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Show USUI. T-rl I mii-lll ..... r . Delivers Lecture on Freedom of Seas Before University Club Men To a small company'gathered aL the fortnightly meeting of the University club open forum Friday night. Rev. W. L. Mellingcr of the First Christian church of this city dolivcrcd an address ad-dress on "International Roadways, or I the Freedom of tho Seas" a lccluru for which he is famous throughout the United States on the Chautauqua i platforms of the country. . Mr. Mellinger very clearly condensed con-densed for his hearers the history of Europe during the one hundred years preceding the outbreak of the world war in August, 1914, showing how , Great Britain grew slowly to be the greatest naval power in the world and why sho jealously guarded in the in-' I terests of her far flung empire tno J roadways of tho nations. Mr. Mollin-j Mollin-j gcr showed how clever had been British Brit-ish diplomacy and military tactics in I keeping the militaristic empire of i Russia from gaining access to Constantinople, Con-stantinople, and how later us the German Ger-man peoples grew from a number of states Into one unified empire with world ambitions Britain watched her closely and guarded her shore. lie said: "Germany was a land rat, and Great Britain a water rat. Great Britain was quite happy as long as Germany was content to be a land rat, but when sho began to look abroad and to. vie with Great Britain in naval strength then the British empire I watched her more closely gtiil." Mr. Mellingor was careful to point out that I Great Britain had ruled the seas not in an individualistic and selfish way 'but still with the aim of being "the , biggest water rat that swims." Nov.' after the world war has been fought ; Mr. Mellingor sees the timo when President Wilson's second point shall; I be brought down' from the skies ofj speculation onto the plains of practice; land tho highways of the seas, which, are the common highways for all nations, na-tions, be ruled by an International I court. This is his plea for some kind ! of a league of nations In which this j tremendously Important matter shall i bo decided for the benefit of all tho ' peoples of the earth. |