Evening star., 1922-08-13
BY THOMAS n. MARSHALL.
Former Vice P1eaident Of the UAite
States.

0eoSGWs
LONDON, July -. 1922.
~ N both sides of the Allan
tic there are quite few
Of US who. speaking the
English tongue, have def
mite opinions as to the past and
fixed views as to the future. While
we do not pretend to say that love
of liberty is essentially indigenous
to any soil, or flows consistently
throughly any particular blood. still
we are convinced. by a survey Of
the world. pash and present. that
democratic government subsists
better among q people who are or
ganized to control themselves and
who have sufficient education to un-
dsrstand the vital principles of
real freedom.
History discloses that there is
less passion. more deliberation and
calmer judgment in men who use
the English tongue than In any
other race on earth. Whether 1T
home or in the colonization of the
world. the man Of English speech
Is not entirely obsessed with the
necessity for personal thrift, but
along with careful consideration
of his own interests he carries a
genuine desire to produce an or
ganized society in which may be
dispensed equal and exact justice
to all men. Throughout the ages
men speaking our language have
been the men who have made the
great fights to enlarge the tndi-
vidual liberties of mankind, but,
while enlarging liberties, they
have safeguarded them by law SO
they would not run into license or
revolution.
As the lord chancellor Of England
the other day remarked, this 10 q
disagreeable world in which We now
are living. The hot blood of pas
sion. Of prejudice, Of real and SEEM
ing injustice. is pulsating through
the veins Of the world. Frequently as
much evil arises from a warped mind
as possibly could come from q can
mons mouth. The world public is cry
ing for peace and privately 10 point
ing out the infinite sources Of future
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the blood Of mankind, who Is to re-
duce the fever OF war-weary peo-
pies?
There may be two men equally
competent to do the same task, but
always one does 1t better than the
other. because Of his adaptation to
the doing Of It, / make no criticism
Of the governments 1 have visited.
They are as they are. either by the
will or the sufferance Of the people
who abide under them. But do go
too far when I assert that notwith-
standing many imperfections, many
grievances and many injustices. the
governments which are controlled by
men who speak the English language
have the greatest desire for peace.
offer the surest way for the redress
Of grivances and possess that calm
and thoughtful attitude Of mind
which restrains the insult that leads
to war1
How comes it that there Is not a
better understanding subsisting be-
tween these people who speak the
same language? II concord, will
not say Of our race, but Of our
language, is ever to come to pass. it
must be by a re-establishment Of
friendly relations between these peo-
pies. 1t cannot be brought about by
never-endinE reiteration of griev-
ances. II Great Britain endlessly Is
to rehash to her subjects what she
assumes to be the wrongdoing Of the
American republic. and II Americans
are to put in their time recountins
the unfriendly acts Of Great Britain,
the task will be hopeless.
International relations ought to be
managed along the same lines rs
business affairs. There comes
time when the account should be
balanced and a new one opened up.
The great war ought to have bal
anced the account between Great
Britain and America. This is good
time to start out afresh to ascer-
tain whether commercially and So
cially we can deal fairly and hon
than a hundred years ago Thomas
jefferson advised US to cultivate
friendly relations with the people OF