The diamond drill., 1919-09-13
WINDING OUR OWN BUSINESS.

"wlthouf the do,.rg OF an ! or the
crossing OF /" Il will enable us to
"mind other peopl - business as well
as our own" has brought forceably TO
the front the two forms OF thought.
the one which makes for the strict
mindiag OF our own business-or ma
tIonalism: the other for minding 9TH
er Peoples buslress-or information
aIism.
The founders of nationalism were
Washington. Jefferson, Monroe and
other builders ana shapcrs OF our ma
iion. che great apostle of the new
thought or interastionalism, is Pres.
Wilson. although he is not the orig
lnator OF 1t. for II has been preached
by various high-brow Socialist per-
sonagcs for number os years.
The doctrine OF nationalism is SYM
bolized In Washington's famous adj
monltion, Beware OF entangling al
liances" internationalism is symbolic
ed in the proposed League OF Ma
tions" covenant which President Will
son is trying TO force down the throats
of an unwilling majority in the senate.
The advocates OF interlationalism,
...hn.x4 .or.t,ana 80 aohin ofau,o ad-
monition, invariably replied that
Washington was guided BY things as
they existed when he lived, century
and quarter ago: that the world has
changed greatly, that new inventions
have brought nations comparatively
close together. For that reason We
have outgrown the clothes fashioned
for us by the Revolutionary leaders
and should don new ones fashioned
In the great crisis OF the Worlds War
That argument is skillful side
stepping of the basic issue-national-
ism VS.. internationalism. Washing
ton was a nationalist, so was Jeffer-
son. SO was Monroe, so were all the
other men who laid the foundation OF
our great republic. II they lived to-
day they would still be Nationalists.
It's a mistake to say that times have
changed so that the underlying prin-
clples upon which our government
was fashioned are no longer of value
Those principles live on forever. They
may need dressing up occasionally,
because OF changed surface conditions,
but to say that they no longer govern
is akin to saying that human nature
Is different now from what IL was in
ancient times. The change in the hu-
man being is one OF surface dressing
only, mere varnish to cover up the
rough spots that time and experience
have shown to be repulsive. Scratch
on this veneer, get down TO the core
and human nature hasn't changed any
Its Just modified 10 adjust itself 10
the age in which II exists. Govern
ments being collection OF human be-
ings their underlying principles are
the blended instincts of the individual
In its makeup. The underlying princi-
pies OF government today are the same
as they have been all along. Their
apparent change Is only the different
styles of dress that Is adopted to be
up TO the times.
II you believe that Washington was
a wise man, that his underlying prin-
ciples of government were sound in
his time you must admit that they
are good for these times. They may
need a little polishing. some pruing
here or there TO adjust them to the
changed conditions. Pres. Taft, In his
proposed League 10 Enforce Peace
sought just that thing. He proposed
that we lend our assistance to others
to stop war and make ourselves more
secure. He would preserve our tradi-
tions, yes, fortify them by aiding 9TH
ers 20 regard them seriously. Pres.
Wilson would tear them up root, stem
and branch and supplant them with
super-structure in which we may stick
our nose into other peoples business
more readily. the usual result being
that we will get Il biffed oftener
The League OF Nations as proposed
by Pres. Wilson means more than the
eradicating Of old fogyness from our
national policy II means the repud-
iation OF the policy heretofore pur-
sued and the substituting for Il one
that is diametrically opposite. IT
means, as the president has said, to
stop attending strictly to our own
business and give our attention to the
business OF the world. The question
is sAmerica for the World VS.. Ameri-
ca for Americans --internationallsm