herself has no little of the American attitude as she views some: of the problems on. the Conlinent, but she Knows that in certain circumstances the will to peace may be over-ridden by what Is imagined—rightly wrongly—to be the desperate re-Quirements of security, Beller in dhe capacity of Anglo-American ce-opera~ tion to protect the world from another conflagration. is Mrmly held, but. cannot be substantiated by proposals which ignore the fundamental desire of the American people to keep clear foreign entanglements. In recall {ng the momentous decision which America took on April 6, 1917, it is Atting gratefully to salute the courage and valour mobilized to give Wemtect andthe sacrifices they' volved. Any attempt to. assess. the motives which prompted that. his-{orie. alignment on the side of the 'Alea' Powers would, in all but American writers, be ungracious and impertinent. Moreover ft would. nothing to solve the exceedingly ime ult problem with which Am Jea is now confronted as she gazes on the world's rearmament and. the Seething cauldron in Europe. This word may be said in all earnestness: Europe may be in a parlous plight, but there are actively at work among most of the "European "nations inences which are steadfastly quiring' strength in the preservation The appalling, consequences to the. forces. of dis-Order are plainly giving Buropean may be that, fas dhe months past and the dangers Stil are averted, Europe will devise means of escape. It that. fortunate day comes, the reluctance now evid-may be allowed (0 prospect of ce-operating, ina really "fruitful endeavour 10 entrench the peace of the world.
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