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any permanent and political union between an European and an American state unnatural and inexpedient;" if it does involve this what shall be our position about Canada; does it involve the position. once taken by our government, that South America controversies can not be arbitrated by European powers; is it for the interest of the human race that a peaceable settlement of South America by European colonies be forbidden; is it for our selfish interest so to forbid them, or would our commercial interests be advanced by having the continent populated as fast as possible; shall we permit South Americans to cede their territory to European powers, as our government proposes, or deny it, as some United States Senators demand; if we keep other powers off what shall be our own relation to South America; is there a danger of complications there possibly more real than the peril of European entanglements; is there a danger that "sovereignty" may lead to protectorates, and those to annexations, until our republic becomes unmanageable? These are some of the questions which suddenly confront us. Can there be anything more creditable to Harvard men than to think and speak on these matters without fear or favor? Is it not plain that nothing can more impede a rational conclusion, or more lower our dignity in our own eyes, than to approach such questions in a feverish heat, or to let professions of patriotism or savage praise of war frighten us away from a deliberate search for the right? It is to resist such impulses, and to insist on a critical study of all questions, that universities exist.

J. B. WARNER '69.