Again we must promote the spirit of internationalism throughout the world. In the reorganization of international regulations the choice lies between two alternatives. We must either adopt the old "greed and grab" policy or else one actuated by an entirely different spirit.
The old system of international relations has broken down and we must turn to the other alternative. We must ask ourselves what can restore order out of confusion and promote the peace of the world. Austria-Hungary, Russia and Turkey are disintegrating before our eyes. A multitude of new nations have come into being. The causes of friction existing at present are innumerable. If oriental countries adopt the Germanic policy so consonant to the spirit of absolutism by which these races have been governed in the past, there will be another cataclysm. The only poli that seems at all practicable is a federation of nations for the mutual benefit of al!, and the question of prime importance for us is: Shall America stand in isolation and adopt the hermit-like policy of separating herself entirely from the affairs of Europe? We found that we were involved in the Great War. Is there any reason to believe that we shall not be equally involved in future wars? There must be a voluntary union of free, independent. democratic states and America should help to bring it about. Unless something of that sort takes place, future wars are inevitable.
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