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Europe, one hundred years after
America, must proclaim to the world
her own Monroe Doctrine: Europe for
I tie Europeans.—Richard N. Couden
hove-Kalergi, in “Pan-Europa."
By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
S'lTlllNCi cun save Europe
from destruction but a
league of nations not
tiie League of Nations,
but a league of European
nations. So says Dr. Rich
ard N. Coudenhove-Knler
gi of Vienna in “Pan-Eu
ropa,” Europe must pro
claim lier own Monroe
doctrine: Europe for the
Europeans. Otherwise she
commits suicide. He proposes three
preliminary steps to bring into being
Pan-Europe:
First, the calling of a Pan-Europenh
conference by one or several Euro
pean governments;
Second, the conclusion of an arbi
trary treaty binding European nations
to arbitrate their differences and guar
antee one another’s security;
Third, the establishment of a Pan-
European customs union which will
hind Europe together Into a single
economic territory.
These preliminaries having been ac
complished, he would have a United
States of Europe patterned on the
United States of America, hut exclud
ing t.reat Britain and Russia, as not
1 hiropcan.
"The Utopia of a dreamer,” say
you? Well, such Is the Utopia which
this Austrian dreamer lias put into
black and white in "l’an-Europa.”
And as lie shrewdly remarks, "Every
great historical idea began as Utopia
and ended as reality.” Moreover, you
will find lihn preaching the gospel of
the “mutual solidarity based on com
mon sense.” And it was only the other
day that (Jen. Charles Q. Dawes ssok
the breath away from the reparations
commission by insisting on common
sense as the only basis of operation.
Again, Is tho fact tlmt the Austrian's j
plan is “Utopian" anything against It
at this stago? Certainly thos > whose
slogan has been "practical conduct of
afTairs" have not made a glittering
success. Possibly tli? dreamers can
do better, apparently they could not
do worse. In any event, the Austrian
has written a hook that is likely to
evoke wide discussion.
Tho author excludes from his Pan-
Europe both Itritaln and Russia. Thev
do not properly belong. Pan-Kurope,
as he visualizes it, must be welded to
gether from tiie nations on the Eu
ropean continent east of Russia.
Those nations are now living in such
murderous hatred and discord that
European civilization is threatened
with complete collapse. They timst
substitute for these suicidal antago
nisms something approaching friendly
concerted action. Only in this way
can these nations hope to escape
eventual enslavement to one or to an
other of tiie federations which art*
even now assuming shape and will
tomorrow take the place of the great
powers of today.
In Washington, London, Moscow,
Tokyo iind Paris is centered the polit
ical leadership of the world today, as
he sees it. Power, in world terms,
is American, British, Russian, East
Asian and European. Therefore the
world should he divided into five cor
responding groups of nations, united
on a basis of common expediency.
The first of these groups is Pan-
America —the whole western hemi
sphere (excepting Panada), loosely
federated under the hegemony of the
United States. The second group is
the British empire as at present
constituted —the British Isles and all
the enormous colonial possessions of
the British, extending over five con
tinents of the earth. : The third is
Russia—the Russian dominions both
in Europe and Asia. The fourth is
Eastern Asia, its nucleus being Japan
itnd China, politically separated today
but logically bound together by racial,
linguistic and cultural ties. And the
fifth is Continental Europe, together
with the African colonies of the con
tinental nations of Europe, which
would mean a compact federation of
nations extending from the North
Cape, past Tripoli and Morocco, to the
Congo, Angola and other regions of
southern Africa.
The five groups, thus classified,
would compare in population and in
area (square, miles) thus:
Population. Area.
British Empire. . .454,000,(100 13.896,000
Pan-Europe 431,000,000 .10,036.000
Eastern Asia 408,000.000 4,632,000
Pan-America ....212,000.000 11.580,000
Russia 145,000.000 8,492,000
Federation of Europe would there
fore give her a “bloc” of nations with
a total population which would put
her on terms of practical equality with
tlie other four “blocs”’ visualized by
the author —second in population and
third in area. I’an-Europe, so formed
and established, would be strong
enough successfully to resist every
kind of military Invasion and every
kind of economic competition.
And only by such a union, he says,
can Europe hope to make head
against the other four world federa
tions, which in his view are being
every day brought nearer to realiza
tion by force of circumstances. Eu
rope’s world supremacy is already a
thing of the past, lie says, and her na
tions must federate for self-preserva
tion, not for world domination. He
says:
The European problem will never be
solved until the nations of Europe Join
' together. This union will occur either
voluntarily, by the creation of a Pun-
I j ropean federation, or it will be
forced upon Europe as a result of a
i conquest of western Europe by Russia.
Whether or not the European prob
lem is solved by Europe herself or by
Russia, one fact remains: the present
European system of small nations can
not maintain itself permanently in the
face of the four great federations of
the future; the British- Russian. Amer
ican and East Asian
THE DANIELSVILLE MONITOR, DANIELSVILLE, GEORGIA.
Europe's woriu negeinoiiy is irrevoc
ably lost; her inuepc-ndi nee. however.
Is not yet lost, nor are her colonial em
pire, her culture and her future.
If Europe would but form a union
while there is yet time, she might yet
participate in the division of the earth
as the tilth big factor, enjoying rights
equal to tho3e of tht other four; but.
If she remains cut up into small pieces,
she must needs sink deeper and deeper
into political powerlessness until some
day, having fallen into bankruptcy,
misery and debt, she falls a prey to a
Russian onslaught.
The author, having this conception
of the world’s future, is of course
against the League of Nations as a
solution of European difficulties. lie
admits that the creation of the League
of Nations was a great step forward
in human development. But he says
it enables nations remote from Eu
rope and in no wise entitled to a voice
in purely European affairs to concern
themselves with these matters. And
he adds r
Instead of combining the peoples and
countries of the world according to
their historical, economic, cultural and
geographical relationships, the league,
without consideration for geography,
history, culture or economics, puts to
gether mechanically, like so many
bricks, big and little. Asiatic and Euro
pean. neighboring and remote, nations.
The author sees in Pan-America
“either the greatest danger or the
greatest hope for his. Pan-Europe.
His thought is that either Pan-Europe
and Pan-America will develop side’by
side, in friendly co-operation, or Pan-
Europe, having escaped military con
quest at the hands of tiie Russia of
tomorrow, will become economically
enslaved to Pan-Araerica.
The British Empire, he states fur
ther, might in future he a most use
ful link between Pan-America and the
new Pan-Europe, and stretching as it
does over all five continents of the
earth, it might he a most useful factor
In preserving world-peace.
He realizes to the full the wealth
and power of the United States. He
says:
Whereas the forty-eight republics of
North Vmerica are. united politically
and economically in one single union,
the twenty-six democracies of Europe
are undermining their political and
economic sovereignty and, by means ol
their policy in peace and' war. are
systematically destroying each ether.
The Unltad States of America is the
richest, most powerful and most high
ly developed country in the world. Her
citizens are not liable to universal
military service. Upon her territory
no war has been fortght for over hall
a century. Industry and agriculture
prosper there' and American material
and intellectual culture grows from
year to year.
He lias no illusions as to Europe.
He says:
Every European country lives In a
continual state of alarm lest war break
out; mutual hatred and envy among
European nations preclude all co-oper
ation. . . . Industry, commerce and
intercourse are throttled by ridiculous
customs barriers which paralyze Europe
economically, and, month b> month
European Intellectual and material cul
ture sink lower.
Yet the Austrian is an optimist ol
the highest rank. He thinks a future
reconciliation possible between ever
Germany and France. lie admits,
however, that such a reconciliation
can come only if both F ranee ant*
Germany recognize that a continu
ance of their hostility will eventually
mean their ruin; to save themselves
they must foster a mutual “solidarity
based on common sense. Germany
and France will einerg .* from the fear
fill crisis in which they find them
selves iit present either as European
allies or, leaping at each other's
throats, they will bleed to death froir
the wounds which they will inflict
upon each other.”
Doctor Coudenhove-Kalergi fears
another war—which will be Europe’s
! death warrant. Be the outcome of i
I future European war what it may,
i but one real victor can emerge from
1 *t —Russia. That Is his fear—and his
1 judgment.
So tils conclusion is:
Europe, one hundred years afte,
America, must proclaim to the worlc
ber own Monroe Doctrine; Europe fo
, the Europeans.'
Attractive Frame Bungalow
With Porch and Sun Parlor
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD
Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers oT
this paper. On account of his wide
experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt,
the highest authority on all these sub
jects. Address all inquiries to William
A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue.
Chicago. 111., and only Inclose two-cent
stamp for reply.
Wlion it coines to selecting the de
sign for anew home that member of
the family whose, job Is to take care
of it very often puts her foot down
and demands a bungalow.
“A bungalow,” says she, “Is the
right sort of a home. All the work
is on one floor, there are no stairs to
climb several times a day, and, be
sides, bungalows are pretty.”
Her arguments are correct. All the
work in ; bungalow is on one floor,
there are no stairs to climb, and bun
galows are pretty and homelike.
Hence the popularity of a bungalow.
Bungalows are constructed of all the
standard building materials —lumber,
tile, brick, concrete blocks. Any or
nil of them may be covered with
stucco, although few of those who se
lect brick as a building material em
ploy stucco for the outside walls.
Avery attractive frame bungalow
is shown in the accompanying illus
tration. This was designed for a cor
ner lot, but it will fit just as nicely on
a site that is removed from a corner.
However, it needs a good-sized piece
of . ground, as it is 31 feet wide and
47 feet deep.
The architect used excellent judg
ment in designing this bungalow. In
the first place he gave it a porch that
extends across the width of the honse.
The roof has been given a pitch that
carries it out over the porch, where it
is supported by four square columns.
In each side of the roof at the 'front
fan-shaped windows have been sot,
breaking the severe roof line and
adding to the attractiveness of the
front elevation.
The steps leading to the porch are
at the end and terminate on a terrace
with a cement floor. This terrace also
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adjoins tiie sun parlor, which has an
outside door opening off It. The en
trance proper, however, is in the cen
ter of tho house and leads directly Into
tiie living room. This is larger than
ordinarily is found in a bungalow, be
ing 14 feet wide and 23 feet long. In
the center of the inside wall an open
fireplace is set. Larg" windows, one
at each end and two at the front, give
ihe room plenty of light and ventila
tion. The sun parlor at the end is
shut ofT from the living room by a
French door. The sun parlor is 10 feet
long and 7 feet (5 inches wide.
A wide-cased opening connects the
living and dining rooms. The latter
also may be reache i from the sun par
lor, which Is conn *cted with it by
double French doors. This arrange
ment aiso makes tho sun parlor an
ideal place for breakfasts or for small
luncheon parties. The dining room is
13 by 13 feet. Back of it is the
kitchen, 15 by 0 feet 6 inches. At the
ick is an inclosed porch and stairs
ruling to the cellar.
Off the dining room is a short hall
at either end of which is a bedroom.
Each of these rooms is 11 by 12 f eet
6 inches. Between them and almost
opposite the door to the dining room is
the bathroom. Stairs also lead out of
this hall to the attic.
The foundation walls of the houss
are of concrete. These walls also fur
nish the walls for the basement which
extends under the whole house. The
rest of the building is of wood frame
construction.
Glass Building Brick
Said to Be Everlasting
Giass-faced bricks with concrete
backing have been more or less used
in various parts of the country. They
seem to be superior to any form of
tile or glazed brick as a lining for tun
nels, swimming pools or bathrooms;,
for the inside walls of garages, engine
houses, prisons, meat markets and
other structures where perfect clean
liness is as desirable as difficult. They
are heat and cold resisting, and de
clared to be everlasting, requiring no
paint or other treatment to preserve
their appearance. For shops jind fac
tories the concrete-backed glass brick
would seem an almost ideal material.
The construction of the brick is a
follows: To a glass facing, one
fourth inch thick at its thinnest part,
is attached a well-proportioned con
crete back. The concrete backing is
attached to the glass front by three
separate means, each entirely sufficient
to secure the union of the two ma
terials. First, the cement on the
concrete adheres to the glass; second,
both ends of the glass face are re
turned by greater than a right angle,
thus imprisoning the concrete mass;
third, a dovetailed rib of glass
traverses the entire length of the
hack of the facing, at cnee strength
ening the glass face and also securing
it to the concrete body. The glass
face Is one-sixteenth of an Inch larger
ail around than the concrete body,
thus making it possible to be a good
mortar bond, notwithstanding that the
mortar between the faces of the
glass may be almost entirely pres>e
out. . ...
The glass bricks are laid in exao .
the same manner as are any other
finished brick.
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Urges Better Homes
It makes but little difference what
we of this generation may do in t'#
arrangement of governmental machin
ery or in the adjustment of our rela
tionship with other nations if we ■
not also see that the children
brought up in such a way that -
can develop and carry on the •
of our country. Furthermore, it is n
only our own children for whom •
are responsible. It is all <>f r
pie’s children. When my
Grace, Teddy. Cornelius and Quentin
are grown-up citizens, tney ™
the country equally with thei
temporaries of today. Fo 1
son. if for no other, and simply
interests of my own children,
try to see that all of their t t P jß
ners in this country get a fair sta
There are. two ways that we c.m nn
should work for the children. The
first is. by providing 110111 it | es as
community aids and oppo and
may be possible; the second
really the most important - -
ing to every fa* J
build up the proper kind J .
It is in the family circle that®
dividual gets the slant on life
lasts. f ] arn so
It is for this r “ s ~t h the Better
strongly In sympathy w- Roose-
Homes campaign.—The
velt. Assistant Secretary of the
In the Delineator.
Dangers n
Thirty-nine people in a ®
soap in the bathtub a- (jauinPC*-
enough to collect insurance 6M^
This is the record for J daffl*
pany, the Aetna, which a-o D trlp>
ages to 505 injured in Ra
ping over rugs and 30.* w*
stairs. Sixteen golfers col
ages for being lilt by k -s.
nine others for failing Into 0 -.
Five dancers had valid ch
tiding with other dancers.