Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-29

Marching Through Georgia." he re-
piled and added: IT was Southerner,
and 1t is quite true that the Northern
ers crossed Georgia, but they were
Americans" And so q march dating
from the Civil War united the con-
querors and the conquered of Rich
mond.
Let us now compare the situation Of
Europe after 1918 with that of North
America after 1865.
In both cases devastations, cruelty,
feuds that seemed incapable; but also,
in both cases, marvellous constancy and
heroism among the combatants-who.
whatever they may accuse one another
OF doing cannot abuse their opponents
for lack of courage. Also, in both
cases, war leaves behind no wounds of
amour propre or of pride; 1t creates
only feeling of horror and hatred of
massacres. In the case of Europe it is
true that all the older nations are
enveloped in rampant of protection
ism and particulariSm, which was not
so in the case of America, but, on the
other hand, they are without a color
question to poison their relations.
Difficulties Are Different.
Are the difaculties in the way of
the United States of Europe any big
ger than those which the American
States experienced after the Civil war?
They are doubtless very different They
demand more time, more patience tn
Solve-and an infinite tact.
The first thing to do Is to lower the
custom duties and tariffs. The idealist
who was the eloquent propagation of the
idea OF pan-Europa spoke not of sun
pressing frontiers, but of making them
invisible. Let us begin by lowering the
tarln walls, by enlarging the field of
those who profit by them. All this NAV
be done without touching the soul Of
sensitive nations that are ALWAYS ready
to sense an insult. This will be the 11rst
| and sloweSt phase in the molding to-
gether OF the United States of Europe.
When this Will have been realized MANY
preJudiceS will by that time have been
d1sSipated, many particularisms will have
vanished as obsolete superstitions: all
this, l repeat, without there being any
need for nation to sacrifice one whit
of its real individuality.
Then We will be able to work toward
creating a political federation for the
European states.
This evolution naturally is possible
only II there is no rupture of equilibrium
In world which is still suffering from
the shock OF the war. The United States
OF North America accepted every decision
OF the supreme Court without there be-
ing ever any need of coercion; but for
many years after the Civil War it
nevertheless was necessary to use the
most stringent police measures to pre-
vent armed risings in the South.
Must Guard Security.
hope the day will come when a war
between two European nations will APP
| pear as absurd or unlikely as a war be-
tween two States of the American
Union. but this will take place only after
long period of collaboration and con-
fdence. In the years that are coming
European nations will still have to take
measures to guard their security so long
as the League OF Nations does not, as
M. BRAND expressed 1t. dispose of a
secular arm; in other words, so long as
international measures will not follow as
a direct consequence Of any attempt to
bring about war.
The day viii come, however, when the
threat of this secular arm will no longer
be necessary to impose compliance. But