New-York tribune., 1922-08-09
(orld State
Advocated at
WillianlstOWrl
|,,,on Tells Institute That
Solution of Asiatic and
,rr;can Problems Rests
rInon a Commonwealth
Banks Liberty Over Peace
,..,;ees Force Until All
r;,izens Are Unselfish;
Propaganda Is Analysed
81 Arthur S. Draper

r,-.;s CT the British Colonial
f.. - brought to close this morning
..,4ss Of lectures under the au,
The Institute Of Politics with
s.rsssion Of the hope that the ma
-. n the world would be brought
great commonwealth similar to
-. toymed by the peoples in the
ss..s Empire. At the end of his
..~s his audience applauded sc
1 ...,onsly Mr.. Curtis had to return to
sas platform.
sTbs saying that force settles moth
- said Mr.. Curtis, "is in open con-
~ With facts. No state can ever dis
..,,s with force until every citizen is
n wise and wholly unselfsh. The
-. thing ever uttered on the sub.
- 80 was written by your own Admiral
fGabsn The province OF force In hu-
90 affairs is to give moral Ideas
ore time 70 take root
Freedom, Not Peace, Is Test
klsring that the principle Of rep.
.a9ton could not Of itself unite
Esr ore rule Of law two common
Eealths divided by 5000 miles, Mr.
Acurtis said:
aThe people Of California and those
a, New England could not have been
Halted in ore commonwealth merely by
Kdrtue Of representation in q common
assembly, simply for the reason that
&one government would never have been
Nsble to discharge all the business nee.
AesssTy for the number of people des-
Ht;usd 10 occupy so vast an area. 1t i.
Aoniy matters too great for those com
Hmanity states to handle that the as
senbly Of the nation at large is askec
4to control.
"The principle l have to submit fo,
yosr serious consideration is that thu
rs; by which all policies should b,
rs7ed is not whether they tend tt
uintain peace but whether they tent
> sdyance freedom among men. l asl
5 i's to consider what the effect on tn,
grsnstional situation would be if il
lasrica to-day there were forty-eigh
Earate republics, each with foreign
department, an army and a genera
Tai Of its own. Do you blame us i
he draw our conclusions from the les
"a taught by yourselves7
The relations of the peoples of Eu
s's and America to those of Asia an
itlca are the ultimate problem o
rkies The real question is how t.
Elg these relations within the realn
dav properly so called. The solution
n hat problem involves the creatio,
ia supernatlonal state, or in plai1
r,ds comm onwealth of nations. An,
DO not shrink from offering a con
si0n so daring TO practical peopl
A yourselves 1T IS only because tn
hnons OF races in all the continent
az at all the various stages of prog
nn, together equal to one-cuarter O
i:nan soceity, have been brough
IAn the range Of international law
me International state, miscaIled tn
Sntish Empire is a genuine common
Tealth in the making
Propaganda Defined
With President Garfield. Of Wi
lans, one Of the other round tabl
leaders, and several of the member
NEteipatlng in the discussion, tn
Onferenee on Foreign journalism
proved interesting this morning. Tn
tueshon Of propaganda and legitimat
&iuolcity was again under considers
&so1, and eventually the word props
ianda was defined as publicity with
alpcse, nsidious or otherwise"
At the suggestion of the leader tn
embers Of the round table prepare
Eapefs describing the work of the In
Stliute with special reference to tn
alue Of publicity in the furtherane
i Its activities.
In all countries" wrote one mem
HI, may De recognized a small grou
instructed individuals and a grea
asss Of uninformed and prejudice,
eope; both groups having politica
power but wide apart in ability an,
sp,Osltlon to use that power for tn
ei0srate and considered formation
~ deVel lopment of policy. This clas
lislon into high and low brows is
sloftune Of peculiar poignancy /,
Use modern conditions. Bridging t:-i
is OF supreme moment, and sppar
NV the initiative must come fron
khighs. -
Make Opinion Articulate
Sarnalistic world. the academ,,
the Professional classes-armv
K, legal and medical pundits. socia
ala1re workers Of all sorts-ought t.
sna less time and effort in frictior "
ong themselves and more In attemnt lT.
10 arrive at some common denom
ators Of cooperative endeavor !,
asng national opinion more articu
s cOncretely the personal contact, N tact
Tween academic persons, TEMPTED i,
direction of the awful sin Of +h,
.@soglc frame of ntnd, with saw tn
s.,aslsts snI.:ts tempted toward superficial
tfItmscence ...nce and the mutual realizatio,
asl0ng points as well as dangerou
.ssacles .s.iaces in their fellow-workers
sasate ssi.n., very weighty feature Of tn
a5s.utes significance.
HOlessional journalists could wit,