| Show AFRICA AMERICA injunction ephraim Ephr nim envying judah and ceasing from vexing ephraim krould seem to rui with peculiar force in the matter ol 01 european colonization io africa the lark continent has neither parlors that the new world covets nor island that lie in its highway of trade nor agricultural domains that it need As africa now stands it is a barbaric waste whether by or by italian or by austrian or by germanic or by french or by english influence its civilization is desirable it would be little short oe a crime if america were to oppose the opening of the vast arra which now is left alone in its character of an unknown region to the ameliorating influences of the ago the crime w ud be aggravated grava ted by our own inability to do that which w prevented other na doin wo have domestic problems sufficient for our attention when wo have settled the condition ef th african in america it will bo time for american interference ter with the affairs of the african in africa A continent a space adequate tc the formation of empires or republics lies waste the crowded kingdoms of europe rush to possess cf it lot them rush the junivs uni vs h benefi tad thereby we of most of all for first of all the african invasions will give scope for that hither to has found upon our shores alone ve still can give welcome in good faith to the purely industrial immigrant but no longer have we uso for the bright young man who has failed to carry his native country in ireland in a parliamentary struggle or for the genius who has failed to supplant the designs of bismarck in germany for the present and for many years to come we have enough to do attending in to our own business if africa is to afford vent to the restless spirits of europe lot us civo them our best wishes certainly european civilization is in advance of african and when the struggle for mastery between all the civilizations of all the divisions of the world is inevitable let us chopo that american civilization will be in our own on top it will be if only we are to perceive that at present it is better that tho super flukus energies of europe are directed toward africa rather than toward america the supreme effort of the united states just now should be directed toward creating a perfectly american people out of its very heterogeneous rogene ous population |
