EUROPEAN UNITY.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1926, Page 4

EUROPEAN UNITY.

HANG EH FHOAI THE EAST

tUK ISTC'i! L'KCH. A lay 3. '1 am going to talk on a subject I bill is really hot—that is up-to-date,” said Prolessor .1. .Macmillan Brown. Chancellor ot the University of Few Zealand, introducing bis ■ led tire, “The l nited Slates of Europe—A Forecast.” delivered before tile Philosophical- lustitute last night. Air C. E. Foweraker presided.

.Professor .Macmillan Brown’s introductory remarks covered a review of universal history. Jn earliest times, the width of the world, be said, leniovetl the necessity for the invention of peace panaceas. History began with the dash of empires; the Chinese Empire, owing to its geographical position. had been the only empire that established petite amongst its peoples. The world Slate was the ancient method of producing peace, examples of such States were the empire of Alexander the Great, the Homan Empire, and tlu; Papacy, when controlled by a st rung occupant ot the Papal chair, lie did not think that the League of Vatinas was going to secure anything like permanent peace; no nation would submit its destiny to the vote on a council of ten on v. liit'li it had only one representative. The growth of nationalism, the i-siilt of the migrations from the east in the I2tli 13th. and 1 Itb ten--1 uries was one of the- troubles the League bad to overcome. MENACE OF BUSSIA.

The lesson they drew I rout Europe's experience in the Aliddle Ages was that the only way in which Europe could be united and pacific was a menace — that is a menace to every nation in Europe. ’Where was such a menace to (tome from ? His impression was that it would be from Hussite lftlssia ulv.'uvs bad been alien to tin 1 spiritual atmosphere of Europe, even when it. v.as governed by the dynasty which elided recently, l’ussia was still more. Oriental than Occidental, and under the Czars it meddled constantly with India, China, and .Japan. It was t.ot surprising that the Bolsheviks bad lal|en heir to similar ambitions, and their propaganda bad gone to China, Japan, and India. IT looked as if Bolshevik Htt.-sia was about to try a fall with .Japan. EXPLOITATION OF CHINA.

B',l!i Russia and Japan were >n>y 1 > ll i 1 (1 i ll strategic railways, tin* olmcm*iivo l>einii 'Peking. They were after tin* greatest prize in the world—China which possessed the greatest unexploited beds of minerals in any pari of the world. China had the most marvellous people on the lace ot the earth for virility, eilieioiiey. and industry, and China was a ehaotie nation unless managed from the outside. Japan meant to have the management and exploitation. of China, and he predicted that. Japan would he victorious over Russia as sin* had been at the first Russian-

Japanese war. ‘Whichever won, tie result would be momentous to Europe, and Australia, New Zealand, and the United States would have to look out for themselves. The result would mean, if Europe was disunited, that the nations or Europe would be subdued one after the other, and sink back into their primitive savagery. UNITED STATES OF EUHOPE. The catastrophe could bo avoided only by the establishment of the United .States of Europe; there was no other means of opposing tlip force from the Orient. There was a feelile chance that when the European nations realised that they were in bondage to the United States of America, they would unite. The United States of America were powerful economically because there were no tariff barriers, and cottsequently she had the largest market in the world. If tariff barriers were lowered in Europe there would be a market three times as big as that of the United States. As to the framework of the United States or Europe. Professor Macmillan Brown-said that it should imitate the flexible, elastic organisation of the British Commonwealth of nations, rather than that of the. United States. By acclamation Professor Macmillan Brown was accorded a vote of thanks, oil the motion of Air TV. At. Hamilton, seconded by Alt' S. C. Bingham.