Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-07-11

pay: but an happy - report that
ne Aae group o. Americans WHO helped
with their expert advice II each pa--
tlcular Of TIE vs-1ec settlements sought
- each transaction 70 deserve the high
Contct-Ce II t1eC.- AID hat corS-
6s-cs = seams 10 Ts. < ne measure
&, Oily opportunity and o-- duty Il the
days - come. n which re new hope
.. tie peoples q the wo.t Is 70 De fcl-
filed % disappointed TIE fact tina,
America is the friend Q. the nations.
whether they be rivals or associates. =
70 new fact: il IS only the discovery >.
]. by TIE rest Of the word that is new.
Touches on Philippines
America may be sad % have Us:
reached her majority and word
power Il was almost exactly TWEEN
ty-one years ago thai the results 0.
the war viii? Spain put is urexr,ect-
eoly in possession Of -lch Island: o.
the other side Of the world and
brought Us into association with 9TH
er government n ths control Of the
@--~-lC- c. dS
sinister and oninous thing By ne
statesmen Of more than ore E1ro-
pean chancellory that We shoul. have
extended our power beyond the Goa
fines o. our continenta! 6on;nicns
They were accustomed 20 think Of
new ne;ghbors as an ew menace, ,
rivals as watcaful enemies.
Have Proved No Menace
There were persons amongst Us
a. home who looked with deep dis
approval and avowed anxiety on
such extension Of our national au-
'hority over distant islands and over
peoples whom they feared we nigh.
exploit, not serve and assist. But
We have not exploited them.
We have been their friends and
have sought 70 serve them. AMI orr
dominion has been q menace to 10
other nation We redeemed our hor-
or 10 the utmost in our dealings with
Cuba She is weak but absolu :ely
free; and II is her trust in us hat
makes her free. Weak peoples ev-
erywhere stand ready TO give Us any
authority among them tina, Will as
sure them a like friendly oversight
and direction They know that
there is no ground for fear 'c re-
ceiving US all their mentors ami
| guides Our isolation was enc
twenty years ago. and new fear II
Us is ended also. our counsel and as
ISOLATION sought after and desire.
There can be TO question Of o.
ceasing TO be a world power. TIE
only question is whether we can re-
fuse the moral leadership that is f.
fered is. whether we shall accept u
reject the confidence of the world.
Must Accept Moral Leadership
The war and the conference 81
peace now sitting in Paris seem 70
me to have answered tina. question
Our participation in the war es,sL-
hshed our position among the na-
tons and nothing but our own ms
taken action can alter II. J, was not
an accident or a matter Of sudden
choice tina; We are no longer iso,a;-
ed and devoted 70 a policy which, rss
only our own interest and advaa.a-e
for its object II was our duty u .
in. If We were indeed the charr;cns
Of liberty and OF right.
We answered TO the call Of 6,-y
in way spirited-so utterly without
thought Of what We spent Of tiood
or treasure. so effective, so worthy
Of the admiration OF true men eye-y
where. so wrought out Of the stu= If
all that was heroic, that the while
world saw at last, in the flesh in
noble action. great ideal assert
and INDICATED by a nation they l.ad
deemed material and now found =,
be compact Of the spiritual forces
that must free men Of every na.:sn
from every unworthy bonage. = IS
thus that new role and new resp,a-
sioility has come 10 this grea. ma. =
that We honor and which we wcv,c
all wish to lift TO yet higher levels
Of service and achievement.
America to Show the Way
The stage is set, the destiny 6.s-
closed. 1t has come about BY ~
Plan OF our conceiving but by The
hand Of God, who led Us into us
war. We can not turn back We "a,