Measured In Time Of Transport And Communication,

In Recent Times, European Nations, With The Use Of Gunpowder And Other Technical Improvements In Warfare, Controlled Practically The Whole World. One, The British Empire, Brought Under One Government A Quarter Of The Earth And Its Inhabitants.

Some Wars Have Been Due To The Lust Of Rulers For Power And Glory, Or To Revenge To Wipe Out The Humiliation Of A Former Defeat.

After The First World War The Economic Problem Was No Longer One Of Production. It Was The Problem Of Finding Markets To Get The Output Of Industry And Agriculture Dispersed And Consumed.

It Is Said That Those Whom The Gods Wish To Destroy They First Make Mad. It May Well Be That A War Neurosis Stirred Up By Propaganda Of Fear And Hatred Is The Prelude To Destruction.

We Are Now Physically, Politically, And Economically One World And Nations So Interdependent That The Absolute National Sovereignty Of Nations Is No Longer Possible.