Word: nationalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...would certainly have been a shameful thing if the United States had failed in resisting the encroachments of the German Empire upon its national rights, and it would have been a sand thing for humanity if through a narrow passion for the preservation of our own comfort we had let France fall to her destruction before the onslaught of the Hun. It would be an almost equally shameful thing if now, after all the sacrifices which have been made and which have been accentuated through lack of timely preparation, we should be lulled to sleep by sweet sounding pleas...
...When the national House of Representatives adopted its resolution on the right of self-determination for Ireland diplomatic discretion was apparently absent from that part of the Capitol. Without at all considering the merits of the English-Irish controversy, it is difficult to understand how the House felt itself called upon to express an official opinion, uninvited, upon the affairs of another nation. The danger to the friendly relations now existing between England and the United States which accompanies such action by the representatives is realized if we point the resolution in the other direction, and consider what a storm...
Senator Lodge's criticism of the League of Nations Constitution seems to centre in the fear that the United States, by endorsing such an agreement, would be robbed of its right of sovereignty in domestic as well as in foreign affairs. This attitude of his is peculiarly interesting in view of a statement made by him in May, 1916, in support of the platform of the League to Enforce Peace. At that time he is quoted as saying: "I know how quickly we shall be met with the statement that this is a dangerous question which you are putting into...
...other party approved of the decision, we should be compelled by the rules of the league to surrender our right of sovereignty to just that extent. This argument seems to me unanswerable. It is simply a question of whether or not the United States and her sister nations are willing to sacrifice some of the rights which in the past they have so jealously guarded and thereby secure greater brotherhood among themselves in practice as well as in theory. The alternative proposed by Senator Lodge, that of reserving to each nation the right of self-determination in questions of domestic...
...remember that the United States is not the only nation that stands to lose some of her former privileges by joining the League of Nations; the mere fact of co-operating to enforce world peace means sacrifice and some degree of give and take on the part of all concerned. We have preached unselfishness and brotherhood long enough; now is the time to make good our declarations. C. S. JOSLYN...