A "WILSON" CHAIR

Evening Star, Issue 16993, 15 March 1919, Page 11

A "WILSON" CHAIR

AT A WELSH UNIVERSITY. Major David Dairies, M.P., has addreesod' the following letter to Sir John Williams, the duuicelfor of the Welsh University at Aberystwytb:- g> My dear Sir John,—The , 4 armistice has been signed, and the statesmen of the nations will soon assemble to undertake the task of oonoluding the pact of peace which we all ardently hope will herald in a new world freed from the menace of war. Out of their deliberations our» supreme desire is to eea establi-bed a league of free peoples for the maintenance of International right and the enforcement of international duty. Beyond all material reparations and all territorial adjustments, this foundation of a righteous peace among civilised States may prove .to be the most permanent and moat valuable result of the war. The plenipotentiaries at the Peace Conference can lay the foundation of the League of Free Peoples, but they cannot rear the Temple of Peaoe. That is the task of the ooruin<r generation, and for its achievement we shall need conseorated energy, knowledge, and enlightened public opinion in all countries. Old problems must be confronted in a new spirit, Insular and vested prejudices must be removed, understanding and toleration need to be greatly developed. It j is an immense task, and a myriad agencies will be required to discharge it. Among ] these must be our universities and our own University of Wales, whose sous have so freely laid down their lives in the morning of their days, and whose memory our little nation will wkh to cherish for all time. It lias occurred to my sisters and myself that tha University of Wales and the Council of the College may be willing- to allow us to found a Chair of International Politics at Aberystwyth in memory of the fallen students of our university, for the study of those related problems of law and politics., of ethics ami economics, which are z*aised by the project of a League of Nations, and for the encouragement of a truer under-1 standing of oivilkations other than our own. We are prepared to contribute for this object. ■ the sum of £20,000, and we would be glad, if our proposal is accepted, that the Chair should be associated with the illustrious j name of President Wilson.