Show american ideals may prove to be cure for disease affecting rest of world by NEWTON D DAKER BAKER Sect ewry ol of wu the integration of people has taken place to such eccli an extent that really what wo we do is felt in parts of the ilia world widely separated from us and indeed I 1 I 1 may lay gay in till all parts of ilia world and so BO we are arc deeply interested in tile the making of peace in europe and nd wo we ought I 1 think hero here in america to begin now to cultivate the thought of an amplification of our national ideals of the subject of peace in order that when that peace comes to bo be made as the one great neutral nation unengaged in tile the present controversy friend to all those in the controversy the ilia concerted consolidated influence of america as a nation can bo be brought to bear to insure that the new mew pence peace will not bo be a peace of an artificial kind that it will pay less attention to princes and kings and emperors than it will to the late fate of peoples and that wo we will try to impress upon europe the excellence of our own experiment of allowing to people liberty of conscience coni s ciance I 1 liberty of minds liberty of speech and allowing them in some degree to choose the associations which go to make up the ilia nationalities of which they are a part in order that they may pre preserve berve the ilia balance of power in europe not by artificial boundaries and among potentates and princes but by ilia contentment of the people who live in the several nations with their own sovereignty their own territory and the justice of the ilia conditions under which they live that is what lias has happened to our ideals the ideals of the pilgrim fathers and of plymouth aock are arc still alive and vigorous and potential among us tie they have covered an ampler and more intricate civilization and brought about a consolidated nation here a nation devoted to freedom and to justice among ourselves now this great american national idea of ours oura may if wo we but adhere to it with enough fi firmness and belief bo be a medicine for the which has affected tho ilia rest of the ilia civilized world and by our example and our influence and our honest heart wo will show our help employ it to their own comfort thus elevating the ilia opportunity and ilia plane of america everywhere and making america in its gift to the ilia rest of the world quite worth while apart from the ilia satisfaction and happiness which sho she has derived from herself pursuing these ideals |