| Show goodwill good will will soon wen an interest Is lack lacking ling vacillate and flag I 1 MOWRER in our foreign n AIT affairs airs by raul PAUL SCOTT to accept frankly that place of preeminence in interest I 1 IS S our duty and our and d our own gathering circumstances an IT in tho the world led to which strong in our tra traditional dit ional policies poli dies neither energies raar gics have us standing aloof let us neither meddling nor cringing nor bullying interest and operate cooperate co as them interests wherever we m may ay find look to our ordering better for tho the and goodwill good will may d dictate acta to with other peoples live in which we world w of that larger an and d m moro ore solid organ organization rock of national sunk not in the firm policies whose foundations are arc sentimental interest but in such ideologies as prejudice mi unjustified justified fear moral abc the sense of the lie spirit of reform or brur affections or hatreds hatred hat reds st t the is maxim founded on quicksand it a superiority are arc built upon that universal experience of mankind wrote lV washington ashington to congress no nation is tobe tru trusted sted further than it is bound by its own interest this arid alid politician wul aul venture to depart from it statesman or no prudent and interest is a true is to say that while ae sentiment is ia fickle and betrays faithful counselor that nations which act upon interest are arc suro sure of themselves by others whereas nat nations ions acting U upon pon and may be depended upon still stil I 1 to harder understand and mind hard to sentiment aate of a changing with where interest is lacking goodwill good will will soon operate cooperate co vacillate and flag and without goodwill good will no covenant is worth the parchment it is printed on for the signatories signa tories will always find side doors out of themselves that in escaping so their their engagements and will convince action lias has been wholly just an and d right ile he who endeavors therefore to does the cause of peace and set up lip internationalism on pillars 0 of f ideology disservice for his effort will bo be more understanding among nations a great internationalist alis t is he who likely to embitter than to reconcile the true Is ever making analyses in terms of national interest and who searches in our modern world al a to discover those points ever moro more numerous which the diverse divene interests of diverse peoples converge |
