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UNIVERSITIES—PAST AND PRESENT  \n0.Halecki  \n# INTER-AMERICAN SECTION\n\nAvAILABLE FOREIGN LECTURERS  \nNew York City  \nFRANK AYDELOTTE  \nL.H.BAEKELANDWILLIAM W.BISHOPSAMUEL P.CAPENJOSEPH P.CHAMBERLAINSTEPHEN DUGGANJOHN FOSTER DULLESVIRGINIA GILDERSLEEVEWALTER A.JESSUPALVIN JOHNSON  \nMay,1941  \nPublished monthly October to May—Annual Subscription,25 centsBy INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION,INC.2 West 45th Street,New York  \nDirector  \nSTEPHEN DUGGAN,PH.D.,LL.D.,LITT.D.,L.H.D.  \nAssistant DirectorEDGAR J.FISHER,PH.D.  \nBoard of Trustees  \nTHOMAS W.LAMONTWALDO G.LELANDPAUL MONROE  \nJOHN BASSETT MOOREHENRY MORGENTHAUEDWARD R.MURROWWILLIAM ALLAN NEILSONARTHUR W.PACKARDLELAND REX ROBINSONMARY E.WOOLLEY  \nEntered(or reentered)as second class matter December 8,1936,at thepost office at New York,N.Y.,under the act of March 3,1879.  \nTHE UNITED STATES AND THE FUTURE PEACE  \nARLIER editorials in this Bulletin have insisted that while thenatureof th neoco   l1badtomindb c    coo     ontganature of tne peace will be determined by the course of events andit would consequently be futile to attempt to draw up a blue print of thetreaty,it was nevertheless wise to consider some fundamental prin-ciples without conforming to which no peace could be successful.Thislast editorial of the scholastic year October 1940-June 1941,is anendeavor in the light of those principles to determine what ought tobe the attitude of United States delegates at a peace conference.  \nLet it be admitted at once that if Hitler wins the war some,possiblyall,of the views stated in the following paragraphs may have no appli-cation.The statements made in these paragraphs are,moreover,foundedupon the belief that if the attitude toward life held by the majority ofAmericans is not maintained,democracy as understood by us will dis-appear.Britain as a democracy is putting up a magnificent fight againsttotalitarianism.But British democracy has not been developed upon theprinciple of equality of opportunity.Nor has any other democracyexcept the democracy of the United States.That principle,by no meansrealized fully in the United States,is the unique contribution of ournation to the concept of democracy and we are devoted to it.Were itto die here,it would in all probability exist nowhere.  \nIt follows that if the principle of equality of opportunity is to sur-vive,the security of the United States must be assured.The events of thepast few years have made obvious to everyone the danger on the part ofany country of neglecting the national defense.Obviously the first dutyof American representatives at the peace conference will be to makecertain the security of the United States.Where is the security of theUnited States most likely to be endangered?The Canal Zone is theweakest link in our system of defense.What is one cause of its weak-ness?The existence of European colonies in the Caribbean.But it maybe said that the mother countries of those colonies,Great Britain,France,the Netherlands,are friendly to the United States and thatthere is no probability of their becoming our enemies.That may be truebut it is not wisdom on our part to take chances in the uncertaintiesof this chaotic world.France and Great Britain were allies a year ago.They are not even friends today.Germany and Russia were bitter ene-mies a short time since.They are professedly near-allies today.Ournational defense will not be assured until the possessions of all Euro-pean powers in the Caribbean are transferred by purchase to the inchoatefederation of American republics or to the United States.One sourceof danger in the Caribbean was removed during the World War bythe purchase of the Virgin Islands from Denmark,now “protected”  \nby Germany.The action suggested above is in conformity with thatprecedent.It is true that the Monroe Doctrine states that \"with theexisting colonies ","cbCaitHD61D4vbZU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitHD61D4vbZU","pdf",772468,"English","# THE UNITED STATES AND THE 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