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Show 409 they did before. although I li- gm i‘ v‘ communication is not >111l1"l".l. Much is said about Ila ll'llli understanding one annilrix lint" East and \\Vr~t is \\r~:{ aw? 1‘ experience l.‘ hot that. l llJHL people ditlrring 11> much as ,i lived in such couniiics 1hr iitwn l lam proposition, 1 do n-it l‘Ll?L'\(‘ ilimf tl‘r'v- : any one race and any ml». understanding tacli (itiwr. 'l in I. terent people have 'lliiit ' ._ " even have difficulty in w Cw in analyzing L nintii'i ~. llut thi. . countries. The l~ that (liticreni in peace. liut can .' ent runs and vain. fit" blend and :ifi'eit- in i Sn‘ " language . in :i‘ii . ii ' this. lvu "tar all tlir vl" rel. a \‘nrii'M iii lam difficulty the s: tie cir and in in mir‘. conduct a . .'\ {ttl'l ,. 1 tluu as the tillll‘r aid, and giltlicr at each other as a challenge. All do the same, and we, I am afraid. act \‘t " much as they do. \Ve gibber at each other hrandish our arms in when we are afraid of each other, and we much because their t;1ccs.ournavies and our armies. not nearly so afraid but don't we want to fight. but simply because we are want to Show it. Affairs, Sir Our British Secretary of State for Foreign armaments were Edward Gray" recently said that our modern satire upon civ- a satire upon civilization. It is a much greater emotions have our of expression the in ilization to think that we as yet. risen very little above the brute creation position. You share You here in America are in a privileged same family who the of nation other one a whole continent \\'it h to tear. have no hostility and no iealonsy pic: acc Ml to co! U" right. of us rivsvgnizr: the ya. rol:; which mutual fear plays ll in our; ';Jl1r"(i of policy and all through history. History is nothingr hat a story of mutual fear, fear of man for man, of WiflJr when we see serfs country for country, claw for st their govern' ; :qaizi-t tl .ir masters, people ri ' I a; ment. or midi-ct races rising against their conquerors, it is rarely due to any iii-ti‘caiznmit, but simply due to one act or to some small nixndicr of acts applied to quite a small number of people uliica arouses in the whole country a fear, not of "hat has passed but of something that might come. If a revolution has been Suppressed \iii iiiercile~s severity. it is not that those in power are inhuman and cruel. It is merely that they fear what the means eli'ect would l)L‘ if the people rose again. Brutality is a of defense against a danger to be feared. It is a curious thing that in every realm of the animal kingare dom the emotion of fear and the expression of defiance when practically identical. Dogs crouch and raise their haekles to they are afraid‘ also \\. hen they aim to fight. A lion crouches from fear gibher Monkeys fear. from crunches he and sprinrr. li in its lll' ‘ peace ‘ it is mutual it Mr. It may be that one to follow the day in your isolation. in your splendid isolation. upon to called be may "you ury, Salish Lord phra<e of the late and if so. no nobler mission exorcise this terrihlc specter of war." If that day ever comes it could fall to the lot of any country. was called forth. not, as \Vorld New the will he true to say that |