In a larger sense, he was stating a great truth, which is that isolation in this world is surely disappearing before modern transport. which has more than reduced the circumference of the earth to the length of its diameter.
But Hitler, having grasped this one great truth has erred in his conclusion. He realizes that the great forces at work in the world are centripetal and not centrifugal but deduces therefrom that the integral tion must be by brute force, and that the situation can be utilized for exploitation to the benefit of a single nation.
The proper deduction is that the integration must be a federation. on equal terms, wherein the nations voluntarily recognize the new mechanies of our little universe and adjust their political organization accordingly.
This is the idea behind the Roosevelt hemispherical theory. It should be noted, too, in justice to him. that, even before Hitler became a menace, he was urging good neighbourliness in the western hemisphere as a car-Ginal feature of this country's foreign rolley.
It is important thet, the difference between the two philosophies be emphasized ¿nd kept in mind. After all, the federation of American States, in the manner brought about, introduced a new method into political organization.
It set a precedent and mapped a route. It showed the way by which the world can safely. in this modern day. be adjusted politically in har-many with realism, with fairness to all concerned.
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