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, man controlling it, while among ma
tions there Is no such machine. There
are only separate parts. machine Is
not merely a collection of separate
parts; q machine is a collection OF
parts which, though they have sepa-
rate tasks to accomplish and are IN
dependent of each other, are yet inter-
dependent and are placed under the
control of one man, with the result
that the machine can be directed as a
whole toward the attainment of any
object. In this world nothing what
ever can be accomplished except by
n machine of some kind. If man
stretches forth his hand, or moves his
finger, or speaks a word, he does II
by operating a machine-by operating
the most perfect machine we know
of, the human body
Therefore, in order to preserve
peace permanently, it would be neces-
sary to. invent and develop an inter
national machine controlled by one
man.
1t would be necessary, in other
words, to invent and develop a sort of
counterpart of the machine which pre-
served the Pax Romano so long
throughout the world. 1t would be
necessary, that is, to invent and de-
Velop a sort of counterpart of the Ro-
man empire. 1t may be answered
that this would be impracticable. If
so, the securing of permanent peace
would be impracticable.
But even if the securing of perma-
nent peace be impracticahle, we
should of course. aim al getting as
much peace as possible. The most
efficient line of work would seem TO
be that of removing the causes of
war. One of the most prolific causes
if not the most prolific cause) Is such
a condition of affairs that certain ma
tiOns are highly prosperous and in
adequately armed while other nations
are not very prosperous but are high
ly armed, and are highly desirous of
securing by force the wealth Of the
nations that are inadequately armed.
As 1t would be foolish to suggest that
nations should not try to be prosper
Gus, and equally foolish to suggest
that unprosperous nations should not
try to get all the wealth they can
from wealthy nations, we see that one
of the first essentials toward peaceful
conditions is that the prosperous ma
tions shall arm themselves sufficiently
to deter any poorer nations from at
tacking them.
In other words, each wealthy nation
should follow the example of a safe
deposit company, and adopt every
possible means to safeguard its valu-
ables. Safe deposit vaults do this so
thoroughly that attacks on them or
burglaries are seldom even attempted.
The part of the world in which il
seems to be the most difficult to Sc
cure lasting peace is the Philippine
Islands. One reason is that it would
be highly desirable to Japan to pos
sess them in order to have an outlet
for her surplus population, and in
order, also, to prevent the United
States from using them as a base for
commercial operations in China.
Another reason is that it would be
| to the advantage Of Great Britain to
have the United States get into
war with Japan. because such a war
would necessitate the withdrawal of
American merchant ships from com
merce on the ocean and would there
fore enable Great Britain to reassume
her place as mistress of the world
and to substitute a condition of un-
precedented prosperity for her present
condition of depression, by manu-
featuring and selling goods of all
kinds, including munitions of war to
both sides
Unfortunately. the preservation of
peace In the Philippines was made
more difficult by the Washington Con
ference on the Limitation of Arma-
ment, because the American dele
gates signed a paper agreeing that the
United States should not add 10 the
| wholly inadequate defenses of the
Philippines or improve their wholly
inadequate capacity as a naval base
an act which increas sed the temptation
of Japan to capture those immeasur-
ably valuable islands
The American delegates acted as
foolishly is the officials OF a safe de
post company would if they reduced
the protection surrounding their valu.
ables.
Copyright. 1926