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acquainted, each discovers that all the
others are pretty much like himself.
A decent sort, on the whole we'll
meaning, on the whole fair-dealing.
Prior TO such acquaintance, however,
the fliinsy groundwork of q general
ignorance of one another is more than
likely to give rise to suspicion, dis
trust dislike These feelings take ef-
feet in attitudes of open or secret hos
tility. Acquaintance, therefore, with
It's reciprocal understandings, makes
for amity and cooperation between
man and man, between community
and community.
And nations are but individuals
grouped into great units upon one
basis or aHother-upon. race or bound
aries set by either nature or man,
upon free choice as in the United
States or upon that self-determination
TO which the political settlements of
the World War gave rise. In any
event, nations are but groups of in
diViduals, human beings all, com
pounded the world over in practically
the same proportions Of good and i'll.
The logic of this plain parallel!sm is
that among peoples, as among indi-
viduals, the knowing Of one another
to the greatest possible degree of in
timaCy takes precedence as the Su-
preme condition of good Will and CO.
operation, the condition Of a general
peace. of progress away from mans
primitive state of savagery.
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I'm some such fashion as This must
have run the mind of the late Victor
Fremont Lawson as he pondered the
IN nf discovering
which nations in disagreement might
he diverted from the out-Worn arbit-
rament of war Nations, properly
studied, are likable." is his simple fun
damental statement. Likable, be-
cause humans everywhere are at bot
tom the same, no matter What may
be the surface differences of race, or
social structure, or political mechan-
ism.
An active man. Nj. Lawson. whose
deliberations tended to pass promptly
into action. And % years ago lie
had already begun his work or fuF-
thering by ways of the press bcIteF
understanding among peoples. The
driving force and directing spirit of 4
great newspaper. it was then that ne
founded the special foreign service of
the Chicago Daily News. And equal
to the business Of news getting in TINS
service did he make that OF prom"t-
ing. by way Of it's trained correspond
ents. every possible phase or under
standing, good feeling, respect ana
friandliness between their own coun-
try and those TO which they were as
signed.
TO the dean of these correspondents
Edward Price Bell, came the lhsplf"
ton that. under the enthusiastic sup
port Of Mr.. Lawson, produced ''N orId
Chancelleries. -" which. completed. is in
scribed TO the Memory of Victor
Fremont Lawson. builder. owner and
editor.in-chief of the Chicago Daily
News" TO q man whose under
standing and sympathy transcendeo
religious. national. ethic ana geo
graphic boundaries.
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In the hanged world. brought about
by the Great War and its immediate
results. what ia the new vision and
purpose Of every country in respect
10 a future of peace for itself and
wherever its influence reaches, fu-
ture of peace for the world itself? IL
is this question that set the book in
hand upon it's way. No conclusive
answer is possible. None is attempted.
1t is possible, however. to secure n
body Of opinion sourced in high au-
thority, upon the subject of interna
tional peace. Straight to the admins
trative head of each country repre-
sented here Mr.. Bell made his way
As q result one comes directly upon
the theories of many leaders IN re
Spect to the question OF world peace
An interview with the postwar chan.
Cellor of Germany, Marx, stands first
Mussolini, Poincare, Ramsay Mae
Donald, the premier of Canada. the
premier and foreign minister OF
Japan, the former prime minister OF
China. officials and leaders in the
Philippines. the President of the
United States-these all. i'll face Of
the general problem. examine it each
in the light of his own Country'S part
III u program of peace--in the light,
too. of a concert of effort toward this
end. The whole sums to body of
ideas. sentiments, argument, broadly
Sourced in both the Last and the
West, all bearing upon the real
foundations of international peace,
upon those foundations that lie
deep in the hope OF a civilized
world. deep in the nature OF civ
ilization itself 1t is not easy to con-
ceive a more considerable body of
information upon any given theme re
lating to human welfare than this
one. so varied in source, and centered
in so wide Il range of authoritative
statement. Edward Price Bell has
| procured a political study of surpass-
ing range that bears Immediately upon
the present and the near years of
the future. Apart from the substance
of these interviews, Mr.. Bell has pre-.
served each of these leaders in his
| own personality. in his own surround.
ings, so that each interview becomes
n highly dramatic scene in the midst
of which Il vital figure spreads his
| country and its purposes out for in
SpectiOn. Quite in the nature of an
adventure is it to move from Europe
out of the Orient and across to the
Philippines and America seeking com.
mon points of agreement concerning
the ways of peace in human
relationships.
The President of the United States.
in an introduction to "Norld Chancel-
Ieries." says: I'm these carefully
wrought statements of sentiment and
opinion we have, conceive, a peculiar
ly suggestive and important achieve.
ment in the field of international con-
citation" I'VE need an inter
national mind stably balanced against
sudden Shocks. 1t is the distinctive
virtue of these discussions. in my
view. that they tend to give us such
an international mind. One feels their
earnestness. their sympathetic quality.
their sincerity. One is moved by their
eloquence. Almost every major prin-
ciple and problem of civilized life fall
within their range, and their outlook
consistently is that of the common
| interests of mankind. If racial sus-
capabilities and nationalistic stand
points are urged with vividness and
candor they thus are urged, as I read
them, only in the hope that the world.
by ginning fuller knowledge of tic