Be that as it may, the present status of international relations is indeed cause fo: alarm, and thought might well be given to finder means qf preserving inter peace. For exaggerated and gressive nationalism ón the of a few Great Powers has the others into the same purely sh attitude, and the world hi sed into the same medley of con-fioting interests, backed by threat of force, to free from which eight million men died n the World War and m cne million were rational distrust is practically ni versal, principally because in particular state is the gove'ni ig body guided at all times in public by the changeless Christian law, and because each nation feels that whatever pledges the others make will only be observed as long as they do not seriously impair some supposed national interest. In short, howe Hiis Church was most nearly ful! A that there be but one fold and one shepherd"; when rulers and subjects alike listened to the voice of the Head of Christendom, and in follow ing his wise counsels, found for themselves and for their children freedom from so much of the turmoil and strife that keeps the nations to-Gay on the brink of war. For though there were circumstances which at times did cause Church leaders to approve of warlike measures, it is at the same time evident to every student of istory that the Catholic church, speaking through the Sufrequent, may be the reference to justice and humanity, it is expediency that dominates international politics, ard expediency has little regard for the moral law or the rights of the individual. is War Inevitable?
Is. then, evitable? This much ean be said with certainty: God's world cannot prosper without God, much less in open defiance of its Creator. The rulers of the nations can never find a way out of the present international chaos by merely secular policies, by appeals refuse to comment but it is understood that some progress toward a compromise has been achieved. American Filipino quarters are predominantly opposed to bringing in a divided report, although there is considerable jockeying for position by both sides man attempt to absolve themselves from blame. Neutral observers consider that mutual anxiety on this point will eventually effect a settlement.
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