Imperial Valley press., 1914-03-25
IS WORKING FOR
EUROPE'S UNITY
BY ED L. KEEN


/ London correspondent of the United
Press).
London, March 24.-The United
States of Europe! Sounds sort of fan
tastical-but it is the we'll thought
out idea of one of England's hardest
headed and most successful business
man, and he is boosting it with just
as much energy as if he really ex-
pected to live to see it's accomplish
ment. He is IA now, but, as he is "a
active physically as a good many men
a score of years his Junior, perhaps
i he has fighting chance to witness the
realization of his unique ambition aft
er ALL
In the past two months Sir Max
Waechter and the British government
/ have been engaged in a fierce COM
petition to ascertain which could
spend the most money in advertising
-Waechter soliciting recruits for his
European Unity league, and the gov
ernment inviting the young men OF
the country to enlist in the British
army. Following the example of tn
war office Waechter has been run
ming full page display ads in the lead
ing London and provincial dailies, al
from $500 to $500 an insertion. be
sides maintaining a large staff ct
clerks and sending out huge quanti-
ties of literature.
/ Peace is business proposition with
him. but since the first of the wear h;
has been devoting practically all of his
/ time to the organization of his league
which now numbers nearly thou
sand serious minded Britishers, man!
Of them prominent in political, com
mercial and literary life-.and to the
dissemination of its principles
throughout the land. In nutshell
here are his plans and the reasons for
them. as he outlined them today al
/ the Leagues Offices in st. James
| street:
'If we are to abolish war and the
ruinously expensive preparations for
war that are now impoverishing Eu-
( rope. we must abolish the disunlon a
/ present existing among the gsha'
mowers The antagonistic grouping OF
tho six big nations into the triple
alliance Germany. Austria and 1t
aly) and the triple entente (Great
| Britain, Russia and France), whicn
has produced so much distrust and
jealousy and wild competition in ar
( nannents. must give way to the sex
tuple alliance, and this will naturally
lead to a general federation of Euro
mean countries-the United States OF
Europe. Under present conditions all
attempts to restrict armaments are
bound to end in failure. Armaments
can be restricted only if they become
unnecessary only when Europe is
united
Qualification should take place o.
federal and economic basis-lika
the United States Of America--leav-
;np to each component nation the tul-
lest possible measure of individual
liberty and enabling it to deal with
it's own affairs in its own wav. A fea.
tnre of the federation would be the
elimination of the present customs
boundaries. All Europe should form
one great free trade market protected
bv proper tariff against the nations
without.
Under the federation the two ant
( half billion dollars now spent Dl
Europe annually on its armies ant
navies would go into the channels oi
trade and commerce and the five mil
} lion soldiers and sailors. the strong
, est and healthiest men of their respec
tive races. would be released to en
ter the field of production and t.
maintain thmselves ard others bl
; the work Of their hands, instead o
, beine maintained by the rest Of tn
population. in America enterprise J
. greater ard wages are higher, largel
because the wealth of the country /
| not drained away in the mad race 70
| armaments."
Although Sir Max admits that it
realization may prove difficult an
may require long time he sees noth
ine whatever impracticable or impos
sibIe in the scheme. During the pas
Il 4 A. a