The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-18
MATURE MAY MAKE
WORLD PEACE SURE
Sir William Ramsay Warns of
Interference by Rulers
and Diplomats.
WAR NOW A BOOMERANG
Destruction Germany Sought
Produces Benefit, Says
Edinburgh Savant.

Sir William NJ. Ramsay of Edinburgh.
Scotland. a leading authority on the
history Of the early Christian church,
whose plans to excavate ancient Antioch
will be put into effect probably next
year. has written a letter TO the Rev.
Dr. s. Edward Young. pastor OF the
Bedford Presbyterian Church Of Brook
lyn, in which he states that II nature
is let alone by rulers and diplomats
It will bring about automatically and
naturally league of nations.
THE one thing that can interrupt this
process" Sir William wrote to his
friend. DR.. Young, would be the at
intrude the handiwork OF man into the
work. 1t would be a profound blunder
on the part OF dipiomatists and Cover
nors and Premiers and Presidents to
try to better the process which Is going
on by directing II into different chan
nels. II is working itself out in It's own
way. and the remarkable thing Is that
II Ia due to the efforts of Germany to
destroy 1t and to eliminate all free ac-
tlon OF peoples from the stage OF the
greater history.
MS Is tne one NudN
in my mind, that there may be some
great man who will try to run the bust
ness on his own lines. The great pre-
miers and kings have been the great
offenders in history. But ] am hopeful
that your President. who has hitherto
shown very skilfully the power OF wait
ing on and gradually guiding the de-
cision and action OF the people. will
carry out the same process to the end
and will not substitute diplomacy for
nature. Such power has been placed in
his hands as has never been in the hands
Of any human being since the world be-
gan. It must be fully conceded that he
has used II well. that he waited until
the time when action would be most
effective. and he has thrown the whole
energy of that vast power he controls
into the struggle.
There can be no doubt that by unani-
nous consent he will be appointed presi-
dent OF the congress which will rectify
the conditions of future history 1t
makes one feel that the war with all Its
horror and suffering Is resulting in the
creation OF a new condition Of things
which will be happier and better. and
that the sacrifice OF many millions OF
lives and three times as many millions
OF casualties made by the Kaiser for his
own ACKNOWLEDGMENT and by the Ger
mans for their own aSgrandizemeut-
they We've all In the same boat and all
rowing their strongest-will work out
to a totally different end. the very OPP
posite Of VIVA. they thought or desired.
Every one speaks in the most extra
ordinarily high terms OF the American
soldiers. They have turned out to be on
a standard OF excellence which was in
credible a year ago. which tustifles de-
mocracy and freedom and proves that in
the last resort the free man Is the better
soldier when he gets warning and the
chance OF preparing. have heard Aus
tralian soldiers say that they always like
to have a Scottish regiment next TO them
because they could be certain that 1t
would never go back. l believe that now
they would with equal confidence say
that they preferred either a Scottish or
an American regiment
The American shipbuildinK has also
proved to be on a colossal and unbeliev-
able scale. but up to the present time,
on the other hand. the air work has been
disappointment except So far as con-
Germs the men themselves These are
perfect. but the machines have not vet
come up TO the standard that Is required.
the truth being that in America they
have no idea OF the excellence and the
methods by which excellence had been
obtained during the years OF the war in
a!rplane construction. ! hear since this
was dictated that there is a squadron OF
airplanes with Liberty motors doing very
well in the Independent Air Force under
our Gen. Trenchard "a good mani"
This letter was written on October 8.