The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-25
WRITER PREDICTS
AUGMENTATION
Of ALL EUROPE
ONLY SAVING GRACE OF NEW
WORLD, HE SAYS, CAN SAVE
OLD WoRL FEDERATION
WILL COME.

LONDON. March 24.--Nothing sur.
prises me more in talking To the
average educated American than his
erican ideas are transforming the
world.
or the fact there can be no doubt
In the evolution of the Slavs of the
Balkans. the Robert college, that Am
erican institution on the Bosphorus,
played part more important than
that Of any foreign ONCE in Europe.
excepting that Of st. Petersburg
The most important development Of
interratiOnalism that has taken place
OF late years was the opening of the
International Parliament OF Agricul-
turc in Rome, where the king hopes IL
may develop into universal parlia-
mcnt of the world That institution.
the fun significance OF which Is as
yet but little appreciated either in the
old world or the new, was the direct
product OF American thought. Mr..
I.ubin. citizen from the Pacific
coast. brought the idea To Europe
here il found cordial welcome and
permanent home
American Idea Best.
need hardly refer 70 tae influence
of Americans at the recent conference
at The Hague, The American idea
was felt 10 be greater. more potent
than any of the American delegates.
Mr. Carnegie looked In 10 see the
foundation OF the Temple of Peace.
for which he found the money. Mr.
Choate. General Porter Admiral
Sperry. l. b. Scott worthily upheld the
honor OF their country.
But behind them all, invisible as
the atmosphere whose pressure all
men feel. was the American idea-the
Only formative idea inspiring the con-
ference-the idea of free federation
OF sovereign independent states. liv-
ing together in fraternal equality and
setting all their differences by the
impartial judgment of an Independent
supreme court
or these things many Americans
have heard But how many, or rather,
how few have so much as heard OF
the latest and in some respects the
most starting illustration OF the dom
mating, all penetrating influence or
tho American idea?
HOW lUdnH dlt await ihdN WI NV
tMenty.ninth OF this month there VIII
assemble at Rome an International
Congress OF eminent men from every
European country. who Will come TO-
sethpr for the express purpose OF dis
cuss'ug what should be done to bring
about the federation of Europe On
American lines?
But ,dch a congress Is 10 meet in
A. - he If -
III oroseG that an International Com
nl.ttee Of representative men should
be formed for the purpose OF forming
federation leagues in every country,
whose object Is to bring into existence
the United States of Europe on lines
anproximating. as closely as possible,
10 the United States OF America
Max Wseehter's Great Idea.
This assembly OF European notablcs
is the outcome OF n continental pill
Yrimage undertaken by Sir Max
Waechter. a naturalized British sub
iect. born in Germany as far back as
1897.
Sir Max Waechter makes no secret
al his admiration OF America. He
made comparison between the Unit
ell States of America and the disunt-
ed states of Europe. and came TO the
conclusion. that. TO quote his own
words: Europe is gradually losing irs
posltiou I'm the world and this will in
purse OF time be usurped by Other
nations. which are rapidly coming 70
the front, unless We pull ourselves
together and abandon the vicious sys-
tenn nov prevailing in Europe which
randicaps us so seriously In the cont
lrefc:al struggle for existence"
1neie Is only one answer to thar.
Eu.ore must be AmericaniZed or Lu
opc is lost.
But. IL will be asked. what chance
AS this bold German Briton OF carr
inc out his Americanizing project
/ was to find that out that Sir Max
Wsechter last year made political
pilgrimage through Europe. In con.
versajion. which Mr. Charles Lowe n.
Forts In the Contemporary Revlew.
Sir Max Waechter declared 'hst go FAR
from finding the sovereisn statesmen
OF tho old world hostile thev are pre.
2ared to consider their incvitahrN
AaSerican.aation with an open mind.