which Briish statesmen have recently Amongst the very direct talking in
been indulging. the latest breadest by Sir Samuel Hoare, to. the fifth [Annual Women's Conference on Current Problems, in New York, 1 joulstanding. The world he claimed was no longer suffering from what Might be narrowly termed to be a ferisis, but rather from the inability Jof the various countries to co-ordinate their several efforts to emerge from There cannot be" the. slightest doubt that one of the main diMcuities to be faced is the exaggerated nation= lisa which since the war has arisen Jand overwhelmed the internationalism which was then 20 much in evidence jand which it was hoped would. con Uinue' to. grow. Economic' conditions filed the" wortd with alarm, and instead of taking the longer view, a {short sighted policy was unanimously fadepted' by the nations involving Process of self-defence, rather. than {niversal ce-operation in meeting besetting evil 'The economic. consi. erations underlying the policies of fall the various governments are play ing a greater part in deciding" the world's fate than perhaps ever before. itis. not. dificult to see. why' thai should be, specially" in a "universe where "interdependence amongst nations is something which can neither the denied nor thwarted without the "Undoubtedly some {Mations realize the" problem which fcentronts. them and Fortunately. are already tooking i the same aiection, {but it'may take avery "long time Before the people at Yarge realize the situation sxiicientiy profoundly to] five thee leaders the fin backing of which they stand in the greatest need if progress towards economic stably, and. consequently, peace is "to. secured." The work' of education is necessarily a. slew one. It must be, when it has to be realized that the ce-operation required to emerge from resent dimeuties will require from the individual nations a degree of seltscerifce to which they may not very Teadily agree. Queen Victoria once said "it Is always dificult to give what one already has" The con: vietion seems" to" be" growing that questions such as the control and distribution of colonial raw materials wil require '© great amount of abner ation on one side or the other if the fSconomie eatses of present polities! siticuities are to be wholly eradicated
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