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AN INVESTMENT IN DRAINAGE BONDS
YUAN SHIH-KAI AND THE THRONE OF CHINA

368

FREDERICK MOORE 370

SHALL WE HAVE RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT?
III. THE PORK IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS (Illustrated)

BURTON J. HENDRICK 374

OUR NEW GOLD GOES ADVENTURING (Illustrated)

FRENCH STROTHER 389

ASSASSINATION AND INTERVENTION IN HAITI GEORGE MARVIN
IN SEARCH OF A CANDIDATE -
CORPORATION SCHOOLS

THE BALKAN CAULDRON

411

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W. MORTON FULLERTON 421

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TERMS: $3.00 a year; single copies, 25 cents. For Foreign Postage add $1.00; Canada 60 cents.
Published monthly. Copyright, 1916, by Doubleday, Page & Company.

All rights reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Garden City, N. Y., as second-class mail matter.
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THE ONE STRONG MAN OF CHINA, WHO, AS VICEROY, PREMIER, PRESIDENT, AND EMPEROR, HAS KEPT HIS HANDS ON THE DESTINY OF HIS COUNTRY SINCE THE DEATH OF LI HUNG-CHANG [See page 370)

THE

WORLD'S WORK

FEBRUARY, 1916

VOLUME XXXI

NUMBER 4

G

THE MARCH OF EVENTS

ERMANY, in the apology for the sinking of the Arabic, promised to abide by a decent standard of humanity in the further conduct of its submarine warfare and has since reiterated that promise.

Austria, in the disavowal of the act of the submarine commander who sank the Ancona, promised likewise to abide by the ordinary dictates of civilization in her warfare at sea.

To force such admissions from the two Powers most committed to the "might is right" theory of warfare, in the midst of the madness of war, is a large achievement in diplomacy, not only in its bearings upon this war but upon the future conduct of war, and upon the reliance of nations upon the peaceful methods of diplomacy even in belligerent times.

This achievement will probably stand out in history after its cost has been forgotten. But the cost has been considerable. Since we first announced that we would hold the belligerent nations to a strict accountability for the lives of American citizens who were proceeding at sea within their rights, American citizens have been killed on the Lusitania, the Arabic, the Ancona, and the Persia. The Americans who went down on these

ships have paid in full for our diplomatic achievement. The Nation as a whole has paid somewhat in the loss of esteem in which it is held abroad. This loss is not what some of our citizens who are oversensitive to foreign comment believe, but still the loss in a certain kind of prestige has cost us something.

Also, during the time of the negotiations those who for various reasons questioned the wisdom of our maintaining our rights. at sea had time to carry forward their propaganda, and many who were but momentarily roused by the sinking of the Lusitania from the allurements of a returning prosperity sank back into the indifference of commercialism.

We have paid in several ways to reestablish rights that were already our own; and to pay for what belongs to you leaves an unpleasant feeling. But the flat truth is we had no choice but to pay in one way or another. To put it plainly, we had either to argue or to fight or to do both. We argued with skill and patience and with sufficient force to carry our point. To those who wanted to fight the result is not satisfactory.

We have achieved a diplomatic victory for the United States, made an honest and patient effort to serve the cause of peace, and paid the price.

Copyright, 1916, by Doubleday, Page & Co. All rights reserved

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