Show prevention OF WAR by SIR sin NORMAN english publicist and author r ITHE HE public mind can easily J be persuaded to adopt policies which mean war the prewar method of d defense efens e Is a fruitful cause of conflict the method consists in fit each state attempt attempting in to bo stronger than tiny other state challe challenging nging its interests the only way out Is for the community of states to create common protection the public thinks falsely that armies and navies have tho the game function as police whereas their purpose really Is to permit the imposition or of certain views upon any challenger defense of the individual whether a person or a state must bo be tho affair of the community this athla principle gains force from the fact that the defense of wealth in the modern world does not menn mean the do tense of goods as goods musi must change hands to create wealth |