ABSTRACT
Thecryforequalityofallindividualcitizenswithina
democracycaneasilybeturnedintoademandfortheir
"collectiveequality"withthecitizensofotherdemocracies.
Tradeandtransportationhaveconnectedmillionsofmen
wholiveunderdifferentregimesinvariouspartsofthe
world.Sinceprintingandbroadcastinghavecomeintotheir
own,theypossesssomeknowledgeofoneanother'sstatus
andcompareitinfriendlyorunfriendlyrivalrywiththeir
lot.Fewhaveactualpersonalcontactwiththeirneigh-
bours;fewaresufficientlywellinformedtointerpretthese
experiencesinanintelligentmanner.Theygeneralizefrom
accidentalimpressionsandseeintheirownpurelyindividual
inferiorityorsuperioritycomplexestheloworhighwater-
marksoftheirnation'sinternationalstanding.International
ignoranceisstupendous,notwithstandingtheMarxian
assumptionthatthemembersofthesameclassalloverthe
worldhaveanintuitivefacilityforinterpretingoneanother's
nationalways,whilstthoseoftheseveralclasseswithineach
nationarekeptapartanddeprivedofsuchspiritualunity
byclasswarfare.Themasses,assuch,arenecessarilymore
ignorantofthewaysandmeansofothernationsthanwere
theprincesofold,whosejealousiesforcedthemtokeepa
closewatchononeanother'sdoings.Theycannothavemuch
directpersonalcontact.Theyareatthemercyofthosewho
arebetterqualifiedtogatherandspreadinformationfor
them,andtheyareoftenenoughdeliberatelymisledby
theiragentsforwhataresupposedtobepatrioticpurposes.
Buttheiryearningsforequalrightsfortheirnationand
equalopportunitiesforthemselveshavebecomeatleast
asardentasweretheclaimsforrecognitionoftheirformer
despoticrulers;theyarequiteastouchyonquestionsof
rankandprobablymoreinclinedtooverrate"recognition."
"WewillfightuntiltheFrenchacknowledgeusashaving