Wednesday, February; 20 1918
ECONOMIC PEACE AND
INTERNATIONALISM
(Continued from first page)
m eat; but the government. of these
backward nations is always Meal:. It
is Incapable of keeping order or of rais
ing sufficient taxes to pay expenses.
The ruler is dazzled by the willingness
of foreigners to lend him money for
concessions of one kind or another.
The natives suddenly realize that their
counti y is slowly being handed over to
the foreigner. In then• ignorance and
weakness they take pinnitive revenge
on him or intrigue with competing
groups of foreigners In either case
imeign intervention in the affairs of the
ninny become inevitabe,
"Sphere of Influence"
The native governments, therefore,
always pi ove Incapable of regulating
the keen competition among the vat ious
foi eignets mthin their bottlers. The
stronger governments, theiefot e, at
tempt to come to some agreement
among themselves concerning the ac
tions of their subjects and citizens in
these weak countries. Such agi cements
have usually been unsuccessful because
there is no means of seeing that they
ate executed Poreigners m far-away
lands take every advantage possible of
their competitors and loudly call for
protection iron their governments each
time they feel injured by the actions of
anyone else. Incidentally the feelings
of the natives ate wounded even note
deeply by the calm' way in which the
fmeigners assume to dispose of their
affahs As yet, therefore, no effective
regulations exist among the great na
tions fen the development of the re
sources of the backward countries.
Indeed, so futile have most such agree
ments proved to be up to this time that
the maul al tendency has always been
to divide the disputed country into
"spheres of influence"—which expres
sion is simply a polite name for the first
of the steps which leads to the inevi
table status of a colony. So the great
powers go on dividing the world among
themselves—but not without great dan
ger to the peace of the world, for, every
time that any impoi tant steps in this
direction are taken. the various foreign
offices ale agog. Some country gains;
the other loses, or perhaps each stands
its gi ound and the dogs of war are let
loose—and over places such as Servia,
Asia Minor, or Morocco, off in the
cornets of the world.
The present war is a confession that
the religion of nationalism and the sub
sequent reaching out for to ritory and
economic advantages over the world,
has bioken down It is difficult to be
lieve that the fervid national aspirations
of such men as Mazzini, upon which
historians have placed their stamp of
apincv.al for these many years, has re
sulted in the present debacle, but the
lesson is plain. The war will have been
'waged In vain if it has not become ap
parent that the intense nationalism of
the last few decades must give way to it
larger Intel national bi otherhood in the
future. It is not easy to give up old
ideas and take on new and more or less
'intangible ones. But suffering such as
the world has been enduring these past
'few years has made men think of these
things as they never thought of them
before, and finally - when the wood
cries out in anguish for a new dispen
ntion the tra - .? , .2-1 . n . . 111 hav - z
when some kind of international oi gam
"sation along the lines already suggested
by English and American statesmen
can be carried into effect.
International Commissions
What can international organization
do to eliminate these jealousies? Eel e
indeed tt e are (leading on new gi ound
and any one who does so must be pre-'
pared to see some of his pet theories
fall to the ground, because human
nature Nt ill not all of a sudden sot ren
der many of its selfish characteristics
unless it can be pi ovel that it is advan
tageous to do 50 Moreover, the at
tempts
at international pule : which have
been tiled so far are not altogether re-
assuring The Congo Free State was
established under international auspices
by Leopold If of Belgium. Its purposes
were even humanitaratu in character.
Representatives from various countries
of the v,orld met upon several occasions
and carefully devised rules and regula
tions for the development of the
country and the government of the
natives of the country Everybody
knows what a miserable farce the thing
turned out to be, The Congo gradually
passed into the hands of Leopold of
Belgium and became a synonym for all
that is bad in colonial government.
The settlement of the Morocco affair at
Algeciras in 1906 was an international
affair although a single one of the
potters was designated to attend to
"police" duties in Morocco. In spite of
this agreement Moi occo gradually pass
ed into the hands of the French. Fur
thermore, the muzzle placed on Turkey
and China which leaves the determina
tion of then• custom duties to the Great
Power s has by no means i emoved these
places front the arena of mtm national
politics. On the other hand, we have the
examples of two much less conspicuous
international commissions which have
been remarkably successful for a num
ber of 3 ears. Ever since the collapse
Easter Sunday Sees
The World Re-Clothed
`I2DER your Easter apparel early—don't come in at the
last minute and rush your choice of material or hurry
your fitting. While we wift gladly make a special effort
to have your Suit or Spring Coat ready-on-the-dot—still we feel
that every man should take time to deliberate on his selection
of model in • .__
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The same is true of our complete haberdashery stocks—look
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;,Hartey W. Savers
Allen St. ' State College
of Turkish credit in 1875 a commission
of representatives from the Great
Powers lies administered the financial
affairs of Turkey with such signal suc
cess that. no controversies have ever
arisen. Another international commis
stun, much older than the one just re-
ferred to, is the Danube commission.
This body of men superintends the nav
igation of this great highway of com
merce for many miles up the river. So
successful has been its work that it, to — O,
has the universal approval of the great
nations When one considers the suc
cess of the Danube commission it does
not appeal at all impossible to place
such important water ways as the
Diu dandles and the Bosphorus under
internation control. The govern
ment of these places should be
in the hands of an international com
mission fi om whose decision there could
be no appeal Unless the commission
enjoys such authority it becomes worse
than useless Similar comissions should
be established for the supervision of
loans made to weak and backward
countries, in order that such countries
may not borrow money beyond their
capacity to pay. Such commissions
could also supervise the concessions
made to fot elgners for the building of
railways and the opening of mines,
banks, and schools It is unnecessary
to point out that unless these commis
sions keep the interests of the natives
in mind the device will be an entire
fa.lure. Indeed, these commissions
should be composed of men who are not
only capable of rendering justice to all
foreigners in such countries, but they
should also be men who are inspired
with a zeal to lift up the natives to a
higher plane of- intelligence and self
govei nment
bemand Freedom of Trade
These suggestions all demand a great
er ft eedom of trade than now exists
in the world. It will be necessary to go
even further, however. It becomes in
creasingly evident that all nations will
have to agree to the abolition of dis
criminating duties which now some
times obtain between mother country
and colony. It may even be necessary,
as President Wilson has recently hinted,
to make the import duties of all coun
tries a matter of international agree
ment. It is a perfectly -well known
fact that the intricate system of pro
tective duties by which each country
btu gains with the others for reciprocal
reductions in duties is one of the chief
factors in producing international jeal
ousies. After all, the whole world is
interested In the rate of duties charged
in other countries, and it is not um ea
sonable to suppose that future genera
tions will insist upon some internation
al ieg,ulation of the same
There is yet one other kind of regu
lation which appears to be a necessity,
namely, the pi eventing of differential
rates on railroads passing through
several countries.
In the United States an Inter-state
COmmerce Commission carefully avoids
allowing the rates to be made in such
a way as to give cities located at about
equal distances nom the source of sup
ply' any advantage over one another.
Them e is just as much necessity for
similar action in parts of the world
where railroads do international busi
ness. In this way it would be impos
sible for (lei many to control Russia's
wheat supply by means of pi eferential
iaiiroad sates wanted to her cities.
Likewise, goods landed at Antwerp
%multi have equal opportunities to be
cai ned to Cologne im Lille without any
late discrimination except that which
the distance and the difficulty of the
°Maul naturally requires. Thus, not
only international marine trade, but in
ternational railway traffic becomes the
subject of -international agreement.
Who can doubt but that some such
measures would_ lead to better interim
tional feeling' , The varying types of
govei nment do not cause international
conflicts in most instances. They may
accentuate them after war begins.
Ordinarily, however, people who difTei'
radically In government, religion, dress,
size, and color, in fact in a thousand
ways, live peacefully beside one another
in the Twentieth Century until economic
competition and discrimination stirs up
suspicion and distrust. Indeed, we now
have the climax of it in the greatest
struggle ever staged in the history of
the world. Peace,—let us not be de
ceived—there can be no peace unless
there is also Economic peace.
COSMOPOLITAN CLUB 'N) MEET
The Cosmopolitan Club, the foreign
society of the college, will meet tomor
row evening in room 226 Main Building
at seven o'clock.
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WEEKLY FRENCH LESSON
LESSON HI
Present Indicative
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Aller--to go
Desker—to wish (want)
Manger—to eat
.le vain,
to vas,
va,
nous allow,: desirons; mangeons
vous alley; desn ez. plangent
ils vont; desn•ent, mangez
Note 1. The present tense has three
meanings in English, as Jo Isis can he,
"T go," "I am going:" "I do go."
Note 2. English "you" is ordinarily
desire
desires; mu
desire
vow.; In French and takes second person
plural verb. The usual imperative is,
therefore, this form without pronoun.
mangez, "eat"
Note 3. A (to) with le (the) gives
au in plural aux
Do (of) with le (the) gives tin; in plural
des:
Note 4. "Some" or "any," expressed
or implied in English, is usually ex
presqed in French by du. de P, de la, dem.
Le petit dejeuner—breakfast
des petits pains—rolls
du pain et du lalt—bread and milk
tin toste—toast
des oeuts a la coque—boded eggs
des oeufs stir le plat—fried eggs
des oeufs brouilles—scrambled eggs
du jambon—ham
Je desire manger—l want to eat
Quo deslrez-vowsl—what do you want?
le dejeuner—lunch (mid-day meal)
du potage—soup
tin blftek—a beefsteak
In rosblf—(some) roast-beef
du pore—pork
, In lard—bacon
des pommes de terre—potatoes
du suere—sugar
donnez•mol—give me
.491 veins plait—please Of you please)
du boeuf—beef
tie la viande—meat
on allons.nous d'lelt—where are we go
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LESSON IV
l'resent Indicative
A inter—to love (like)
Preferer—to prefer
Itoire—to (Inn!:
prefere; Bois
preferes; bop,
pi efei e; bolt.
nous ;anions; pret emus , buvons
vows :limey., nreferez: buvez
As atment; in eferent , boil, en t
mange
nges
mange
to mines,
0 ;time,
Note 1. In case two 1, owels come to
gether, N\ hen subject follows verb in
French questions, the letter "t" is in
serted between them
Note 2 Numbeis in French from one
to len are; an, deux, trek, quotre; (Ann,
1 / 4 ept. hen, neer, thy,
Le diner—dinnet
tin poirknt—fkli
tin froninge---cliee,e
legumes—vegetables
petits pots—peas
haricot 4—beans
elm u—ca bba ge
des mil el s—tu vnips
je prefere manger—l prefer to cat
ane sahide—a salad
um. glace—an ice; ice cream
du cafe au Nit—coffee with milk
du flick—tea
du chacolat—chocolate
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du tin (rouge)—red wine
du Diu (Mane)—while wine
de In lucre—beer
de Peen glaceo—iee water
du fen, '.'II roils plait—a light, please
turner—l like to smoke
uu eigare--a cigar
nue cigarette—a cigarette
du ton, roam plait—a light please
du tabac—tohacco
a•l•il—has he?
alnn'•t-ill—dues he like' ,
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AG. SOCIETY MEETS
TOMORROW E VENING
The meeting of the Agocultinal Soci
ety to be held tomon ow evening in the
Old Chapel will he of altere , .t to an
agricultural students The object tit
this meeting is to get the sui.leac, Into
closer relationship with one anodic'
and to encourage mole y cooper
ation between the Agiaccillural Sot ety
and the Various depai tinental
Neatly all of the depai tmental , ocieties
%yin have a pin I on the program. The
Craha pone Club, the Agricultural
Chemistry Society, and the Dan y llus
bandy Societ,N will each stage a stunt
of some kind Music , will lie furnished
by an orchesua from the AgionomlJC:,
Society, .1 gnat tette from the Sit loin
Club. It is cespected that the two-scan
men will also take pat t.
There are to be only four more meet
ings isf the Agriculttn•al Society this
semester. and on tomorrow evening.
progratrir4 will pi ohahlv be atranged for
these meeting's. The progruts for the
rest of the >ear will he canted 0111 by
the students themsel‘es, to as, great an
extent as imssible
PROHIBITION 31BETIN1:
The Penn State Pi olubition League
calls the attention of nil students. as
dell as members of the facult!., oho li e
interested in the intmeation of prohi
bition amendment Iry the State Lege:-
latan e, to the anti-saloon meeting; to he
held in the Pi esd*termn church this
eN ening at half ast seven The meet
ing %s ill be addressed 1 the lion. C. P.
Swift, St.•tte Superintemlent ol the :\
Saloon League. who will speak on
"Uncle Sam's I'rohlem."
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Dean Sackett and Professor Resides,
The engineering lecture at 4 30 on of the Deptutment of Industrial Etigi
v,,,L,v. m Room neerutg D, neetinz. will attend the National Edo
former ProleSsOr Crandell,
; cation Convention in Philadelphia Feb
ruary 21-2. i The subject of Vocational
the CIVII Engmeernig Department. who Education under the Smith-Hughes bill
will speak on '"The Construction of I ,s lei:owing much attention and a con
y Romls." - Aloving 'names of I:railer:lWe impetus Avill lie given by it to
Camp Upton and lantei n slides will be i industrial education.
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