The Washington herald., 1916-03-03

There is a chance that his Iabors may
bear fruit, for the committee on for
eign relations in Washington now has
his idea under consideration and Mr..
BOrglum is quite optimistic as to the
tenor of their report. Fortunately for
Mr.. Borglum, a number of other lead
ing minds in Europe and America were
in the same way Of thinking and so
he found no little support from several
unexpected quarters.
As we all know, numerous peace
schemes have been proposed, including
several jokes, but they all favored one
side or the other and consequently got
nowhere. DR.. Dumley, the famous Lon
don editor, has been working along the
same lines as the American sculptor and
has succeeded in getting in touch with
the Kaiser and obtaining his present
point of view.
What is it really they are fighting
fOr?' asked Mr.. Borglum.
National integrity answered Dr..
Rumley.
Chips in the Game.
We'll. then. to get that all sides must
be willing to go in on a give-and-take
preparation. They must all chip in to a
common pool II the United States is
in earnest about wanting to stop the war
and is willing to be arbitrator-which she
can't be and it is out of the question
let her start the game by putting on the
table the Panama Canal, Guam and
Hawaii
Then let England chip in the Suez
Canal and Gibraltar, Germany come up
with the KEEL Canal Turkey with the
Dardanelles, and every other nation that
owns strategic points on the worlds sur
face contribute them to the common
cause. That will prove their own good
intentions.
These points are to be owned in COM
mon, governed by the common commits
sion and policed by the international
army.
ton based on population, wealth and edu-
cation. Mere numbers, mere money or
mere learning cannot have the controll-
ing hand. They must be blended.
NO nation to have an army OF more
than 5000 men, which is to be used purely
for police work and changed each year
from one station to another, so that the
Panama Canal, for instance. would one
year be garrisoned by Russians, next by
Turks, then Italians, then Germans, then
japanese, and so on.
Every soldier in every army should
be educated in military college and be-
ing a member OF this international mill
tary police, should be made a great
honor and a distinction eagerly sought
for. AS the armies are small the pay
should be large, so that the best element
among the young men OF country would
be attracted.
All without Prejudice.
IN time this would make a genuine
" cosmopolitan army. whose members
would be internationalities, broad
minded and liberal in consequence of
their living and associating with all
the other peoples of the world. It's
proYinclalism that makes narrow
minded people and it is narrow minded
people who are stubborn and unrea-
sonable and bring about war by their
mulish propenslties. When people can
see and understand both sides Of a
question they don't go to war
"Of course, each country would con-
duct its own affairs in its own way
and be as distinct from other countries
as it pleased. Only in international
relations would the commissions and
the common army agreement be effec-
tive"
DR.. Rumley reports that the Kaiser
is very much impressed with the idea
and has practically said that he would
support 1t. That England would agree
he heems to have little doubt. What
the American congress will do only
time will tell, but the promulgators
of the scheme are very hopeful that
some dCllOn Will soon De taken in
Washington leading to some such re-
suit as they desire.
They point to the fact that the full
hllment Of their plan will in no way
interfere with national integrity, but,
on the contrary, will be a powerful
guarantee Of 1t for years to come
Let US hope this is not a dream and
that If it's what they claim, the ma
lions will go to it.