Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-30

can be done save through the infiu-
| ences of religion and education.
by religion 1 do not mean either
| fanaticism or bigotry; by education /
do not mean the cant of the schools,
| but n broad and tolerant faith. loving
| thy neighbor as myself, and q train
| ing and experience that enables the hui
man mind to see into the heart OF
| things. This has been a long. slow
and laborious process, accompanied by
many failures and many disappoint-
ments. No doubt there Will be many
more in the future. But those VINO
| have faith in the power or the lndl
| vidual to work toward moral perlec-
| tion are willing to intrust their destiny
to that method of reform. 1t Is that
faith which justifies the American con
ception of popular sovereignty. There
is no other theory by which we could
explain the making of the American
Nation and no other theory on which
we can hope for it's continuity. 1t was
| In this faith that Washington crossed
the Delaware.
1T is true that the world Is coming
to comprehend the spirit of service
better than it ever did before. We
ought to rejoice in that conception.
But that theory does not run counter
| to the theory of independence. The
Colonies had been called on to fight
| the European wars on this side of the
Atlantic. They had been required to
pay tribute to liquidate European
debts and support the European mill
tary establishment. They had been
forced to submit to the regulation and
control of their trade for the benefit
of European commerce. They deter
mined to resist these unjust imposi-
tons and establish their complete In
dependence. They did not then and
do not now fail to recognize that they
are a part of the civilized world and
that they owe not only to themselves
but to others great obligations. But
they were determined then and are
determined now to be the masters of
their own destiny and the judges OF
their own conduct. They knew. and
we ought to know, that unless we can
be American we cannot be anything.
Unless we look after ourselves we can
not look after anybody else. The OBJ
legations of civilization are reciprocal.
The same consideration that we owe
to others they owe to us.
Against Militarist Policy.
Washington and the patriots of his
day wanted peace. We want peace.
They found it was necessary to make
great sacrifices in order to secure It,.
We cannot escape the corresponding
sacrifices, sometimes for the purpose
OF providing adequate national de-
Tense, sometimes through 1nterna-
tional covenants by limiting the scope
of our military forces. l do not be-
lieve we can advance the policy of
peace by a return to the policy of COM
petitive ornaments. While l favor
an adequate Army and Navy, 1 am
opposed to any effort to miitarize this
| Nation.
when that method has been
worked out to it's logical consequences
the result has always been a complete
failure. We can render no better sery-
ice to humanity than to put forth all
our influence to prevent the world
from slipping back into the grasp OF
that ravaging system. Truth and faith
and justice have power OF their own
in which we are justified in placing a
very large reliance. Washington could
carry on the war because, as he wrote
20 his brother, he had a fun per,
suasion of the justice of our cause.
1t was the final conviction on the part
of the British that their cause was
not lust that led them to abandon
their attempt to subdue the Colonies
I'm nations individuals have their
counterpart. AS we can expect some
help from domestic laws, so we can
expect some help from international
covenants. While each represents the
best that humanity can do at this
time, neither in themselves are suffi
cient. AS it is necessary to change
the heart of the individual, SO it is
necessary to change the heart of ma
tions. This has often been referred
to as moral disarmament. The mis-
| take that is being made in its appllca
ton lies in the fact that it does not
come first. If the world had complete
change of heart, complete moral dis
armament, complete mutual under
standing. complete sympathy, we
would have little need of ornaments
and no need at all for international
treaties limiting their use ami size. II
is because all nations are in danger
from this source that we ought tC
provide such artificial barriers as are
possible for the protection of ehe peace
and welfare of humanity.
Wants Nations Trustful.
1T is because the spirit of avarice
of jealousy, of hate and of revenge
are not yet eliminated from the hearts
of the nations that it is well for then
to take counsel together that they
may devise means for protecting
themselves from these evil counselors
that they may deliver themselves from
their control and come more complete
ly under the dominion of benevolence
kindness. charitableness and gooC
will. Altogether too much of interna
tional relationship IS based on fear
Nations rejoice in the fact that they
have the courage to fight each other
When will the time come that they
have the courage to trust each other?
1.-THE world has been striving to ad
vance in this direction, to discard the
old theory of relying entirely on force
and to adopt the method of relying
| more on reason. We are in danger of
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