THE DANGERS OF NATIONALISM.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17880, 28 September 1923, Page 3

THE DANGERS OF NATIONALISM.

HATRED AND JEALOUSY IN EUROPE.

A 1' LEA FOR THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

(it ca»sji—mu uiocutßi—coraJl I (.AurraiiiAX xso a i tAaia uwn«w** I.OXDON. September 26. The of Worcester, Dr. Kde, heturir:: before tho Church OingTWS «a the "Christian Ideal and the Nations/' sai'i thut there had come into being * world united as an economic unit, but not .anted as a moral unit, bene* tho rivalry, jealousy, hostile tariff* aad armaments. At the conclusion of.the war peacemakers, by insisting upon th» principle of £*:lf-de termination, bad multiplied nationalities and comwk qnently increased fnction. They had started the new natrons on their career with a spirit of ixato seething in them. Tariffs, and other trade impediments, prevented the return of economic prosperity. If tho people of Europe did no* realise that they were brethren, •# members of one family, and lived as such, they wore doomed. Lord Hugh Cecil (a brother of Lord Robert Cecil), dealing with tha LoagtM of Nations, said it was a peKtsoker, not a judge. Its function was to keep tho peaco by promoting negotiaueass and offering arbitration. He bdwrad that a nor had just beea avoided by tha efforts of the League. Chriettait* ity, in order to avoid war, should «• that sentiment and passion vera db»plincd according to tho Christian bv. lie did not belittle nationalism as % passion; It would be a mistake if w» endeavoured to eradicate thai jmiwi instead of controlling it. Tfcere «H nothing more striking than the contrast between the care taken to control sex passion and tho lick of enw in regard to tho passion of wttioaal solnshness. Nationalist antiant, even when legitimately indulged, augjkfc cause a war. Tho League of Katmos in time would become stronger, but he dreaded the cause of peace Wo ing based solely on materialistic MM** aider ations.