June 17, 1902, an eminent Hindoo scholar, published a long
article in the _Japan Times,_ in which he said:
"The speech of Mr. Hoar, though an address to his own countrymen,
is a message of hope to the whole world which sank with despondency
at the sight of Republican America behaving like a cruel,
tyrannical and rapacious Empire in the Philippines and particularly
to the broken-hearted people of Asia who are beginning to
lose all confidence in the humanity of the white races. Or
is it that they have lost it already? Hence all papers in
Asia should reprint his speech, translate it, and distribute
it broadcast. Let it be brought home to the Asiatic people
so that they may work and worship their champion and his forefathers.
Thanks to the awakening in America, thanks to the forces that
are at work to chase out the degenerating, demoralizing passion
for territorial aggrandizement from the noble American mind
and save it for itself and the world at large from the cancer
of Imperialism."
I am afraid I am committing an offence against good taste
in repeating such laudations.
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