T H E TORCH OF REA SO N , S IL V E R T O N , OREGON, AUG UST 30, E. M. 300 (1900.)
if we diligently search for it,
governm ents, it will m ake this sub- . large enough tn cone with E nirland ! to m e t . i. . B
w .
I t
ti
at first believed.
Take all the hated foreign “goats”
and “ C hristian hogs” away from
this enraged people of C hina, and
when th eir hot anger has cooled,
send a m inister of the gospel of
Science and H u m an ity to each of
th eir cities, aud we could soon say
with more satisfaction th an it was
ever said before, “ we have met the
enem y (millions^ aud they are
ours.
peaceful commerce and intercourse,
th at can only be raised b) a stand- with sister republics su rro u rd in g it,
and its borders the largest water-
ii.g arm y, controlled by an Im- is worth more th an all the colonies
rin of “ The E a rth ly P aradise.”
perial P resident independent of the in the world, even from the buai-
If the new fate of Asia is not re-
S tates and People. A nother stand- ness point of view.
publican, hot im perialistic, colonial
mg arm y m ust be kept in each for-
Let the Pacific, then, as its nam e
and dependent, th at result inevi-
eign dependence. The best esti- im plies, rem ain the ocean of peace
tably changes the fate and future
m ate is th at it will take 100,000 in stead of im perial wars an d su b ­
of the world, including our owu.
men to bold the Filipinos in safe jugations. T h at m eans, let the sun
It does not take much thought to
subjection. M ilitarism , with its bear the light and protection o f the
foresee th at result. Let us trv :
d rafts and its social discrim ina- G reat Republic from th e shores of
The m arch of hum an progress tions added to wealth, m eans the the new’ world still w estward to
began years ago with the advance end of all “ governm ent of, for a n d th e old!
of the A ryan peoples from C entral by the people.” T his would be t h
e
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The Pacific Shore: Its Lessons Asia westward tow ards the M edi­
result even of our own im perialism ,
Peace and War.
in Peace or War.
terranean and A tlantic. In the but we m ust, in addition to its
last three hundred years it has navy and arm y, be able to meet
BY HENRY FRANK.
BY T. B. WAKEMAN.
swept across the A m erican conti- our rival em pires on sea or land,
nents aud is now arrested by the or both. The R epublic could then
The sp irit of war has brokan out
The Pacific is the grand ocean of Pacific Ocean extending from pole _
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ulJ ttD a uream OI
be remembered only as a dream of again throughout the world. W e
our planet. It is like the scientific to pole. Its ten thousand miles of ¡the past. The earth would be a
are surprised. We had th o u g h t the
disclosure of the universe, so awful distance m ight be overcome by p lan etary despotism
and sublim e, th a t it says “ peace!” steam and electricitv. but th e c o n . I But is not this the inevitable age of peace had come to stay for
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restful to look upon. Such is the
im pression as we lie on its fine,
clean,w hite shore-sand, so gradually
-
slop.ng out to unknow n depths.
l h e n t h e long, long breakers come
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moved from existence as was done fit” to m anage their own affairs, or
by the prim itive tribes of N orth to become republics? T rue, we can-
A m erica; yet their fate is ours! H o t m ake them our States and take
The exam ple of In d ia, Siam , the their representatives into our Sen-
Philippines and C hina discloses the ate or Congress. But w hat h as
b, d
seized the m odern m ind th a t w hen
the R ussian Czar proposed the
Peace Conference at the H ague, th e
leading n atio n s cheerfully and hope­
fully responded. B ut scarcely had
nym phs, all as slow and d .sta n t dom inion of E ngland or R ussia, or and few E uropeans of Mexico, and
and orderly, as if they were bring- th eir allies, as dependent colonies; the R epublics of South A m erica first spark of war ignited the whole
world, and now th e nations are
ing the messages of peace from or be preserved as they are, un til can be done by and for them
The’
m u tu ally trem bling at the gates of
those U niversal Powers which guide they can ' become hom e govern- Monroe D octrine, if good for this
C hina lest, when they have d e­
th e planets an d swing the tides, m ents, like J a p a n , aud finally re- W estern H em isphere, was an d is
And so they gently break into a kiss publics.
good for lhe E astern . Independ- m olished her em pire, they be leap ­
ing a t each o th er’s th ro ats.
at your feet, and retire for an o th er
The Republic was the highest ence led by the G reat R epublic of
W hy, then, we ask, did not the
.n roll,ng colum ns of endless sue- form of political and social life R epublics m eans th a t every form ,
K H)uu„ „
peace wnicn had
strong thought of peace which had
cesston
There ts calm today, and reached by the E uropeans as they of governm ent of these subsidiary become so prevalent, m anifest its
it is far different when the storm s became Americans. The Republic races will be republican, an d grad- suprem acy and become registered
oom : w !
7 ^
7 7
7
ka r7 ,ed
PaCifiC ° r " ally beC° 'ning m ° re 3nd m° re in lbe
conditions of life?
urnns will oe larger and change these substdtary m illions m ust be w orthy of th a t name. The J a p a n e s e ! Because, concealed beneath th e
tn p ir
n o f k n t t k „ „ r o iiu t
• a ____
. . . to
. lead
. . the way,
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u v u e a tii
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th e ir kisses t to n a r roar;
but they m ust brought under its influence,
and . I m ay . be induced
thought of peace was a deeper an d
alw ays be those slow long off in become co-operative with it. T heirs and the E nglish colonies would not
a stronger th o u g h t which was cease­
roR ing colum ns, for the very gently is the casting vote, which we m ust stand out against th eir union with
IV8eiI unconscious-
lessly expressing itself unconscious-
off shelving beach, the low hve-foot cast for them . If they become con- The G rand Federal Republic of th e ly in the bosom of civilization
tide, the steady winds, the seagulls solidated or united with the great W orld. F rance and Siam could T h at th o u g h t was th a t each of the
slowly sailing as though they al- empires, as In d ia has become with not stand aloof. And ag ain st such nations was sim ply sim u la tin g a
ways had “ halcyon day s” all tell E ngland, or Siberia with Russia, a R epublic, neither E n g lan d nor desire for peace, and was really
the same story. We are on the the vast mass of the peoples of the Russia could avail, nor would they suffering peace to* prevail only u n til
shore of the ocean alw ays grand earth will pass under im perialism , long desire to continue a ruinous an advantageous m om ent would
enough to be at peace, if it has its and the only question will be isolation. I he peaceful and bene- arriv e when one or the o th e r__
own way, but terrible if obstructed w hether it shall be that of England ficent hab itatio n of this planet by E ngland or R ussia, G erm any or
by a rocky prom ontory like Ti 1 la- or of Russia. The result cannot be the hum an race would be solved.
F ran c e— riding on the flowing tide
mook, w ith its night-w inking lig h t­ doubtful; Russia assim ilates and
But, do you say, “ A purse c a n ­ of o p p o rtu n ity , would sweep down
house.
consolidates her subjects in poli­ not be m ade of a sow’s ea r,” nor a her opponents beneath the gory
B ut sea lights and sea m onsters tics, religion and socially, as E ng­ republic formed by C ubans, M alays, crests of desolating war. The feel­
are nothing to th e revelation which land does not and cannot. Russian H indoos and Chinese? Not sol ing for m any decades has been in-
this ocean m akes in hum an affairs! assim ilation may not be “ benevo-
Such is not the
lesson
of Sociology. wtinct in the mind of man that
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Only gaze on th a t glorious sun! It le n t;” it may be rough, as in the T hey have alw ays been trying to Russia or E n g lan d or one of the
is so aw fully large and broad, and case of the Poles and the Fins, hut found and keep sim ple and social other nations was but w aiting h er
yet so light th a t it quivers to the it is effective and perm anent. In republics. T h at is the m eaning of o p p o rtu n ity to pounce upon her
waves as it floats over, before being the great war in which the Rus- the Tribe-System s, the H indoo Vil- h ered itary foe, cru sh in g him w ith
hidden by them , „„
as :<
it i.........
leaves our 8jan suprem acy must result, Eng- lage, the R ussian Mir and the one fell blow and estab lish in g
continent for the old, which has land and the rest of Europe will town m eeting th e world over. The thereby her own in te rn a tio n a l su-
now become, to us, the new. Think become second to the Russian in- Republic is the n atu ral governm ent prem acy. The proof of th is exist-
of it! The sun has never really fluence, and finally subject to Rus- <>f m ankind in every age and clim e, ing disposition is found in th e v ast
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carried ps th er e before. But on sian
dom ination.
¡Let the Monroe Doctrine hold off m ilitary system which prevails
this shore sand we are lying across
But what will l»e the effect of the Im perialism and foreign dom- th ro u g h o u t E urope—each natio n
the shore-line th a t runs from pole these im perialism s, and their great ¡nation, and republics will spring arm ed to the teeth, ready, a t the
to pole of our p lan et, which till now struggle on the United S tates and up like a n atu ra l growth from the ' word, to be hurled headlong in
divided inevitably the new world the Am erican republics? W hy, need» and co-operation of all precipitous war upon the o th er.
from th a t old; but which now is ac- evidently we shall not be able to peoples the world over.
W ith such conditions th e th o u g h t
quiring
a
newness
of
its
own.
And
hold
our
own
and
m
aintain
our
in-
The
people
of the Pacific S tates
x
o
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W
u i u i r i n n i peace
pcauc u
u u iu n
e v e r Will
of 1 universal
could
never
sin- —
the ch aracter of th a t newness cer- dependence, unless we become an are m istaken in forcing im perial- cerely
exist.
O utw ardly some
tain ly involves our fate.
In a em pire too. C ertainly, this will lie ism upon the O rient.
It is had would
m ention peace, in w ard ly
word: If the new fate of Asia is re- the case if we begin to play at O ri- businets. T he way to m ake the ' they would dread or dream of war.
publican, with self-developing home j ental im perialism now. A navy Pacific ocean an A m erican lake is , U nder such conditions w ar was su re
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