Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18
A Remarkable Plan for Universal Peace


French flag for nearly 2Jo years. Ger
many for years has been increasing her
navy. and England, realizing that the Sc
caritS Of tHo British empire with its
enormous oversee possessions depends
upon control of the sea- has strain ed
every resource to keep her fleet in its
position the strongest in the world.
England and France have an "entente
cordiale.' but. on the other hand, France
Is allied with Russia, and England with
Russia's foe. Japan. Moreover, Eng
land fears that Russia will attempt 10
secure a port on the Mediterranean out
OF the possessions of the sultan, and
every time she thinks OF this probab ility
she shvers for the safety of her route
to India. The bear that walks like a
man is now at the back door of this
AfShanistan. and If the bear can also
threaten Englands approach to India by
the front door-that is to say, by the Red
Sea route. as is possible when Russia
can establish a naval base on the Medi-
terranean-why. in that case there is no
telling what may happen.
These are Just few of the tangles
into which the International politics of
Europe is involved. and every one OF
them must be Strengthened out before the
civilization trust. which will do away
by force with the barharites of war; can
be any more than a dream. Peace low
ers. statesmen and students of politics
alike have been trying TO unravel tn g
efforts, far. have awaited nothing.
After a period of study lasting from
1890. ii remained for DR.. Robert Stein.
a publicist and statistician Of the federal
government. to advance a new. solution,
which so far. its adherents maintain. has
withstood every test of reason to which
1t has been subjected and which bears
the stamp of such plausibility as to war
rant its being taken up in the United
States Congress.
found that through a long process of
consolidation, conquest, union. the
area of internal peace which Is to say
the areas under one government, have
constantly increased in size and cor
respondngly diminished in number until
the earth today is practically controlled
by eight great powers.
With one more consolidation, he dis
covered, in which the strongest. most hui
name, most enlightened and most peace
loving of these eight powers combine
into one power that can overwhelm any
other coalition, complete, permanent
peace with righteousness will be as
sured at less than one-tenth the cost of
the p-esent-day partial uncertain peace.
which is stained with much unrighteous-
ness. AS has already been said. this
u uSl VI CIV 1liZdl ioil IL W NC COiHpOScu
of the four great Aryan nations. Once
formed, the smaller nations will sooner
later adhere to it. Thus. the coalition
will be great enough to so overawe the
outsiders that the complications of inter
national politics for which the latter are
now responsible can be settled in just
speedy and peaceful manner.
But every one of the four powers must
he taken into the compact, for owing to
the attitude of the German-Americans
the -Anglo-Amer!can alliance is impossi-
bic unless Germany be included, while
Britain will not entertain the idea of an
alliance with Germany unless France be
admitted as we'll. Hence. DIR. Stein con-
Guided. the reconciliation Of France and
Germany is the condition precedent to
the organization OF the international
police. Viewed in this relation, he re-
Germany on the Alsace-Lorraine ques-
ton as the key to eternal peace.
This conquered territory now consists
GUESSING his plan. "On the east there is
a German-speaking part and on the west.
adjoining France, French-speaking part.
Before 1870 France owned a part of Ger
many: since 1870 Germany has been own
ing a piece of France. So the compro-
mise is self-evident: render unto France
that which is French, and unto Germany
that which is German. That is to say.