Word: distrusting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Whether we accept the "League of Nations" or not, we must maintain the trust we have won. For after all, the future peace of the world depends primarily on the conference existing between states. No pact however perfect can eliminate war if mutual distrust is engendered. If the motives of our action in the Great War were upheld to future generations as examples to follow in all foreign dealings, the world would become educated in the difference between international right and wrong...
...announcement of Secretary Lansing that the United States had concluded a treaty with Japan on the subject of China will be welcomed by all as tending to remove the distrust and lack of confidence between the two nations. The policy of the Open Door, inaugurated by Secretary Hay at the time of the Boxer Rebellion has now been brought to a successful conclusion, for Japan has at last declared that she will in no way impair the sovereignty of China, nor limit the right of free and open trade on the part of all nations. In return for this...
...Spanish war, thirty years after Appopatomax, the South gave of her strongest and her best for the union from which, but for the course of war, she would have severed. That marked the end of the last sectional distrust, and the full unity of a single Americanism...
...this period of international distrust and suspicion one of the most reassuring signs is the good feeling which prevails between the students of different countries. This evening's hockey game is an example. The players of McGill University should be greeted with all friendliness and respect, for their opinion of the reception we give them will go a long way towards promoting or hindering the cordiality which should exist between the United States and her neighbor to the north. It is much more than an intercollegiate contest. It is a contest between two traditions of the sport...
...must not have its principles laid down by a Metternich. It is to be hoped that gradual disarmament would result from the continued life of this league, but it is obvious that the mere establishment of the system would by no means bring about immediate disarmament. Unappeased national distrust and jealousies would prevent it; and, in addition, the enforcing (or guaranteeing) of peace implies and necessitates the use of armed force against insurgent members of the league. At its inception, the league would necessarily consist of an association of armed nations. Each nation would enjoy an equal status with every...