The New York herald., 1921-05-23

how greedy many people are. on account OF
themselves and on account of their children.
for an ordered general account Of the exist
ing knowledge of our place in space and
time For want of anything better they
have taken my outline very eagerly. Far
more eagerly would they have taken finer,
sounder and more authoritative work.
He advocates a union of scholarly effort.
IL body of men could work together to
produce unity, for example. like the King
James version of the Bible, why could not
the same thing be done with book Of this
kind?
Wells admits that America may 60 on for
a century without political reorganization.
But not Europe. Before Europe can get on
to a level and on to equal terms with the
United States the European communities
have to 20 through a process that America
went through-under much easier condi-
tons-a century and half ago, They have
to repeat, a much greater scale and
against profounder prejudices. the feat Of
understanding and readjustment that was
accomplished by the American people be-
tween 1871 and 1888"
very helpful comparison, and by the
way that is period Of our own history far
too little studied. For help in that we might
well turn back to the writings Of Henry
Adams about whom most people nowadays
know only that he had an education"
Here is the world state as Wells sees II:
There will be supreme court determin-
ing not international law, but world law.
There will be a growing code Of world law.
There will be world currency.
There will be ministry Of posts, trans
port and communications generally.
There will be a ministry Of trade in
staple products and for the conservation and
development of the natural resources of the
earth.
There will be a ministry Of social and
labor conditions
There will be ministry of world health.
There will be ministry, the most Inn
portant ministry Of all. watching and sup
pementing national educational work and
taking UP the care and stimulation Of back.
ward communities.
"And instead Of war office and naval
and military departments there will be a
peace ministry studying the belligerent pos
sibities Of every new invention. watching
for armed disturbances everywhere, and
having complete control of every armed
force that remains in the world All these
world ministries will be working in CO.
operation with local authorities who will
apply worldwide general principles to local
conditions"
have placed the Tardieu book along with
the other two because 1t shows in its analysis
OF the treaty how absolutely impossible Il is
for the world to 90 on indefinitely on the
old basis. The author tells MS story clearly
and il is worth telling. But more impressive
than the direct result is the unconscious
revelation Of an attitude in both Tardieu
and Clemenceau. Their minds vet move ir
the circles Of the old diplomacy. The solu-
tions they offer imply world Of continuing
war though Tardeu pleads for peace-by
way Of a new triple alliance between France
England and America!
No, That IS too small view. Yet
Clamenceau showed the way For II needs
only the indomitahle viii with which he re-
organized and guided France through her
darkest hour TO reorganize the world. But
no one man can do it. Il must be the will
Of the world And such books as Irwin s
and Wells's help 10 educate that viii.