The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-27

Debt Commission Man
Urges Continuing U.
S. Foreign Policy.
BY N. d. COCHRAN

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L. dustry worth watching. He
first came into public view as the
constructive genius Of the commits
sion that formulated and put into
effect the so-called Dawes plan as a
practical remedy for the after-war
ills Of Europe. Shortly after HIS
return to this country, at a dinner
given to him by other big business
men in New York. Young advocated
continuing foreign policy for the
the United States-a foreign policy
that wouldn't flop every time the
voters Topped from one party to
another in a national election.
Nothing radically wrong about
that = just plain common sense.
When we boil our various foreign
policies down to one and keep it
going, no matter what political
party happen to win at national
election, then the other govern
ments of the world viii be able to
figure on just what TO expect from
us in our relations With them. That
would make for international I'M
Outstanding, which has a whole lot
to do with the world peace.
Wants New School
Young's latest public utterance is
speech at Baltimore announcing
/ the proposal to establish at Johns
Hopkins University a school Of in
ternational relations, ''for the pur-
pose of inquiry and research as to
how the nations and the peoples
of the world may better 1--we to-
gether in prosperity and in peace
Nothing alarming about that.
More plain common sense. Wars
grow out of conflicting opinions.
Long after the wars are over his
torians begin trying to get at the
facts. Young proposes that we
learn the facts before we start fight
ing over our opinions. His fact
finding machinery is preliminary
step toward outlawing war. He
wants to go about 1t as scientists
went about the big job Of outlawing
disease. He says:
I'VE desire to outlaw war. Not
so long ago we desired to outlaw
the yellow fever. We desired to
outlaw typhoid We desired to out
law diphtheria- We desired to
shake off the enervating shackles
of the hookworn. For centuries be-
fore, men had prayed and suffered.
They had exhibited the greatest
daring and bravery in dealing with
these plaques. All their heroism
all their suffering, all their pray
ers awaited them nothing for their
relief, for God, in His infinite wis
dom. had seemed to say you must
learn to help yourselves"
Search for Truth
Well. we went at 1t scientifically.
searching for the truth. and we have
outlawed these dread diseases Of the
flesh. Now Young proposes that
we go about outlawing war in the
same scientific manner, supplying a
science, systematic body OF things
known. Among other things we
would undertake to learn the psy-
chology of war and to create a sci
ence of peace just as military sci
entists have developed a science Of
war. At this school of international
relations all available facts would
be marshalled that affected inter
national relations, which would in
clude economic facts, race psychol-
ogy facts, geographical facts, and
all other facts which would help to
bring about understanding OF the
big problem based on scientifically
ascertained facts instead Of half
baked political opinions.
In proposing the Walter Hines
Page school OF international rela-
tons, Mr.. Young draws this pic
ture: Guided by professors of dis
tinction, research workers will ac-
cumulate this information by study
Of original sources. These men will
gather the facts about international
trade, racial psychology, commercial
and military geography. diplomatic
usage and experience, effects Of arti-
ficial economic barriers upon inter
national amity, effects of new inven-
tions to expedite communication, and
all the hundreds of things that en-
ter into the contacts of nation with
nation. These facts will be digested
systematized, rossreferenced, an.
alyzed and made accessible to every
body who needs to know them. The
men who. do this research work viii
become experts in international
problems. Some OF them will con-
tinue their service in pure research
as a life career. Others will be
teachers of the science. Others win
be drafted into the government
service"
Conceding that all the world
wants peace rather than war. this
offering Of practical idealism from
hard-headed captain of industry
with vision and imagination win do
more to get the world headed toward
international peace than thousands
of high-sounding but practically
worthless resolutions by organiza-
lions that settle humanity's prob
lens by resolution. We have heard
much Of the science OF war. The
world is yearning for the science OF
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