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Show Daylight Diplomacy Would Eliminate Much Bad Feeling Among the Nations By PROF. SCOTT NEARING i J ISccri i diplomacy is a fruitful cause of misunderstanding among nations. The statesmen write notes for weeks or perhaps for years; the tension between the countries grows greater; intrigue breeds rumor; people are white hot with expectancy, fear and uncertainty. Then a pin drops somewhere, and the nations are mobilizing. J If the records of the correspondence between the warring nations of Europe had been published before the war began instead of after it started, there might have been no war. The negotiations between nations should be as open as the sessions of the legislatures or the courts. Day- ' light diplomacy would eliminate much bad feeling between the nations. ' There are politicians who would make war to get votes. Such men j are undoubtedly in a hopeless minority, yet the type exists, and in a grave crisis it must be reckoned with. j |