Evening star., 1925-10-06

| ways possible to purchase materials
j with money, but patriotism cannot be
purchased. Unless the people are
1 willing to defend their country because
| of their belief in it, because Of their
| affection for 1t, and because 1t is rep
| resentative OF their home, their coun
! try cannot be defended. If we are
looking for more complete reign OF
justice. more complete supremacy OF
| law. a more complete social harmony
we must seek it in the paths of peace.
Progress in these directions under the
present order of the world is not like
ly to be made except during state of
domestic and international tranquility.
One Of the great questions before the
nations today is how to promote such
tranquility.
individual Srbordination Vital.
The economic problems OF society
are important. On the whole. we are
meeting them fairly well. They are
so personal and so pressing that they
| never fail TO receive constant atten-
| tion. But they are only part. We
need to put a proper emphasis on the
other problems of society. We need
10 consider what attitude OF the pub
| lie mind il is necessary to cultivate in
| order that mixed population like our
own may dwell together more har-
moniously and the family of nations
reach better state of understa ndins.
| You who have been in the service
! know how absolutely necessary ii is
| in military organization that the
| individual subordinate some part OF
his personality for the general good.
| That is the one great lesson which
| results from the training OF a soldier.
| Whoever has been taught that lesson
| in camp and field is thereafter the
T.. ,;,.s- "a
| is equally applicable in other depart
| ments of lite. 1t is necessary In the
| home. in industry and commerce. in
| scientific and intellectual develop
| melt. At the foundation OF every
| strong and mature character we find
| this trait which is best described as
| being subject to discipline. The es-
| sence Of il is liberation. II is tnlera-
rion in the brosdes and most in
, elusive sense. liberality of mind,
| which gives 10 the opinions and judc-
! ments of others the same generous
| consideration that il asks for it's own.
and which is moved by the spirit ~
the philosopher who declared that
TO know all is to forgive all" It
may not he given 10 finite beings 10
| attain that ideal. but it l. none the
, less one toward which should
, strive.
Need of Tolerance.
One OF the most natural OF reactions
/, during the war was intolerance. But
the inevitable disregard for the opin-
ions and feelings Of minorities is none
| the less a disturbing product Of war
| psychology. The slow and difficult ad.
! vances which tolerance and liberalism
| have made through long periods of
development are dissipated almost in
A night when the necessary wartime
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the people. The necessity for com
mon purpose and a united intellectual
! front becomes paramount to every
| thing else. But when the need for
such solidarity is past there should
be a quick and generous readiness 10
revert to the old and normal habits of
! thought. There should he an intel
| lectual rehabilitation as well as
military demobiiZation.
Progress depends very largely on
the encoura cement of variety. What,
| ever tends to Standardize the Conlmu-
nifty. to establish fixed and rigid modes
| Of thought, tends TO fossilize society
If we all believed the same thing and
thought the same thoughts and ap
| piled the same valuations to all the
| occurrences about us. we should reach
| a state of equilibrium closely akin TO
an intellectual and spiritual paralysis.
1t is the ferment of ideas, the clash
Of disagreeins judgments. the privi
lege of the individual to develop his
own thoughts and shape his own char
| acter. that makes progress possible
| II is not possible to learn much from
those who uniformly agree with US
But many useful things are learned
| from those who disagree With US: and
even when we can gain nothing our
! differe noes are likely 10 do us no
| harm
1T
! suspicion and intolerance our own
country has not been exempt from
unfortunate experiences. Thanks to
our comparative isolation. we have
known less of the international fric-
lions and rivalries than some other
| countries less fortunately situated
But among some of the varying acial
religious and social groups of our pec-
pie there have been ma nifestations Of
an intolerance of opinion. a narrow
ness of outlook a fixity of judgment.
! against which we may well be warn
ed. 1t IS not easy to conceive of any
thing that would be more unfortunate
in community based upon the ideals
| Of which Americans boast than anv
considerable dev.,onment of irtoler-
ance as regards religion To great
extent this country owes It's begin
ninFs TO the determination of our
! hardy ancestors to maintain complete
| freedom in religion. Instead Of state
! church We have decreed that ever,
! citizen shall he free to follow The die
tates of his own conscience as 70 his
religious beliefs and af1liations Under
! hat guaranty We have erected q kys-
tenn which certainly is justified by its
! fruits. Under no other could we have
| dared to invite the peoples of all coun-
| tries and creeds to come here and
| unite with us in creating the state of
! which we are all citizens.
Co-Operation Needed.
Eut having invited 1nem here. hay
inG accepted their great and varied
! contributions to the building Of the
| Nation, 1t is for us to maintain in all
good faith those liberal institutions
and traditions which have been go
! productive of good. The bringing to-
gether of all these different national.
racial. religious and cultural elements
has made our country kind Of COM
! Doslte OF the rest OF the world, and
We can render no greater service than
by demonstrating the possibility of
| harmonious cooperation among so
| many various groups. Every one of
| them has something characteristic
and significant of great value to cast
into the common fund of our material.
intellectual and spiritual resources
The war brought a great test of our
experiment in amalgamating these
| varied factors into real Nation,
with the ideals and aspirations of a
united people. None was excepted
from the obligation to serve when the
hour Of danger struck. The event
proved that our theory had been
sound. On solid foundation Of ma
| tional unity there had been erect ed