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| REVIEW OF THE "SEVEN QUESTIONS"

In presenting the seven questions to
the club or study group for discussion
- the leader, at the first meeting called
for the purpose, may point out that it
is generally understood and agreed that
after the present armed conflict there
~will come a period in.which.a better
world order will be constituted, that
“igs to say, a better condition of rela-
tionship between nations and between
cheats and interests within nations.

here are many problems incident to
the accomplishment of a lasting peace
‘and an enduring world order of under-
standing and goodwill and prosperity .
and progress, We have here an intim-
tion of seven such ‘problems.

They are stated so as to cause us to
think particularly in regard to them

‘ although there are also other problems
that will undoubtedly occur. to us and
we can think about them also.

(At this point the ‘seven questions in-
dicated in the boxed items on the suc-
ceeding meer" eames be read to the

group. )

Now it is to be noted that these ques-
tions are stated in a manner to bring
home to each one of us the relation

- that these problems may have to us - to
us as the people of a nation, to us as
men in business or professional work,

to us as individuals in our respective
communities. Any one of these questions
is sufficient for a good discussion by
us. We plan to take up the questions
one at a time and give our earnest
thought to their significance and to

the answers to them which we ee asiuiieans
in our own minds.

Probably there will be members of the
club or study group who will want to
comment upon the questions submitted,
upon the completeness of them, upon .
the ability or inability of the members
to study them, upon the sources of in-
formation there may be available in

Do we believe that war can be elimi-
inated. by providing some means: of: in-

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Most likely there will be an agreement
that these seven questions are suffi-

- cient for seven good discussion meet-

ings and that everyone will make a
memorandum of the first question and
think about it and talk about it at

' home and with others and come to the

next meeting prepared to engage ina

discussion of it. Thus the stage will

be set for the next meeting to be de-
voted to Question No. 1. After that
it will be comparatively simple to pro-
ceed at a subsequent meeting to Ques-
tion No. 2 and so on.

QUESTION NO, Axx INTERNATIONAL CO=:--
OPERATION

 

ternational cooperation for the
equitable settlement of disputes be-
tween nations and the remedying of
iia etnies What would we be. willing
‘to have our nation do to accomplish
this?

 

 

The first part of this question pre-
sents an opportunity to have different
views expressed. Some members may
believe that war can be eliminated by
providing a means of international’

cooperation for the settlement of dis-.

putes between nations. Some members
may feel that human nature is so per-
verse that war can never’ be eliminated,
and. that thus the only safety lies in
a strong state of armed preparedness.
Other members may have still other
opinions. If members air those views,
thus informing one another of differ-
ent possibilities, that will help them
to realize just what might be attempt-
ed, what might be See Re —
these lines.

Most likely the conclusion will be
reached that war can be eliminated, or
at least that the possibility of war

‘can be lessened,:..through providing
some means of international cooperation.