The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-14
ALL ARE WORKING
TOWARD ! \ |! N ] ONE END.
Multitude Of Forces Are Striving
Toward Harmonious World
State.
M AR v Ell E: Gus PICTURE.
In New Books Page You Wit
ness Creation Of a New
q World.
ny wILLIAM r. srEAD.

4 u X WILLIAM 4. STEAD.
4 Especial Cable to Tho Tlmcs. DISPATCHER
London. August 13-One OF the moss
interesting books In the world reached
mo from the principality OF Monaco
Just as ! was sitting down to write
4 this letter. It$came Enclosed in O. com.
mon deal box. weighing eight or nina
i pounds, avoirdupois
But when I opened the box and TOOK
out the book felt az IL i had sud-.
denly come into the possession OF
King solomon's magic carpet and Of
Mr.. Wells's time machine. which en-.
| abled me to transport myself In q mo.
ment Of time to the uttermost ends
OF the earth or to- revisit the remote
past, or. more interesting still. to ny
far into the future and watch the eyo.
luton OF a new world.
The book now lying open before mt
contains nearly 1000 closely printed
pages. It is for tho most part In
French. although now and then IT
deviates into English or into Es-
peranto. Its title Is "L'Annuaire dc
la Vie 1nternationale, 10oS-o." It is q
fascinating book. When you read ita
pages you seem to be witnessing the
creation OF new world. For hero
we see the spirit OF GENERALIZATION
$brooding upon the formless and
anarchic abyss OF space. and evolving
thercfrom the world state of the fu.
&ture.
Conscience of Humanity.
1t Is marvellous picture which Is
thus presented. An ek6rmous multi
tude OF forces. some consciously. 9th
ers unconsciously. are all working
towards one end. They are creating
a new body IN the shape Of highly
complex international organization,
and ti.ey are informing it with a new
soul-the Conscience of Humanity.
This Is the greatest Of all the mir
acles OF our times; the almost auto
matte evolution of one harmonious
world state; one of the multitudinous,
Earring congeries of national states
which constitute Che armed anarchy
of this planet The appearance OF
this monster volume Is a proof hat Il
the more Intelligent amongst us are
awakening to the trend of the worlds
progress. The impulse comes. very
partially from religiin. 1t does not
proceed at all from military conquest
Science and the machine-these are
the dominant influences which are uni
flying mankind. EYerywhere and at
all times the subtle influences OF
steam and electricity arc at work In
their great task OF world shrinkage.
This vast globe has shrunk into
a small ball. which VIC can circum-
five times In q twelvemonth
Every one Is next door neighbor IN
every one else. It Is only three weeks
by rail from London to Toxic.
But vast az have been the strides
...eved by the railway and the
steamship. the aeroplane looms huge
in the near future promising still
greater triumphs. Tho conquest OF
the air will eliminate in the Inter-
naturalization of the world.
Unincntlon OF the World.
There are already one hundred and
fifty International associations OF all
kinds, all at work In unl1ying the
world. These associations differ in
hnitely in status. in object in method
and in organization. but they are all
by the same general fea-
lures ~ lHey u g 5dlttlHteTud ltoila - = =
manitarian, voluntary associations:
They are SCIENTIFIC religious, indus
trial, commercial. judicial and politi-
Cal.
But one and ali. they are address-
ing themselves to the creating sof the
future world state, a worldwide con.
stitution, with a Just equilibrium @
power between the professio nal.
economic and scientific special in-3
terests which they represent.
The most perfect and highly evolved
Of all these International organiza-
lions is the Universal Postal Union,
which covers almost the whole area OF z
the world. 554
4 SO elaborate is the organization that
YOU cannot buy stamp for foret gn-
going lettersin the remotest village In @:.s
the Rocky Mountains but you thereb
contribute to pay the cost OF the post
man at.the Antipodes.
Tho Postal U ion began with thtrty
members. It has now sixty-one. It
has been Joined by all the scountrles az
IN the world but three, It has Its per-
manent Office in Berne, and At has
created for its own sspeoial DEPART
nent a world parliament. world 55S
udlcat ure and al6world code OF law.
Each Creating a world state.
What tho Postal Union has done
all the other unions are trying to
DO to tho best Of their abb ty.
liz International associations which
have a. permanent bureau, twenty
10 not confine themselves to any par par:
ocular country; forty-two y ha we s# 6
Lablished themselves in Bel GUM, ff.y
teen in France. eight in Germany
thirteen In Switzerland. three IN Eng ,rls
and. and two IN Hol Hand
These associations all publish bull
Inns or Reports. and some pupi .ss . 9tss5
looks. The Internati onal Assocl y q On ss
,f Tariffs has published In Ave Ian,
,uagcs eighty Ave volumes Of 500
,ages each. 4ss u, n; III 5s.s9. A
Each Of these associations Is Great,
ne a world state, within which
Ieelfs to he supreme. For the organi' l,s
alton Of the worl d stat to Of the ture fs
vii not primarily be errlto rial o.
geographical. There will not be
~ ~. fon X M II an a I'm the INTERNATIONAL