The Detroit times., 1909-03-24
WRITER PREDICTS
AMER|CAN|zAT|0N
Of ALL EUROPE
ONLY SAVING GRACE OF NEW
WORLD, HE SAYS, CAN SAVE
OLD WoRL p-FEpERATioN
WILL COME.

LONDON, March 24.-Nothing sur
prises me more In talking to the
average educated American than his
ignorance of the extent to which Am
erican ideas are transforming the
world.
OF the fact there can be no doubt.
In the evolution Of the Slavs OF the
Balkans, the Robert college. that Am
encan institution on the Bosphorus,
played a part more important than
that Of any foreign ONCE in Europe.
excepting that OF st. Petersburg
The most important development Of
interpationalism that has taken place
Of late years was the opening Of the
International Parliament OF Agricul
ture In Rome, where the king hopes 1,
may develop into universal parlia
ment Of the world. That institution
the full 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.
Lubin, a citizen from the Pacific
coast, brought the idea to Europe
where 1t found a cordial welcome and
q permanent home.
American Idea Best.
need hardly refer to the influence
Of Americans at the recent conference
at The Hague. The American idea
was felt to be greater, more potent
than any Of the American delegates.
Mr.. Carnegie looked In to 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
settling 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 80 much as heard OF
the latest and In some respects the
most startling illustration OF the dom
mating. all penetrating influence of
tho American idea?
How many are aware that on the
twenty-ninth Of this month there will
assemble at Rome an international
Congress Of eminent men from every
European country, who will come to-
gether for the express purpose OF dis
cuss,ng what should be done to bring
about the federation Of Europe on
American lines?
But such a congress Is to meet In
Rome at the end OF the month. IL IL
pl orosed that an International Com
ni: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
approximating, as closely as possible,
TO the United States Of America.
Max Waechtsr's Great Idea.
This assembly OF European notables
Is the outcome OF O continental pill
erimage undertaken by Sir Max
Waecbter. a naturalized British sub
ject. born In Germany as far back as
1887.
Sir Max Waechter makes no secret
CT his admiration OF America. He
made a comparison between the Unit
cd States OF America and the disunit.
ell states OF Europe, and came to the
conclusion, that, to quote his own
words: Europe Is gradually losing IT'S
position In the world, and this will In
course of time be usurped by other
nations. which are rapidly coming 20
the front, unless we pull ourselves
together and abandon the vicious sys-
TEN now prevailing In Europe which
randicapR us so seriously In the com
mercial struggle for existence"
There is only one answer TO that.
Europe must be Americanized or Eli.
ope Is lost.
But, 10 will be asked. what chance
has thiF bold German Briton OF carry
ing out his Americanizing project?
X was TO find that out that Sir Max
Waechter last year made a political
pilgrimage through Europe. In a con-
versation, which MIR. Charles Lowe re-
PORTS In the Contemporary Review.
Sir Max waechter declared that so far
from finding the sovereign statesmen
OF the old world hostile they are pre-
pared to consider their inevitable
with an open mind.