The Washington times., 1920-01-25
DESTINY Of j. S.
LEADS TOWARDSE
Walsh Sees Bright Future for
Nation When II Becomes
Maritime Power.
ny EDnUND A. WALSH, s. ,.
tRsse.t Of school OF Fsreiss Service.
Georgctowa Uaiyersfty.l

In a dramatic way. largely by the
fortunes OF war. vast economic and
political power has lately been trans
ferred to the keeping OF our beloved
nation. And foreign trade has come
10 be acknowledged as the index OF
such Influence. Nor is this deyel1 1p-
ment OF our overseas commerce Who'll
ly the mushroom growth OF a night,
deriving its vigor from the temper
airy excitement and abnormal condi-
tions prevalent in periods OF recon
struction.
Although the e-proylncializIng
stages through VIII n the American
mind has progressed during the last
four years might normally have re-
quired another generation, neverthe-
less. our adaptsbility for foreign
commerce Is OF no sudden growth and
OF no adventitious seed. Its roots
are OF a fiber which nearly three cs1-
turtles have nourished, and the per-
petuity OF its destiny il writene in
legible characters. as well as in the
nature OF our country as in the dis
position OF it's inhabitants.
Destiny Ii Msritins~.
Consider our two coast lines from
Passamaauoddy. Ne. 10 the Rio
Grande. and from Sitka TO Santa Bar
bara and behold the deep and far
winding creeks and inlets, the noble
basins, the projecting headlands, the
majestic rivers, and those sounds ana
bays more like inland seas than like
anything called by those names in
other quarters OF the globe. Can any
man do this and not realize that III o
ultimate destiny OF the people IN
hsbiting Lhis country is essentially
maritime?
But the mere physical distribution
OF articles OF American manufacture,
the mere geographic expansion of our
foreign trade, is by no means the
"be-al" and the "end-alI" OF our great
national aspirations. To achieve the
full stature OF the great nation
which benefcent Providence has
clearly destined us to be, we must,
beyond material prowess, have a
great soul, a great heart. "A great
mind
History with all its volumes has
one clear lesson, a lesson written
anew across its pages with fire and
sword during these last awful years
that no nation can long enduce
which bases its habitual policy on
contempt OF fundamental human
iishtF anu ulsTeSdTu OF human re-
lationships. The awakened con-
sciousness OF these essential human
rights and their reciprocal obligG
tions together with the realization OF
the very definite lesson that the peo-
pies OF the world constitute one huge
family, whose interests are common
and whose members are independent.
has proved to be one OF the most
valuable by-products OF the world
tragedy, now happily ended. And IL
Is precisely here that the educational
forces of the community join hands
with the commercial and industrial
interests for the fulfllment OF our
joint obligations.
College MobiIisatisn.
The quick mobilization of the coll
leges for war in the fall of 1918 must
ever remain one of the most stimu-
iating and proud pages in the his
tory or American education. Unpre-
pared. as we were for war, we shall
not be unprepared for peace. Having
entered the stage of world politics
and world commerce we assume
worldwide obligations. New occa-
sinno faach pauy A,rttac mana r-Dr.