Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1916 — Daylight Diplomacy Would Eliminate Much Bad Feeling Among the Nations [ARTICLE]

Daylight Diplomacy Would Eliminate Much Bad Feeling Among the Nations

By PROF. SCOTT NEARING

/’ Secret diplomacy is a fruitful cause of misunderstanding among nations. The statesmen write'notes for weeks or perhaps for years; the tension between the countries grows greater; intrigue breeds rumor; people are white hot with expectancy, fear and uncertainty. Then a pin drops somewhere, and the nations are mobilizing. If the records of the correspondence between the warring nations of Europe had been published before the war began instead of after it started, there might have been no war. The-negotiations between nations should be as open as the sessions of the legislatures or the courts. Daylight diplomacy would eliminate much bad feeling between the nations. There are politicians who would make war to get votes. Such men are undoubtedly in a hopeless minority, yet the type exists, and in a grave crisis it inust be reckoned with. __