At this time our thoughts naturally go out to the
millions whose names are inscribed on a roll of honour: "They died for their country." But we can surely spare some of our ungrudging admiration for the heroes of every nation who live to-day incessantly for peace and international sanity. Nicholas Murray Butler is one of these. It was a happy thought to bring out at this date The Path to Peace (Scribnms, 10s. 6d.), a collection of " Essays and Addresses on Peace and its making." The President of Columbia University is untiring in his efforts to educate his fellow-countrymen up to their responsibility for leadership. He is fortunately capable of expounding the philosophy of the Pact of Paris and the patient labour of the League, and his warning against economic " war " as a substitute for military and naval action was never more needed than to-day. We cannot share his vision of " the coining economic union of the States Of Europe" or of the British Commonwealth as a closed economic unit, but, then, it is as natural for an American to think in terms of big blocs as it is for a European to prize individuality and tread the path of peace through the co-operation of highly individualized units.
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