The New York herald., 1922-02-19

Is the press. The courtesy of news
papers toward nations does not
count so much between England
and the United States as 1t does on
the Continent I'VE are not foreign
TO one another as France. Germany
and Italy are foreign to one an
other. We know one another's
ways and we can discount what our
newspapers say" After admins
tering this acquittal to the English
written press. Bryce declares that
speaking broadly. the press ofeall
the nations taken together has done
more to set them in an unlovely
light TO one another and provoke
enmity than to win friendship"
The people of each country should
pay more attention to the charac-
ter of their Governments. their poll
sicians and their newspapers
You may say that each people,
since IL knows that its own Govern
ment. it's own politicians and its
own press do not represent it's best
temper and It's highest spirit, pos
6ibly not even It's general spirit,
onght to remember that the same
Is true of neighbor peoples. That
may be a good ground for tolerant
judgments OF other nations; but
after all. every nation cannot help
being judged by those who purport
TO speak for 1t and whose voices go
abroad. II will always be liable to
be Judged by its Government. and
must suffer If its Government mis-
represents ii If il wishes to es-
cape blame. let the electors turn out
the Government II its politicians
misrepresent IL. let them be pun
ished by its displeasure. II it feels
Its public opinion to be fairer and
sounder than that of governments
and politicians. as has not infre-
quently happened in England. let 1t
see that wiser and saner opinion
finds due expression In its press.
To all of us. Englishmen and Amer
leans. 1t ia annoying to see our
selves misjudged by foreigners. and
exposed to an III will which we
sometimes have not deserved. But
when this happens, it is always
more or less our own fault.
~.
Lord Bryce sums up the causes
OF war as lust for territory. re-
ligious hatred. injury to citizens.
commercial and financial ambition,
sympathy with those oppressed by
an alien Government. and fear. The
agencies by which peace may be at
tanned and kept. he says. are d.
plomacy. popular control of foreign
policy. the morality of States and
better methods for the settlement OF
international disputes Bryce is
not strong for alliances. They are
unstable. for the interest Of one or
the other party may change When
made between strong Powers they
excite jealousy and suspicion. Rest
ing upon armed force. they make
nations think in terms Of armed
force.
What OF the dream of a super
state embracing the whole world.
a federation of peoples ruled by n
parliament of man? II appeals to
the imagination. the old diplomatist
admits. II holds out hope of in
calculable blessings. But il is a
phrase. and only phrase. a phrase
which has no definite relation to
anything in the actual world of our
time" There speaks the wise
watcher OF events and human weak
nesses, the man with charity to-
ward all hut delusions about none.
Such frankness and practically
make international Relations" a
book of wisdom. Bryce holds out
no false hopes, no pessimistic dis
couragemants. He knows humanity
and loves il. but the only visions on
his horizon are those thrown by
the flying film OF history.
All we have outlined here Of this
important book has been but the
framework of one of its many sides.
The novice who reads it will under