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MIRROR OF WORLD OPINION

NEIGHBOURS' OPINIONS

Naturally the British and French think they are in the right. Probably few Germans would admit that Ger-

many is not in the right. Wars are made up of two sides fighting "defen- sively." and both supposedly for jus- tice. People in neutral countries grow ever more wary of accepting the in- terpretations of belligerents. But for light on the present struggle in Europe, citizens of distant States can trun to

the opinions of observers in nearby neutral States as one test of the claims and counterclaims of the belligerents. An Antwerp paper carries a letter signed by Belgian writers which states the vast majority of Belgians have taken sides in the war "which the spirit of aggression of Hitler Germany has imposed" on Europe. Belgians, these writers say, hope to keep clear of the conflict but are "at heart in accord with the high reasons of in- ternational justice and final Euro- pean pacification which have inspir- ed the action of Great Britain and France."

Transport work- ers in Holland' are reported as "stand- ing by" democracy. Norwegian work-

ers see in National Socialism a source of "suppression of the labour move- ment, of democracy and of civiliza-

tion." Swedish workers speak of the "sacrifices" their democratic brothers are mak- ing on their behalf. The Swiss guard

carefully all state-

already had one conference at Brus- sels upon call of the King of Bel- gium, for the purpose of co-ordinat- ing their defensive activities.--Canton (Ohio) Repository.

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TIMELY WARNING

Student bodies at Princeton. gers, Cornell and, no doubt, other American institutions of higher learning, have been warned, at the the pitfalls of foreign propaganda. outset of the new college year, against

intellectual

And it is undeniably encouraging to know that this state of awareness prevails.

It is not too much to expect that the American campus shall be a centre of that open-minded penetration which alone can save the nation from being plunged into another morass of emo- tionalized hysteria.-Times-Advertis- er, Trenton, N. J.

ON CONDEMNING

It may be trite, but certainly it is valid to point out that while one may

NATURALISED DACHSHUND

May I, through your columns, appeal to caricaturists and hu- morous 'writers to suspend the practice of making the dacha- hund a symbol of Nazidom or of the German nation. Absurd as it may seem, the prevalence of this idea in the popular Imagina- tion has produced a real risk of thoughtless acts of cruelty being committed against harmless little animals which are English by birth and often by generations of breeding. From a letter to "The Times," London.

deplore Naziism and reprehend the acts of Hitler · and his zealous sup- porters, it is going far beyond the bounds of reason to haté évery Ger-

man.

We may disagree emphatically with the President's po- licies and, for that matter, his whole

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philosophy government. Many people do. But if we are broad gauged ci- be fair enough to earnestness of pur-

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ments which might bring their neu- tizens we should trality into question but state they credit him with are ready to defend their indepen- pose and the accomplishment of some dence. This, like the independence of things, at least, that have been of be- other small European States, is cer- nefit to the country. tainly not menaced by the Allies. Is it reasonable, is it even good com- Possibly the views of the people in mon sense, is it something to be proud small neutral States would make an of is it not rather a thing of which effective addition to the campaign of to be ashamed that an increasing pamphleteering which Britain has number of intelligent people should been carrying on in Germany from condemn other human beings in the the air. "If you can't take our word mass because of their political, prin- for it, listen to that of your nearer 'ciples, or their race, or their religion, neighbours," a new pamphlet might or--God help them!-their poverty? begin. "Christian Science Monitor." ---Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Though a part of government Whatever diplomacy the United rooted deep in the esteem of the ci- States shall adopt with reference to the war, its influence in solving the world problem of peace will be en- hanced to a dominating degree, if it promises an ultimate adherence the League of Nations and the Per- manent Court of International Jus- tice without reservation, which it can safely do if the League and the Court are supplemented by an Inter- national Police to enforce interna-

tional law.

Pending a termination of the exist- ing war, the United States might well propose to follow the Declara- tion of Isima by organising a League of American Nations and revising and enlarging the Central American Court of Justice of 1908 to 1918 as an American Court of International Justice, with an In- ternational Police to enforce interna- tional law in the American hemisp here.

Such a leadership might suggest a almilar procedure on the part of the neutral European nations which have

tizens who support the government, the schools are in a sense outside the government. While the schools are. subject to control by government- mainly local and State government- the people of all political parties. need always to understand that in a democracy the schools must be free to educate. Any time that the schools, including the colleges and universi- ties, feel restraint on their freedom exerted by the political leaders in power or by any pressure group, the torch which the schools are expected to hold aloft to light the way of de- mocracy is dimmed.-Paul V. Mc- Nutt.

SENTIMENT MAY GROW

In all probability, if we did not re- the peal the fictitious distinction of "arms embargo" now we should be facing in a few months or even weeks such a growing sentiment for doing it that nothing could stop the change, in conditions then far more calculat- ed to make it an act of anger and therefore of provocation. Des Moines

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