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whose authority and unity may be
weakened by immense diyergences
Of culture, language, tradition, and
economic interests which separate
them.
Wide Interest Aroused
''Or you can build up a far more
solid guarantee of peace between
nations like those which constitute
self-governlng portions OF the Brit
ish Empire, which are racially and
culturally akin, but whose authority
may be opposed by equally power.
full groups outside. and even may
be. regarded by them as a menace.
1.-THE ideal Is. Of course. to com
bine both methods. but to insure
that regional agreements are sub.
ordinate, or at least, are not in con-
flict NTH the principles Of the
whole League of Nations,
within recent years there have
been several agreements In Europe.
OF which that Of Locarno Ii the
most famous, which seek to .estao.
lish more binding guarantees OF
peace within a limited area; hut It
10 doubtful whether ali Of these
strictly conform to the overriding
obligations Of the League Of Ma
lions.
"It is in the light OF these con.
siderations that one is compelled to
consider the remarkable statement
which has been published by Mr..
W. r. Hearst, in the large number
OF American newspapers which ne
controls.
This statement declares that the
time Is ripe to advocate the coop.
Grafton OF Engllsh-speaking peoples
OF the world to maintain peace; that
tnere would be permanent co,
operative compact whose aim would
be to prevent parties to the agree.
ment making war on themselves
and to protect one and all parties
to the agreement from warlike az.
gression by others
/ There should be an armament
agreement for all military, naval
and air forces sufficient. but no
more than sufficient, to make the
compact effective.
These suggestions are all the
more remarkable because OF the
consistently anti British record of
the Hearst press. II they reflected
no more than a. journalistic leap,
the direction Of the leap would still
be instructive.
War Held lUnthlnkabIe
Twisting the lions tail is evidently
not quite the game it was. To
most Englishmen. as doubtless ~
most Americans. the idea of war he.
tween ourselves and the IInjtod
States Is unthinkable.
| An unstrategic frontier. 3O0O
miles in length, between Canada and
the United States, is entirely I'm.
projected from attack-that is suffi.
Gent proof that war between the
BRUSH and American peoples Is as
remote from their ideas as II Il I'd
those OF the peoples Of Surrey and
Middlesex.
THAT kind Of guarantee OF peace
needs no buttress. and probably is
better WITHOUT written undertakings
or formal agreement.
| The Hearst proposal goes further
In suggesting what il In effect = AZ.
fenstve alliance. Since Mr.. Hearst
cefmtely repudiates the suggestion
OF 'entangling alliances he must W
supposed to mean that each country
would be free to determine for Itself
whether any other party to the
agreement had been the victim of
aggression.
ut would be possible, therefore.
Tor sthts country to enter into such
understanding without committing
any breach Of its obligations to the
League OF Nations, whose verdict on
the question OF whether any agg. IS.
sion had In fact taken place, 1t would
continue OF course to regard as bind.
ing.
"As to the proposed agreement on
ornaments, the League hasn't vet
evolved any scheme OF genera re.
duction, and its chance Of evolving
one would not probably be dImin'
ished by any agreement prev ously
arrived at between this country anJ
the United States,
League Facing Difficulties
although there appear to be nc
insuperable difficulties so Lar as the
League Of Nations IL concer~ed, In
the way Of q close understanding
such as Mr.. Hearst suggests. IL by
no means follows that his PROPOSALS
arr the best way Of insurins thai the
immense combined resources of the
English-speaking peoples Ars turned
to an directive guarantee OF The
worlds or their own peace.
Mr.. Hearst appears to be think
ing much ~ the terms of the N
struments Of war. He NAV know
and we may know, that the purpose
OF such a combination would be pure
ly pacific. but it's very power would
be apt to excite jealousies and sus
picions, already latent, of the Anglo
Saxon domination In world affairs
THE reality Of close understand
ing between the various English
speaking races is mora important
than the forms, and less liable tC
be misunderstood. And the reality
would express itself in ways which
would not only disarm criticism, buI
would give far more effective guaran
tee Of peace than any documentar,
undertaking.
"War isn't the outcome OF sud
den mania, but of baffIed diplomacy
Close and continued diplomatic un
derstanding between the United
States and the British Empire goulC
diminish the likelihood of war fal
more effectively than would any Os
tentatlOus defensive agreement.
defense agreement would come init
operation perhaps once in hundre,
years; perhaps never.
Chinese Policy Stressed
'The occasion for close AipIomati,
collaboration occurs today and all tn,
time. China offers a first.cIass on
pOrtunity AZ tha nraseuf noouoHnt