The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-30
EbOPEAM DIPLOMACY
IS BEHIND THE TIMES.
nays FAMOUS PUBuCIST
\ Fried, Who Won Nobel
\e Prize, Believes Full
picity Should Be Used.
PEOPLE AS sENTINELs.
The Ought To Be Organized
Committees and Watch
hr Doings of Officials.

ON, Dec. 30.-Participation
% b50mmon people In the conduct
tohational relations Is the one
4 Post urgently needed In the
VI HTfeh for worldwide peace, &C.
WktAyo the views of Prof. Alfred II.
III Vienna.
fried Is the distinguished
|M Ipublicist whose activities in
|Hn / world peace through his
Friedenswarte," earned him
al be $4,000 Nobel peace prize
IN llby the United Press for his
as 20 the most practicable
Stat might be taken In the com
htr toward the success Of the
wopeace movement, Prof Fried
"iIhe following:
~ PROF. ALFRED n. FRIED.
fSa9hted, 1911, by the United
I'll Press.)
I'LL n asked me for the most
IM Suggestion In the interest
|H bnal peace during the com
~ should like to say. In the
| that war heaps upon itself
r shame that thereby our
n ~ hde much simpler. Human
It'd not despair because war is
IN M abandoned, because shrapnel
alachine guns are still here as
IN aents In questions OF right, In
= y sof the progress OF international
iw In spite of our higher culture.
Present wars are fought on the bor-
'Ts of civilization. In the centers
4 enlightenment reason seems at
dy to have gained the upper hand
although often it is only at the last
8ute. II IL clear that We have
mlrged from the period OF eternal
rar. Most OF those who lack conf
ence in the development OF the in
irrational peace idea see only the
Iars that are fought; they do not see
he great number OF wars that are
OF fought. I mean the peaceful solu-
|ons OF those serious conflicts which
|rmerly would have been settled by
D sword. but which today are eyad-
through the agencies of peace. Had
- Hull affair, the separation OF
Arway and Sweden. the aHnexatias
Z Bosnia and Herzegovina. the ennan-
ipation OF Bulgaria, the recent mo-
lantous dispute over Morocco and
philar troubles arisen ten years ago
kre would have been no escape from
eneral slaughter.
The most urgent thing which we
ngineers OF peacer-I avoid purposely
he term peace apostles-haye TO do
J TO exert our influence for the re-
of international diplom-
~. Our European diplomacy, to say
ne least. has Jagged behind the spirit
Z the times. II Is still medieval. II
ontinues to practice the ritual OF the
RESTS OF Isis, and this at a time
han the economical interdependence
fhe nations has become so thor
NV recognized. We need a d.
j Ncy with business mind, work
IT "a full publicity and no longer
med OF itself. think this regen'
lion could best be brought about
1.-The participation OF the lay ele,
Rt-similar to the jury system In
K modern courts--by parliamentary
4 fIhmittees charged with the duty OF
lIching over the doing of the diplo-
We should keep in mind that the
Ne abandoning Of war does not
he the problem. We must abandon
state OF international anarchism
5jch euphemistically We call
|beace," but which In reality is only
atent war. We need-a state OF inter
,ationai order, harmony OF forces
ma we must bring the people to see
hat this condition would be In the
interest of every country.
kThe disadvantages of internationaI
harchism can be reckoned in dollars
% cents and the same can be said
Sae advantages OF international
This means not merely nc
but greater health, better edu
better justice, in short high
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