Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-12-31
AMERICA NOT
Interested IN
BALANCE power


III European politics, but she is in
terested in the partnership Of right
between America and Europe. If
the future had nothing for us but
a new attempt to keep the world at
a right poise by balance of power
the United States would take no in
terest, because she will join no COM
bination of power which is not a
combination of all of us, She is not
interested merely in the peace of
Europe, but n the peace OF the
world.
"Therefore, it seems to me that
in the settlement which is just
ahead of us something more deli
cate and difficult than was ever at
tempted before has to be accom-
plished-a genuine concert of mind
and OF purpose. But while it is dif
iicult. there is an element present
that makes it easy. Never before
in the history of the world, | be-
lieve. has there been such a keen
international consciousness as there
is now.
There is a great voice OF human
ity abroad in the world just now
which he who cannot hear is deaf
There is a great compulsion OF the
common conscience now i'll exls-
tence which if any statesman resist
gain for him the most unenviable
eminence in history. We are not
obeying the mandate Of parties or
OF politics. We are obeying the
mandate of humanity.
Hopes for Settlement
That is the reason why it seems
10 me that the things that are most
often in our minds are the least
significant. 1t am not hopeful that
the individual items of the settle
ment which we are about to attempt
will be altogether satisfactory.
Zone has only to apply his mind
to any one of the question OF
boundary and of altered sovereignty
and OF radical aspirations to do
something more than conjecture
that there is no man and no body
OF men who know Just how they
ought to be settled, and yet if we
are to make unsatisfactory settle
ments we mret see to It that they
are rendered more and more sat
by the subsequent adjust
ments which are made possible. We
must provide them machinery for
readjustments IN order that we have
the machinery of good will and
friendship.
Correspondence Means Friendship.
Friendship must have a machin
cry. If | cannot correspond with
you, if ! cannot learn your minds,
if | cannot cooperate with you |
cannot be your friend, and if the
world is to remain a body of friends,
it must have the means of friend
ship, the means of constant friendly
the means for constant
watchfulness over the common in
terests. That makes it necessary
to make some great effort to have
with one another an easy and con-
slant method of conference, so that
troubles may be taken when they
are little and not allowed to grow
until they are big. | neve, thought
! had big differnce with a man,
that did not find when l came
into conference with him that after
all it was rather a little difference,
and that if we were frank with one
and did not too much stand
upon that great enemy of mankind
which is called pride, we could come
together.
1T is the wish to come together
that is more than half of the process.
It is a doctrine which ought to be
easy of comprehension in a great
commercial center like this. You
cannot trade with a man who sus-
poets you You cannot establish
commercial and industrial relations
with those who do not trust you.
Good will is the forerunner of trade.
Good will is the foundation of trade,
and trade is the great amicable in
strument of the world on that &C
count
Tells Anecdote.
Il felt before | came here, at
home in Manches ter,-because Man.
chester has so many of the char
acteristics of our great American
cities. | was reminded of an anec-
dote of humorous fellow country
man of mine, who was sitting at
luncheon in his club one day when
man whom he did not like particu-
larly came up and slapped him on
the shoulders and said:
Hello, Obey, how are you"
"He looked at him coldly and
said:
az don't know your face, and |
don't know your name. but your
manners are very familiar.
At Home in Manchester.
II don't know your name, but
your manners are very familiar and
very delightfully."- familiar, so that |
felt that in the community of in