Show united states should play big part in framing new world policies after war by DR NICHO NICHOLAS LAS MURRAY BUTLER L eilt of columbia university there is much talk among us of preparedness and justly enough for while we fix our eyes on the stars wo we must keep our feet on the firm earth wo we must deal not with facts as we would like them to be but with facts as they are but there is an aspect ot of this important question that has hardly been touche dc that question is this what is to be the object of your preparedness what are to be the policies that you are arc going to teach to defend and to extend over tho the earth what are to be the ideals that you are going to hold up before yourselves and then before the other nations 0 of the earth armies and navies are not ends they aro are means mcana but means to what end for what are we ave going to pr pare are we going to prepare to make this nation first a model nation at home and then a model nation abroad if we are going to do this then we have a policy if we are not going to do this then we have no policy but only w proposal for expenditure the world is ready for a step forward it is ready for a step forward along the path which the american people have already trod and which this people know well it is ready for a step along the path of federation and for a new application of the federative principle which has made this nation one this problem is in some form soon eoon to be worked out for its solution in whole or in part will be the next great step to bo be taken in the worlds international policies to aid in this no nation can possibly make larger contributions than our own |