American entrance into the war at this time would "have the same unhappy effect upon American morale as we have seen produced abroad by similar acts of bad faith on the part of trusted men," three Harvard professors declared last night.

Breaking through the near-monopoly which American Defense, Harvard Group, has on Faculty opinion, Arthur N. Holcombe '06, professor of Government, William E. Hocking '01, Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Philosophy, and Civil Polity, and Harlow Shapley, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy protested American entrance into the war to establish "a new balance of power" in Europe.

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In view of the anti-intervention stand of both parties in the last election and the unreadiness of most Americans "to believe that they are dependent upon any foreign power for their own national defense," entrance into the war now with no further justification than has been advanced by its advocates would have a disastrous effect on morale and unity, the three professors said.

"We recognize that there must be a new order of some kind after this war," they stated. "But the kind of new order for which Americans may be expected to fight is one which can rest on the consent of the peoples who may be concerned.

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"A new balance of power, which can be maintained only by a constant threat of forcible intervention in Europe, is not an international order for which Americans should be asked to lay down their lives in foreign wars. There are better ways of guarding the independence of America."

Referring to the late Lord Lothian's speech of two days ago in which he said that America must decide whether it is to her interest to give whatever assistance may be necessary in order to make certain that Britain shall not fall, the three professors said "The British campaign to bring America into the war has opened very inauspiciously."