by
which 10 interpret truly.
The people OF the United States arc
not asking anybodys leave TO do their
own thinking. and are not asking any
body to tip them off what they ought
TO think. They are thinking for them
selves. every man for himself; and you
do not know. and, the worst of it is.
since the responsibility Is mine ] do
not know what they are thinking
about. / have the most imperfect
means of finding out, and yet I have
] L
burden of II, and tell you. gentle
men. il is a pretty serious burden. par
ticularly II you look upon the office as
do-that | am not put there to do
what l please. II were, 1t would have
been very much more interesting that
IL has been. am put here to interpret.
to register to suggest, and. more than
that, and much greater than that, to be
suggested to-"
Referring to the difference in inter-
preting the thought OF America and in
dealing with foreign affairs the speak
er told the newspapermen that was one
reason he had urged them mot to
know more than the State Department
knows about foreign affairs" Some
of them. he said. had singular range
of omniscience. and he was constant
~ taken by surprise in regard TO de-
ciSions said to be his own. Continuing
he said:
POINTS OUT DANGERS
CAUSED BY REMARKS
Now that is pretty dangerous, gen
tlcmen. because il happens THAI re-
marks start fires. There is tinder lying
everywhere. not only on the other side
of the water, but on this side OF the
water and an American that spreads
SPARKS may he made responsible a
great deal worse than burning a town
on the Mexican border. Thoughts may
s.
turbers of international peace, and
when YOU reflect upon the Importance
OF this country keeping out of the
present war, you will know what tre-
mendous elements we all are dealing
with. We are al in the same boat. II
soinenody does not keep the processes
or pace going, IL somebody does not
Keep their passions disengaced. bv
what impartial Judgment and sugres-
ton is the world to be aided i'm n solu
tion when the whole thing Is oycrr IF
you are in Il conference In which Won
know nobody is disinterested, how are
you going 10 make n plan? tell Won
this. gentlemen. the only thing that
saves the world is the little handful of
disintcresteh men that are in It"
me president said he had found dis
interested men and that he tied to
mem as TO an anchor They are men.
he said. who would give their lives for
America. not caring whether ,,rl,nd..
heard they had given their lives for il
wiling TO die in obscurity If only th.,.
might serve. '
MEN TAKING: OFFICE
EITHER GROW or SWELL.
y friend of mine says thar every
man who takes Office in Washington
either grows or swells." he contin,,..h
IN lighter vein, and when give n man
an Office | watch him carefully 20 sec
whether he Is swelling or rrowipr !
The mischief OF it is that when the~
swell 'ney DO not swell enough 10
ourst' II they would only swell TO the
point where YOU might insert "A pin ana
rev the gases out, II would be a great
delight. But the men who grow th.
men who think better n year after they
are put III office than they thought
mheh they were put in office. are the |
balance wheel of the whole thing
/ have come through the frc since
talked TO you last" added the presi- |
uent Whether the metal is purer
than it was God only knows. bur Inc
hre has been there, and fire has pene
,raicd every part of 1t. and If nav
ocheNe my own thoughts, | have less
paFuSah feelinS. more impatience OF |
party maneuNcr. more enthusiasm for
,he right thing. no matter whom il,
hurts. than | ever had before in NV !
life" ''
correspondents of papers that have /
not Yet heard OF modern times" ought
ne Said. To send them as many intima- /
tions OF modern movements rs thrv ar.
Wiling To print. To illustrate Tho ,aa6 |