DOC. 487 ON ASIA 775 anneve Dieaus Ivimtalsis u like, but the dread- nust count tor some- am not naive enough de was the last war." League ot Nations, 1: articipation of some of especially the United e is maimed, and yet useful, most important her agency would have America is concerned, tively, taking into con- various reasons why member of the League. ing for both nations will come when these nations cease to distrust each other. "I believe that Europe will have real rest and peace only when there ehall have been formed a kind of federation, but a very extensive federation, among the European countries of Western Eu- rope, Such a federation should leave to each nation its individuality, but it could establish, if not a customs union- which would take a long time to or- ganize-then very extensive arrange- ments and agreements for the proper distribution of raw materials and the been decreasing. But as to the future of Russia, it is as hard and unwise to prophesy about this as about anything else." Referring to the League of Nations, of the Intellectual Committee of which Dr. Einstein is a member, he said: “Germany is wrong to thinking that the League is absolutely without merit. It has splendid intentions and is doing some work of value. But I wish to em- phasize that I am absolutely convinced that without the stabilizing influence of the United States this and other inter- national organizations cannot exist" [4] [5] ce. The firm eslab- one is a promise for shment of the other. occasionally of the tions.' But the ’sov- s' is rapidly becoming We don’t much be- [1] a' nowadays." European Federation. nterview was with M. of War during the e World War and the [2] ot as Premier. ld be dead today if ions were more trust- r," said M. Painlevé. trust and the difficul- the reparations have onalist sections of the chiefly to Germany, aggressive desires, so, cannot say that mill- er a menace to Eu- st add that France, raphical situation, is ist undertakings more European country. who are making the n order to maintain ermany and France, mes when the French vinced that they need [3] aggression on the part great step will have rd the realization of ce. But I must say people have been d by the recent Ger- ch have not permitted a democratic Govern- eat, the greatest bless- of Europe and Asia and the rest of the world. At the risk of being treated as an enemy by both camps, I shall de- fend the unity of mankind to my last breath. The cause of humanity and of progress, the grandeur of the human spirit, needs both these civilizations." Einstein on Asis. In Germany I discussed the Russo- Japanese agreement with Dr. Albert Einstein, scientist and author of the theory of relativity. He said: "I think the coalition of Russia, Japan and China is quite natural, because they are to a defensive position against the more progressive economic conditions to Western Europe and the United States. They could not help themselves. Cir- cumstances are stronger than political intentions, and I feel certain that there is great danger for the development of the civilised countries if they do not pursue a cautious and far-sighted policy. "The people to the Far Bast should not be deprived of the possibility of ex- istence, The danger can be averted only through mutual understanding and a bloc of the combined interests of the world. For instance, Japan is now like a great kettle without any safety valves. It has not enough land to enable its population to exist and develop. This should be remedied to some way if a terrible conflict is to he averted. "As for Russia, it seems to me that economically she has made very little progress under the present form of gov- ernment, and she has little to show of a constructive nature. Her production in the industrial and economic fields has it is the age-old migratory instinct, intensified by the press of circum- stances, that impels a girl to run away from home. Like all humankind, she has a desire to "get herself across," to, use the vernacular, and if the oppor- tunity for self-expression to denied her at home she yields to the migratory in- stinct and seeks a new environment. Yet this is not the sum of the ex- planation of the modem runaway. Her problem is a far more complicated one than that of the runaway of yesterday. Entering into it are many factors which are the direct result of the modern scheme of living-for instance, the con- flict between foreign-born mothers and their American daughters the type of community, such as the mining town, from which many of the runaways come, and the great city with its attendant loneliness. These reflections upon the runaway girl come from Miss Virginia M. Mur- ray, General Secretary of the Travelers’ Aid Society, who probably has studied the cases of more missing girls in the last few years than any other person to New York. The runaway girls form only one class of the 76,000 travelers as- sisted by the Travelers’ Aid Society last year, but they are an important class. Last year the society assisted 302 girls or young women who had out them- selves off from their natural guardians and thrown themselves upon the world. The Stage-Struck Girl. ing u shoul of the while work An She c on th brink which main drive in th drive to su the b direct in an genia Lily has c Trave to be telegr cities the lo 'descri to the or po worke obser the t picked by the perien nize t The impression that all runaways come from the small towns is a mistaken one, according to Miss Murray, although it is true that a large proportion of them flee from small-town duliness. "Stage- come lodgin dress. One messa
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