, 1921-06-30
AN INCESSANT pHnp,G,<n,

HASitiNGTOE June u *,
r!e'u' no commercial policy. no So
" movement. no natiOna! prateu-
SION was even so p~afustaLin.I,
pr~opagandized throughout The wnTIGG
as Is this fetish of certain large An,
anclal interests called nteruaticnaI-
ISM declares the Republican Puh-
'!clty Association, through its presi-
uent. o jonathan Bourne, Jr
mere Is a plethora of literature de-
'oteu 10 It's cause. a multitude of
pubilc speakers are warm in its ad-
vocacy, and it has even wormed its
way into the churches and colleges
to be apotheosized and held up like
the brazen serpent Of Moses for the
alteration OF those who. fanged by
their own selfishness have lost faith
IN national identity. The cost Of
this propaganda must be colossal.
but it represents not a title of the
stake for which its supporters are
playing. They are practical men,
these sappers Of natIonalism, who
employ impartially the doctrinairse
Or the sophist TO advance their cause.
believing that il they are successful
in erecting a superstate they will
into complete control Of b
economics OF the world
- sEpiCdl lHSldHce OF tnlS pfODa~
was displayed on the occasion
If the commencement day exercises
If the american University in Wash
ngtOn, recently. To the credit OF
he governing board Of the instixu-
it may be said that they had 40
'art in f.. while the remarks of tie
of the university were
American. Ths invoca~
ion preceding the exercises was -
frect appeal to the audiences to sup
ort interna ttonaIism. while the ad-
OF the representative at the
from Canada Was a
only in it's tshalf> 1t was there
1re o inspiring to hear the reply
( the principle speaker OF th+ oc-
aston. President Warren G.. Hard
1g. who slowly and in words which
o listener could mist1fe. answered
he Hon. Newton W. Rowell. OF
as follows:
" + do not think r can let thfs
ccaslon pass without giving assert
0 many Of the Appropriate and app
things just uttered by DR..
like his expression that
and Canadian ideals are
n common. And while he spoke
bout the North American contribu-
ions to ~present-day civilization and
0 the world, it occurred TO me that
picture OF the two grant peoples
living side by side in peace, in con-
idence and mutual understanding
8 about the finest exemp1ffication
hat two nations can give to the
World. I have said on man occa-
ions that If all the nations of the
.arth were as honest and unselfish
Is our republic there never would be
war. shall revise it to-
and say that II all the nations
If the earth are as unselfish and de-
to their ideals as the United
and Canada there never will
De another war.
If may suggest. without a
hiscordant note, for there is none in
my heart. | should like to call at
to the fact hat the United
of America and the Dominion
Of Canada have dwelt side by side
and settled their controversies with
out resort to a superpower; but by
the exercise of the sovereignty OF
free peoples dealing with one an
If we can commit civilized
humanity to abiding righteousness
and everlasting justice and inspire
It with our example, we shall have
made a long stride toward the peace
the world Graves
Thus was assurance made duubly
sure that under Warren G. Harding
United States will not be COM
to the caStellany of IA super
government. but will deal with
other nations by the exercise OF the
sovereignty of a free people. TIL"
sincerity of many of the advocates
If internatiOnalism is lot question:
I'd. but their dogma is unacceptable"
o the vast majority of this Repub-
ic. And it will remain so just as
ong as we elect to march in til"
Vanguard of civilization as human
beings and resent all attempts to
this nation into an ashlar for
he structure of Il superstate.'