Sept. 16.
In our issue of the 12th instant we published a short notice of an article on "Jan Smuts," written in a home ma-gazing, This man, born and bred on a Boer farm, was cast! into the maelstrom of war, call ed to the councils of Empire and towered so far above the statesmen of Europe that he won the reputation of being one of the three great men who were indicated to be such by the world war, The secret of his greatness is revealed in the article from whish we quoted. "He had the higher vision without which the nations perish.' re not loft Im doubt ax to what that is. We read it in these words "More and more men are thinking of the interests of the whole world as they reaalize that only so can the interests of their own land be served." It is the small mind, the mean thought, that is dan gerous. The man of broad vision sees the other man's point of view as well as his own and realizes that the whole world is kin and an injury inflicted on another, even if a weaker nation, is a boomerang that reacts against his own. The repercussions of the great war have bankrupted the old, petty, diplomacy that saw in the' misfortunes of another country the aggrandizement of its own and, it is realized now that if ona! member of the body politic suf-for the other members suiter with it, It was the glory Jan Smuts that he saw this clearly when, as yet, it had not dawned on the mind of the majority of those who convened at the Versailles congress.
If this principle be-true for nations it must be equally true for individuals for, if it is true. anywhere, it is true everywhere. The athlete wants to develop h body and increase the strength and resiliency of his muscles. He will not-do it by nursing and coddling himself. He must scorn delights and live laborious day: Expend every ounce of his strength in daily exercise and so get by giving.
The business man must risk] his capital and put it out to usury by trafficking. If he starves his business it will not prosper; like the athlete, he can only get by giving. It is true that he may lose on his ventures "but it is certain that he cannot, succeed by parsimony. The teacher finds that he learns best by imparting the knowledge he has to others. If he keeps it bottled up in his own mind it waxes rusty and the keen edge is blunted, As he gives out his capacity for taking in increases and his judgment of what is true and what false is quickened. He, too, gets most by giving. liberally. "A man that hath friends must show himself friendly" for niggardliness the death of friendship. The! lonely man is wrapped up in himself and, though he -may have many excellent qualities and a keen desire for companionship, his inability to give out, chills the advances of those who would be friendly with-him, and he goes through life with' the reputation of being "morose, whereas he is for ever cursing Afraid that our courage will not rise to the sticking point and we find that, sure enough, it] does not. There is nothing! that paralyses so surely—our energies and prevents us from being our true selves as this haunting, lurking, enemy. There} fs also nothing that the newer psychology so strongly warns against as indulgence shown to this foe within our mental gates. How many men are nerve shattered wrecks caused by merely, cherishing the apprehension of structed to go to Berlin as soon the League of Nations conference is ended and: resume! the attempts to obtain settle ment. At the beginning of last week Russian raids in an intensive form were reported at} Pogranichinaya extending as far west along the railway 23 Muling. But these again seem to have died down, to judge the Chin Eastern Railway's! announcement of a full schedii'e of express trains to and fro between Pogranichinaya and Mana disaster that never comes. chub.
What is disaster anyway? Ety-Through all chis succession mologically it is an unlucky/ ups and dowes, of sensational star.
The ancients read their stories of burning and raiding, fortune in the stars and there! of negotiations about to bear} are fortu ne-tellers many fruit, of deadlocks as obstinate street corners in this city who, as ever, it.is extremely difficult for a consideration, tell would-to see daylight. Both countries be voyagers whether the stars are past masters in the art of! are propitious or not. How tru-procrastination. Russia, we may well believe, is anxious not to fault, dear Brutus, is not in one fight; her own people might! stars, but in ourselves, that wa} accuse her of "imperialism" if clings."
The great war, the most ter-liier unpopularity she did, and she would add with Western ible disaster" that ever befell Powerne et, it "seems, plain Europe, was caused through! that she cannot give in; her fear.' The nations piled up! self-respect is at stake, not to their armaments until they were! terrified of the monster that they! had themselves. created. Secking for safety, they ringed themselves around with bayonets and the strongest fared worst in the inevitable conflict which such precautions provoked. The inutilities of the League of Nations are apparent enough but, it, at least, provides a stage where men'who have been and who might ai in become 80, meet face to face and, Jearn that they are each afraid of the same bogey. From that. starting pot com glimpse of the "higher vision" that inspired Jan Smuts, speak of her great interests in the railway and the future of! Vladivostok. From the outset, she has never wavered from the demands made on July 13, and one may believe that the raid~ ing by Soviet soldiers was] meant to convince China that] Russia was resolved to have her way. It is more by a sort] of feeling than anything definite] to go upon that we believe that] China has at last grasped thia! all-important fact, and by information, which, we think like ly to be accurate, Chinese efforts are gow wholly directed to finding some formula which, while satisfying Russia's demands, will save her own face.
It is obvious that China has
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