. Review of reviews and world's work . THE CRITIC S ARGUMENTFrom the Republic (St. Louis, Mo.) WELDING THEM TOGETHERFrom the World (New York) proposal of a League of Nations cannot haveunderstood what life has meant for the pasthalf century to scores of millions of Euro-peans. They have been in constant dread ofwar, and have almost literally slept in mili-tary boots, ready to be summoned like policereserves or members of fire companies. TheLeague of Nations means that collectiveEurope, supported by the rest of the world,ordains an end of these conflicts. The Leagueis primarily a European affai


. Review of reviews and world's work . THE CRITIC S ARGUMENTFrom the Republic (St. Louis, Mo.) WELDING THEM TOGETHERFrom the World (New York) proposal of a League of Nations cannot haveunderstood what life has meant for the pasthalf century to scores of millions of Euro-peans. They have been in constant dread ofwar, and have almost literally slept in mili-tary boots, ready to be summoned like policereserves or members of fire companies. TheLeague of Nations means that collectiveEurope, supported by the rest of the world,ordains an end of these conflicts. The Leagueis primarily a European affair, but Europeis so involved with the rest of the world thatNorth and South America, Japan, China,India and Australia, must agree to it andsupport it. ^ ,. „, The Russian revolution meant Ending Wars , . , . , ,, ia the Supreme this One thing more than all^^^ else,—that the Russian peoplewere tired of war and unwilling to endureany further sacrifices. The extent of popularwar-weariness, in all of the belligerent coun-tries at times


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