New Britain herald., 1918-01-28

That was the nations just love for
 self It must never be lost sight of.
 But, on the other hand, this quarlity
 may be overdone. It certainly has
 been overdone by Germany. An in
 dividuaI or people who forget self
 devotion soon become selfish, conceit-
 ed and arrogant I need not rehearse
 the attitude and deeds Of the German
 empire for the past generator to snow
 how they have been starving sell
 devotion and gorging self-respect un-
 til the fine quality of seltrespect mas
 become a distorted, hideous prute' While f-devotion has sunk and With
 cred in its shadow. I contend that Christianity would have saved Ger many Christianity would have pre- served the balance between Selt-re- spect and self f-devotion.
 TWO particular illustrations of the abuse of these qualities are before us today. The first is seen in the quar- rel between individualism and social ism. The kaiser is a splendid illustra- ton of extreme individualism; while the present Russian leaders I1enine
 and Trotsky, are examples of extreme socialism. Christianity steers between these two. It recognizes the absolute necessity of the development of indi- vidual character with it's rights and powers On the other hand. it also recognizes that that individual must be socialized must recognize itself as a part of the great social group of the world. Christianity destroys class. It offers each man his full chance. Nev- ertheless it insists that men have a duty which extends into all social, in- dustrial and political relations of life. Christianity makes men brothers by giving them right hearts and right at titudes rather than by endeavoring to set up a model social system, at the same time not negIecting it's duty to point out the errors and sins which any social system holds in it's en- virons
 'The second illustration is seen in the quarrel between nationalism and internationalism. Germany is a fine example of extreme nationalism. She has been preaching it, teaching it. pre- pairing for it behind the worlds back and before it's eyes. On the other hand, Russia S she now stands, is an
 extreme illustration of the spirit of internatiOnalSm, a doctrine which ] eliminates that natural love and con- sequent service which a man gives | to his own native land. Both na- l tionalisln and internationalism farbor l great dangers when carried to ex- | treme. The danger in extreme na- l tionalism is seen in the doctrine My 1 Country right or wrong An Amer ! ican juUist, writing in the New York l Times in a series of articles on the ] war, has advocated that after the war l this nation must make itself so secure hof l or concert of nations will dare attack
 it. Such a program, if we should at i tempt it, would be absolutely suicidal
 in the long run. America would be- l coming another Germany. Instead of | such program of nationalism, we l must rather have stronger program 1 of internationalism. We must have a l federation of the world. This world 1 is too closely knit together to allow l of any one nation endeavoring to set l ltscelf up alone in these days The 1 ends of the earth have been crowded 1 together as man has conquered dis 1 tance with his swift inventions This l Is illustrated in 8 message that left ] Oyster Bay one night when Mr. Roose- 1 welt was president. This message l went through Denver a minute after
 1t was sent, and a minute later still. 1t d1ved out through the Golden Gate.
 Then it slid past Manila, sang through ] the Indian Ocean, leaped over the l boundary of Asia into Europe: iun ned
 across England into the Atlantic and
 came from it's long bath in the ocean ] to the bleak shores of Newfoundland ! and set the telegraph receiver licking
 almost before the transmitter had i ceased, around the world in nine
 nlinutes.' Such fellowship of life makes Us ready to receive the news l that when war was declared in Eu
 rope, prices in Siam went up 100 per cent The bullets that fly at the 1 front today, fly further than bullets | ever went before. The ystrike not
 only men and boys in the trenches and l women and children at home: they strike the business men in Shanghai
 and the family with son of military
 age in San Francisco. A worldx of l such unprecedented ntimacies offers
 a double chance to it's inhabitants.
 On the one hand lies the finest possi- l bility for international broth erhood
 that men have ever known; on the ] other hand, the most dire possibilities | Of calamity and world friction.
 l lover against such ideas as ex- l pressed by this jurist, let us place the i opinions of such men as are back of 1 the League to Enforce Peace This
 league is supported by President Will ] son, ex-President Taft, Premier Lloyd 1 George, ex-Premier Asquith. Dr. Bal { four, Lord Gray, Vjscount Bryce, Pre- 1 mier Brand, and many other of the [ worlds statesmen. Lloyd George said l in a Guild hall speech, Peace and se- l curity will be that the nations will l band themselves together to punish 1 the first peace-breaker who comes 1 out President Wilson in his address l before the T.. $. senate said, Tn every 1 discussion of the peace that must end