Word: statesmen
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...beginning of this war Americans felt that it was the price of the Balance of Power theory and the militarist policy of Europe in general and Prussia in particular. American ideals were not at all on that European plane, and yet today we see statesmen, business men and University leaders in full retreat for that precise European method of force, of piled up armaments and of an international power-magazine liable to instant explosion at the first spark. For America to resort to such European methods is to confess openly, as Lord Roseberry sees, that American aims and standards...
...statesmen at Washington are now at work on plans for national defense, but they are not the only ones able to help in this problem. Within the precincts of the University lies an opportunity for aiding the government. The conduct of war with its recent developments is largely an economic and financial problem of which the military side is merely incidental. Glaringly evident is the significance of intellectual effort on the part of officers in a modern army...
...Rhodes, which commanded such close and pleased attention in Sanders Theatre last June, is preserved in its pages. Mr. Rhodes finds in the steadfastness, humility, and humanity of Lincoln during the dark days of our Civil War an example which may be of value to present European statesmen. The picture which he gives of Lincoln is intimate, kindly yet critical, and suffused with a genial humor. The address should receive a place in the row of classics numbered among previous Phi Beta Kappa orations...
...Ratcliffe has had wide journalistic experience in many parts of the world. He was for five years editor of the Calcutta "Statesmen," and has long been a prominent writer on the staffs of the "New Statesman" and the London "Daily News." More recently he has lectured under the London University Extension Board. Professor. A. N. Holcombe, of the department of Government will preside and introduce the speaker...
...International Polity Club will be held in Stoughton 15 this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Ten constructive programs of peace put forward by important political groups in the belligerent countries will be discussed, and the essential features of a constitution for a World Federation as proposed by European statesmen will be presented by Mr. E. A. Filene of Boston, who recently returned from a trip through the countries of Europe which are at war. All who are interested are cordially invited to attend...