Evening star., 1922-01-22
BY THOMAS r. MARSHALL, :
Former Vice President of the
United States.

Former Vice President Of the
g.. United States.
LOOK with pleasure on the
proposal to hold international
meetings. annually or bien-
nially. to discuss the state Of
the world. to diagnose its condi-
tion, to prognosticate early symp-
toms and to prescribe homeopathic
doses of good will and mutual
advice to forestall diseaAe. The
most potent thing Of all life is the
influence of common counsel and
'educations
The ills of mankind which have
bled a world white in its efforts to
scribed remedies productive Of war
and for which have been pre-
scribed remedies productive Of war,
have not been diagnosed similarly
by the various specialists called in.
Consequently, there have been
conflicting remedies.
One school OF political doctors
has, been sure that the peace OF
mankind is In danger because the
individual is a fighting man. Its
the survival of the fittest and to
them Darwin's "ittest" means
strongest" They Eravely doubt
whether it is possible to eradi-
cate from the mind Of man his
desire for supremacy and his con-
sequent Willingness to obtain; it
regardless of its cost or its effect
for peace and probably believing
that they possess such desire.
they are well satisfied that peace
may be obtained only by being
prepared at every point to resist
encroachment. The disclosure of
history that preparation for pre-
vention is an invitation to assault
fmpresses them not at all.
A second school is made up of
political doctors, who believe that
national pride. vainglory and self
esteem are'the three predisposing
causes to war They hold that it
tain Its. self-respect without prov
ing it's superiority upon the fields
of battle.
Diagnosis frequently is bad and
prognosis worse. have, how
ever, known patients to recover in
spite of faulty science. A family
In our town was quarantined for
tSSeAAACS ACSSI. ~ oo q lu1l nSch
before the doctor in charge learned
that the rash was caused by the
mother soaking q red rag in kero-
sene oil. sailing it well and bind
ing it around the child's throat.
One of the idols of Indiana
democracy was Thomas A. Hen
bricks and there was mourning
In every democratic household in
the state when 1t was announced
that he had gangrene in a big toe.
A. country doctor, who was an
intimate friend of the governors,
hurried to Indianapolis. With a
familiarity Of longtime friendship
and unfaltering devotion to the
governors welfare. he asked to see
the toe. Gosh. Tom. you've got a
bile there" he said. A boil 1t
was. not gangrene, and in a couple
of days Hendricks was back at his
office.
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The value of international gath
erines is obvious. More than like
ly l am unwilling to admit that
there is any alien people as class
at all comparable with the Amer
ican. / wave my flag. I shout my
shibboleths. / boldly declare that
my nation is the best nation on
people have more knowledge. more
good will. more charity, more en-
terprise-in brief, that they are
the leaders of mankind. may
be willing to admit that any in
dividual may be mistaken. but
confidently assert that American
ideas and American aims. when
nodded together in the mass. are
all to the good I proclaim myself
for peace and good will among
the nations of the earth, but I
serve notice that peace and good
will are to be had only on condi-
tion that all others admit the su-
periority of my government.
This is one of the causes that
have led to conflicts in the past
and it constitutes one Of the
danger signals for the future.
Whether the cause is national or
individual in its character is a
moot question. Let us admit that
it is both national and individual.
Beneficent influences will flow
from the Washington conference
only when we as individuals and
as a nation come to understand
that We are both superior and in
ferior.
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More harm has come to human
kind through the effort to edu-