Evening star., 1915-05-02

IA L olAh, w WASHlNUl i
American policy toward European ma
tions as expressed in Washington's .
farewell address and the Monroe doc
trine. and. after calling attention to
1t as a policy of aloofness, asked these
questions:
HAS America the right to demand
participation in the conference OF the
belllgerent nations following the pres
ent war for the purpose of arranging
the peace Of the world?
Even If we should not have the
right in the event that we should be
invited by the belligerent nations as
the leading neutral power to partlcl-
so without impliedly. IL not expressly.
relinquishing our traditional attitude
Of exclusive control over purely Amer
lean questions?
tinued. will bring to the foreground
the consideration, II not the wisdom
of a further extension If not a reVers-
ing of the American traditional policy
as outlined by Washington when ne
said: The great rule of conduct for us
in regard to foreign nations Is in eN-
tending our commercial relations to
have with them as little political con-
nection as possible. So far as we nave
already formed engagements. let them
be fulfilled with perfect good faith.
Here let us stop
Norman Angel says that if we do
not mix in European affairs Europe
will mix in our affairs, and that the
day of isolation for us. whether we
like it or not. is over. He may be right.
Our country with it's population of a
hundred million and its expanded world
commerce is too large a factor to stand
aloof from world questions.
'The federation or league of all the
states in the American union embod1es
the ideal. II not the plan for uni
versai league or federation OF the ma
tiens as the surest and safest guaran-
tee for securing the peace of the
world"
Suggest Permanent Peace Plans.
q. Loves Dickinson Of Kings Col
lege. Cambridge England. speaking
tonight. outlined the following as the
best manner in which America could
contribute to the maintenance Of world
peace:
Peace to be established through the
Intervention of President Wilson.
THE convention of a congress at
which all European states, belltgerents
and neutrals alike, should be repre-
sented; such congress to be presided
over by President Wilson.
substitution Of the former system of
alliances among European powers
with an international guarantee of
peace. backed by force, If necessary"
Nationalism must be done away with,
the entity Of the state must pass and
sovereign governments must become
mere boards of administration if peace
is to reign world wide and eternal. ac-
cordinE to August SchVan, expert on
international affairs.
Mr.. Schvan Is former Swedish dip
lomat: He was member of the SWe-
dish legation at st. Petersburg. (now
ator 70 a
foreign minister of Sweden. and was
recently attached to the staff of inter-
national experts to be sent by the Car
negis Endowment to leading colleges
the study of international affairs
In his address Mr.. Schvan said. in
part:
Peace can only be secured by bring
upon all the institutions which are
supposed to and should bear further
the fruition of individual human life.
To-day his environment Is no longer
a township. province. a county or a
continent. He draws upon the resources
of the whole globe to satisfy his most
simple material and mental needs. Only
by removing all restrictions. whether
ethical, political or economic, which
hamper this process can the polity
realize the greatest happiness for the
greatest number
But to become the gods Of the pres
they must resolutely do away with
nationalism. which is the immediate
cause of war. To try to secure peace
by regulating nationalism is as futile
as it would be to endeavor to root out
crime by inducing criminals to form
societies for the proper regulation of
their handiwork"
Morris Hillquit, socialist leader and
writer, outlined tonight what he deem
ed to be an effective plan for ending
the European war: plan. he said,
which would come with such COM
manding moral force that 1t could not
be ignored by the belligerent powers"
In brief Mr.. Hillquit's proposal was
that all the nations at peace, under the
leadership OF America. join in a def
mite and urgent offer of mediation. the
tional concert Of powers" and to pur-
sue their object until peace were
finally established. Mr.. Hillquit said.
III all the nations at peace. all Ameri-
can republics and all neutral powers OF
Europe and Asia. would join in definite
and urgent offer of mediation with arm
istice, the proposal would come with
such commanding moral force that 1t
could not be ignored by the belligerent
powers
This may be rather unconventional
step in established diplomatic procedure.
but the world has never faced q crisis as
great as that through which we are now
calls for unusual methods, bold meas
ures and big men,"
DR.. Dernburg Protests.
DR. Bernhard Dernburg former CO.
lonial secretary of Germany. raised his
voice in protest against a declaration
said to have been made at last night s
meeting of the academy that Germany
had protested against the right of the
United States to sell and distribute arms
to belligerent countries.
DIR. Rernburg came here as listener
to the discussions on the effect of the
European war on Americas interests.
and at the close of today's session made
a brief speech. in which he said the
declaration made last night was "abso-
lutely false That address in which the
statement Is said to have been made
was delivered by Charles Noble Gregory
of Washington. d. c.. who spoke on the
sale of muitions of war by neutrals to
belIigerents.'
Germany's Attitude.
DIR. Dernburg went on to explain that
Germany had only complained of tho in
equality of treatment that his country
is receiving In that foodstuffs are shut
out of Germany. whereas there is free
transit of arms to Great Britain.