The Forum . ldren in Russia whom we have doomed to an inhumanfate. We are not proud of Bolshevism; that is somethingwe all abhor and oppose, but we are proud of the diplomaticmanagement of our affairs with Russia. We are bound tobelieve this when such statesmen as Senator Hitchcock ofNebraska openly proclaim that we should be proud of thesethings, and openly disavow any inhumanity in such demon-strations of foreign diplomacy. To some in whom pride is an instinct unadulterated bythose expedients that have made such a document of secretdiplomacy as the League of Nations possible, there is aston-
The Forum . ldren in Russia whom we have doomed to an inhumanfate. We are not proud of Bolshevism; that is somethingwe all abhor and oppose, but we are proud of the diplomaticmanagement of our affairs with Russia. We are bound tobelieve this when such statesmen as Senator Hitchcock ofNebraska openly proclaim that we should be proud of thesethings, and openly disavow any inhumanity in such demon-strations of foreign diplomacy. To some in whom pride is an instinct unadulterated bythose expedients that have made such a document of secretdiplomacy as the League of Nations possible, there is aston-ishment that there are among us people who are proud of is not an astonishment of the average kind. There ismingled in the mind of those who oppose this document anastonishment of fear that betrayals always bring about. There is a new statesmanship in this country, a newstandard of government which threatens, and defies, and de-plores any opinion contrary to it. It is a statesmanship made RUNNING AMUCK. Uncle Sam—I dont know where were going but were surely on the way 381 382 THE FORUM in Paris, and it has returned to us with sealed orders. Con-gress appears to be taking its first lessons in foreign di-plomacy, and it is accused of being rather backward, slow tograsp the new idea. The new idea of statesmanship hasbeen so industriously taught, so widely spread among thepeople by various agencies of the government, and with suchsplendor of expectation of peace in it, that the country, inmany places, is already proud of it. It is a statesmanship of peace founded on war. That isits strange psychology, and that is the most popular phase ofits operation. It is really a prize package, to be opened we fail to believe what we have been told this statesman-ship will produce, we are called unworthy of these great timesof American prowess and fighting glory. The Amurican Peopul npHE sincerity of men in public office is the foundationupon which our national safety stands. I
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