The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-09-14
KHAN VISION
An Address Delivered in the Kavern of the St. Paul Khan
by Man who has Nationwide Reputation
as Clear Thinker.

The great word in my mind this
evening is-vision, nor do think
a more appropriate word in connec-
ton with Khan work could be ut
tered. Vision is but another word
for expansion, and expansion is but
another word for progress. 1t has
been mans shining cloud by day and
his pillar of fire at night, ever
since his eyes were first opened upon
the elastic world he entered, and it
will be his watchword until earth's
last possibilities shall have been dis
covered and developed. 1t was this
that caused men to brave the perils
of unsailed seas, and discover a
new world, and here in the new
world men looked out upon great
virgin territory, staked their claims
at will and dreamed of prosperity.
Their Dream Was of Freedom
Their dream constantly was of
freedom-a country wherein men
should not be taxed without repre-
sentation and a country wherein
people could worship God according
to the dictates of their consciences.
It was at Yorktown that the yoke Of
tyranny was thrown off, and
here on our soil a government of the
people, for the people and by the
people came into being; a govern
ment whose principles are going the
world around today, an example OF
governmental solidarity. During
the Spanish-American war a beauti-
full custom obtained on board the
outgoing vessels at night from Nor
folk. The passengers gathered on
deck, and at a psychological mo-
ment, the great search-light of the
ship played up against the sky and
over the dark waters, until finally it
caught and held in its arc for a
moment the unfurled American flag
on Fortress Monroe. Those of you
who are abreast of the times, have
noticed that the statesmen of all ma
lions are leading the people toward
the light. Around the Versailles
table, this was conspicuous. Some
one then uttered a sentence, as
someone does now occasionally,
which was as a search-light, pene-
trating the darkness and holding for
a moment in it's arc the folds OF
Old Glory, which contained the prin-
ciples of a government of the people,
for the people, and by the people,
for which the world is ignorantly
looking. I say "ignorantly" because
the people as a whole, dissatisfied
with what they have and are, are
cropping in the dark for something
better. Americanism has establish
ed itself not only under our flag, but
it's democracy is following the sun
around the world. Republicanism
is being established everywhere, in
one way or another. When the
Car disappeared and the Kaiser
flew to Holland, the last crowned
head of power disappeared. There
are kings and other crowned
rulers today, but they are figure
heads. Well may it be said, Gun
easy lies the head that wears the
crown" King George receives an
enormous salary. He is King Of
Britain, but the Premier of England
governs the land, and he is elected
by the people. During the late war,
Lloyd George said to the King,
"Sign here" and the King signed,
and Lloyd George was a Welshman,
with neither fortune nor family
rank behind him. He came up from
Cosseth, Wales, out of cobbler's
shop, where his uncle reared him,
until the people of Britain regarded
him as their dictator and the people
of the world regarded him as a pow
err. Thus the world around our
Americanism, which sent Abraham
Lincoln, the rail-splitter, to the
White House as President, and which
sent Warren G. Harding, the coun-
try boy, to the White House, by way
of the printers shop, is penetrating
the governments of every country,
and, while there may never be a
United States of the world, possibly
it would not be for the best, the
time will come when these great
principles for which our fathers
stood will ultimately have established
themselves everywhere. Why these re-
suits? Our fathers had a vision,
and their children and their chill
dren's children have had and follow
ed that same vision, and today they
dwell in great land of develop
ment, prosperity, and happiness.
We Should Not Be Too Optimistic
However, we should not be too
optimistic. We should not conclude
that all is we'll, fold our hands and
do nothing, because there have been
other great visions than the Amer
lean vision on the American con-
tinent. It was not long after the Wis
ion Of our fathers began to material