Evening star., 1940-12-22
Defense Of Democracy
Twofo|d, DR.. Walsh
Tells College Students
Preparedness Against
Aggression and Rigorous
Understanding Needed

The defense of democracy is two
fold-one by national preparedness
against external aggression, the
other by clear and rigorous under
standing of the meaning of democ-
racy-Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, S. j.,
vice president of Georgetown Uni
versity, yesterday told student dele
gates to the annual Conference OF
International Relations Clubs.
Few democracies have perished
by external assault-many by in
ternal degeneration" he said. de-
mocracy, because of its universal
appeal, is the easiest form of social
control to establish and the hardest
to maintain and perpetuate."
Father Walsh, who also is regent
OF the school Of foreign service,
addressed approximately 300 young
people representing clubs from more
than 10 colleges and universities in
the Middle Atlantic States. The
meeting was the last in the two
day session.
Should Not Forget Liberties.
'The blessings of constitutional
government, the precious liberties
secured by the Bill Of Rights and
the safeguarding Of the tnalienable
prerogative OF human personality
should never be absent from the
teaching charge, whether In elemen-
tary or graduate schools" he de-
clarsd. "But educators should never
forget that democracy cannot be
neatly epitomized in the slogan Of
the French revolutions liberty
equality and fraternity"
He told the students that liberty
could be achieved in the specific
shape of political liberation from
conventional forms Of oppression by
tyrants, autocrats and dictators-
but that neither democracy no,
relationships can free mankind from
the multitude of restraints and lin
itations imposed on us by nature
itself"
OF fraternity, he said the only
possible hope of attaching practi-
cality and significance to that word
is by acknowledgement of the
fatherhood of God"
Equality Is Misunderstood.
Equality is by far the most mis-.
understood of all the objectives o.
democracy" he said. THE only
equality it can guarantee is lega
equality under impartial law, ane
equal freedom for the exercise oi
such opportunity as nature, tim,
and environment present to each
individual"
His talk followed reports on round.
table discussions on democracy, or
a possible new order in Europe il
Germany wins the war, on the Fal
East and Latin America.
The student delegates voted tx
hold next years Middle Atlantic
conference at Lehigh University ane
elected Welles Bliss, Lehigh repre-.
sentative from Glen Ridge, N. j.
as conference president.
John M. Hood of Arlington, Va.
and Wallace Wirths of Englewood
N. j., both Lehigh University stu.
dents, were elected treasurer ant
corresponding secretary, respectively
William Schwan of Fredonia Stat,
Normal, N. Y. was elected vice pres
ident, and Miss Yetta Hopchik o
Long Island University was chose1
recording secretary.
Yesterdays general session wa
presided over by Miss Amy Hemin
way Jones, representative of tn
Carnegie Endowment for Interna
tional Peace, sponsor Of the Interna
tional Relations Clubs. Speaker
during the conference included tn
Very Rev. Arthur A. OLeary, S. J.
Phi. D., D. D., president of George
town University; DR.. Josef L. Kunz
University of Toledo, Ohio, and D1
Lewis Hanke, director, Hispani
Foundation, Library of Congress.