South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-16

IDLY hat the government should dis
charge no function that the citizen
can reasonably perform.
we have the best form OF gov
eminent known 10 man This is a
republic. We have representative
/ government. The people do not
rule en- masse. We choose our rul-
ers- We pursue the middle course
OF safety
We have also pursued the wisest
policy OF any government in the
world The United States Of Amer
lea was not organized as a business
concern, but as a liberty institution
The government has no business in
business And hauling freight and
passengers for hire Is the greatest
business proposition in which Amer
leans have ever engaged
No Longer Experiment.
Mr. Shaw then stated that gov
eminent ownership and operation Of
railroads was no longer an expert
ment and proceed to cite incidents
of its failures. The figures used by
| Mr.. Shaw were later challenged by
DIR. Zueblin. In continuing. he said:
| There are three essentials TO sue
cessful business-capital, labor and
management No farmer ever lifted
] a mortgage by hard work. Mort
cages are lifted by hard work. plus
management. and when manage
ment be sufficiently good, less labor
is required. No republic has ever
been able TO secure the third and all
essential element. management. La
Dor can be obtained for a satisfac-
tory wage. Capital can be had with
approved security. but management
is not obtainahle In the market
iplaces In government service pro-
motions are made in course and are
based on length of service. seldom
on efficiency. To promote for eff
cheney is to invite the charge OF po-
litical favoritism.
I'm private business a man will be
discharged unless he does some
thing; but in government service
men are discharged only for some
thing they have done. Self preSer-
vation is the first law of life in gov
| ernment service as elsewhere and
for this. IL for no other reason, no
government official will assume a re-
sponsibility the wise exercise OF
which will bring no reward. and
where a mistake regardless Of in
tent means criticism, sometimes in
vestigation with its accompanying
disgrace, and not infrequently. dis
charge. if for no other reason to
save the man higher up"
MORE
DcnOunccS Peace Treaty.
DR.. Zueblin, in the afternoon ad-
dress, characterized the peace treaty
with Germany as IAN abominable
makeshift, which cannot be enforc-
Cd" one redeeming feature he
pointed out, is the fact that it says
To the world, Don't start anything"
DIR. Zdeblin made use of a map OF
the land hemisphere to show that il
Is, AMI always has been. the situa-
ton Il a country with regard to the
great highways which has determin-
ed its supremacy.
/. il brief. DR. Zueblin said:
If westward the star OF empire
takes its way, what is to be the di-
Erection of world progress when i'm
perialism comes TO an end? The
l.istOry of commerce is the history
Of PhOenicia, Greece. Rome. Spain.
Portugal, the Netherlands. b 'itIin.
There il reaches its climax. For sew
eral hundred years Britain has been
mistress Of the seas. In 1855, tho
United States was threatening this
supremacy; but Britain's iron ships
and our civil war put Us out of the
running until the devastation of he
world war gave US our new chance.
In 1914 Germany was threatening
I|ritain's supremacy by capturias
the markets even of the British
colonies. In the world war Ger
many committed commercial suicide
Dominates North Atlantic.
If Britain's position seems no
longer so clear, she still dominates
the north Atlantic ocean and this
ocean is the contemporary Mediter-
) ranean sea. Nothing can ever take
! away the domination OF the world
by the peoples surrounding the
= north Atlantic ocean. II this dom.
ination is maintained by imperial
ism it means perpetual war; if by
; democracy it insures the just or
ganization OF the world
iAC AANtuoAAA VI the seas tdl4llOl
be guaranteed in war; if there
should be another war il would rec
ogniZe no laws. Whatever else is
done 10 avoid an infinitely more
, devastating war than the last one
we must have freedom Of the seas
} in peace. This means that all stra-
tegic waterways shall be under in
= ternational control-not only the
p Dardanelles and the kiel canal but
= the Suez and Panama canals. I'm
= til we are ready 10 pay this price
we are imperialists. inviting war.
Need Free Seamcn.
Freedom of strategic waterways
; must be followed by extending 10 aH
} seamen the freedom now enjoyed by
American seamen. II will need also
the extension Of the International
J Postal union TO insure world con-
troll for all international transpor-
tation. Until these things are done.
, doubtless an international navy will
be necessary. But when the free
! dom OF the seas is guaranteed. the
sovereignty OF all nations will be as
: secure as that OF Canada and the