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Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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e in closetouch with affairs. - . ^ Dr. Talcott Williams, also, in Americana on . . /• 1 t» the Peace this number of the Review,em» presents a valuable historical ar-ticle, showing the relations of past EuropeanPeace Congresses to the development of mod-ern history. He will follow this with one il-lustrated by European historical maps. JudgeElliott, formerly of the Philippine Govern-ment, writes of the future control of theformer outlying possessions of the GermanEmpire. Our readers will find that Mr.Simonds, Dr. Williams and Judge Elliottare all of them in essential agreement withthe point of view expressed in our own edi-torial paragraphs, which is this: That theGreat War has created a state of facts, andthat the future must proceed by naturalevolution out of the present. The League ofNations already exists, in the Allied groupwhich has won the war, and which has leftno serious elements of military or navalopposition anywhere in the world. 1 his 10 THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS
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© Harris & Ewing, Washington, D. C. HON. HENRY WHITE group of nations cannot lay aside the respon-sibilities thus assumed by its victories. Thesanction and guaranty for its exercise offurther authority in the world are to befound in its deference to an internationalpublic opinion which stands for freedom andjustice. Back of the Allies there rests themoral force of the convictions of the Ameri-can people. Of like quality is the clear andunrestrained voice of British democratic sen-timent, which will not condone any unjustor selfish use of Allied power. France andItaly come out of the war more democraticthan they entered it, and they stand forreasonableness, peace and progress through-out middle Europe, the Mediterranean lands,the Balkans, and the Near East. «,..„,„„„.. The Allied countries have hadWhen to spcnd SO much money forarmies and navies that thev Possible will be only too glad to adopt dis-armament programs whenever the conditionspermit. War debts will have to be

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