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Show J j WHAT GOD DOES FOR NATIONS. j Bryan and Borah are in agreement. They oppose an American J mandate over Armenia. In his declaration against the mandatory j proposed by the allied powers, Bryan says in substance that the man-date man-date is impossible as it would involve this country in enormous ex-penditures, ex-penditures, throw us into European politics and inflict fierce com-;al com-;al rivalry with sthe big nations. Then Bryan proceeds to say: "But worst of all, it would compel us to surrender a vital principle of democracy, namely, that all people are capable of self-government." "Nearly 100 years ago," continued Mr. Bryan, "Henry Clay set forth the American view on the subject in dealing with aspirations- of South American republics ... "Clay declared it to be reflection on the Almighty to flj assume-that he would create peoples incapable' of self-gov- fl , eminent and leave them to be the victims of kings and em- fl perors. "All the colonial exploitation of helpless peoples is de-' ' fended, on the theory of their incapacity for self-govern- ' ment. "We cannot. indorse this theory. It would be injurious ( to' the Armenians instead of a kindness to affirm or admit ' 1 . .them incapable of self-government. If it were once admit- ted they would never be permitted to outgrow the presump-tion presump-tion of incapacity because consent to their independence would encourage other subject peoples to ask for independ- H ' Bryan's argument is faulty in that all people are not inherently made ready for self-government, by the will of God. The Almighty Hj does much for humanity, but. does not attempt to assure mankind Ht against all fprms of man-made wrongs." ""' " 'J'" What is true of large groups ris' tru'd "o : individuals. " All indi-H indi-H viduals are not capable of self-control. That is why we have insti- Hi tutions in Salt Lake and Provo to care for those who are not tract-able tract-able and self-dependent. Until the man and women of Armenia are sufficiently organ-ized organ-ized to resist the pressure of the Turks, and until they are so har-nionized har-nionized in their views on government as to clearly understand them-selves them-selves and know their limitations, and until they are financially and Industrially strong enough to stand alone, they should have the kind-ly kind-ly assistance of America or some other powerful, beneficcut body to carry t'hem orcr their period of uncertainty. ' "Why the burdenshould be magnified and enlarged to forbid-iing forbid-iing proportions is beyond us. Perhaps nothing more would be re-quired re-quired of the United States than moral guidance, accompanied by a warning hack of any designing power which might menace the safety of the Armenian nation. Hj "Why this cloistering of America? It is about time that America H performed a nation's part in a community of nations. Bryan feats the fierce commercial rivalry of the big nations. "We thought Bryan to be somewhat of a free trader, who could not be j fl.ustrated by the threat of the competition of the underpaid on for- ign soil. Yet Bryan gets so worked up over his own bugaboo of fierce commercial rivalry as to frighten himself. The Boy Orator of the Platte is growing timid as ho ages and his courage is disoppear- |