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Show Country Statesman 4 Says Big Powers Must Rule It is our pleasure to recommend Dr. C. J. Hambro, president of the Norwegian Parliament, who appears ap-pears to be one statesman from a small nation who has a clear comprehension com-prehension of what is necessary after the present war ends. Dr. Hambro asserts that the future fu-ture peace of the world rests with the four great powers, the United States, Great Britain, Russia and China. "In any universal organization, no matter what name may be given giv-en to it," declares Dr. Hambro, "a few great countries will have to bear the burden of carrying out all the ultimate decisions of the world authority and to those countries coun-tries must be given, constitutionally, constitution-ally, the formal power corresponding correspond-ing to their real and facutla responsibilities." re-sponsibilities." The distinguished Norwegian has no misconception as to the role of small nations. He says they L will have to give up the cherished idea that their influence in world affairs will be just as great as that of any other nation. "It will no longer be admitted," says he, "that the tiniest little state should have a right of absolute abso-lute veto and be given the privilege privi-lege of dictating to great nations, if only in a negative way, what their course of action should be." This statement reveals an unusual un-usual perception of reality and a willingness on the part of this Norwegian legislator to trust the i larger nations of the world. Certainly, Cer-tainly, the small nations are not in a position to protect themselves and it should be apparent to their nationals that their future safety and security rests upon the willingness will-ingness of the four great powers -mentioned to protect them. Dr. Hambro says that the leaders lead-ers of the four great countries have the greatest opportunity in the history of mankind and asserts that "the common men and women wom-en will have scant sympathy for those politicians who, for lack of self discipline, give loud utter- ance to their dark doubts and sinister sin-ister suspicions." Moreover, any attempt to disseminate distrust among those great nations is a menace to every small state. If Dr. Hambro, president of the Norway Parliament, can see so clearly and willingly accept the domination of the four large powers, pow-ers, it ought to be possible for some of the people of this country coun-try to understand the foolish absurdity ab-surdity of insisting upon the equality of small nations. Not only is such equality a myth but the principle, if accepted, will involve the larger powers In a fruitless effort to interpret it in accordance with facts, which resolutions reso-lutions cannot alter. |