The new type of patriot no longer cries, “My country against the world,” But “My country for the world.” [Footnote:  Stuart P. Sherman, American and Allied Ideals, p. 14.]

Topics for investigation: 

The Hague Tribunal.  Disputes that have been settled by it.  Why the dispute that led to the recent war was not settled by it.

The meaning of “nationality.”  Of “sovereignty.”

Has a government any more right to be dishonest than an individual?

Both sides of the argument over the ratification by the United States of the treaty of peace with the Covenant for the League of Nations (see references).

The truth of the statement that “the only way to be sure of a perfect neighborhood is first to see to it that the homes of the neighborhood are strong and wholesome.”

The meaning of the statement in the quotation at the end of the text above.

READINGS

In Long’s American patriotic Prose: 

Washington, “Farewell Address,” pp. 105-124.

Washington, “Proclamation of Neutrality,” pp. 143-146.

“The Monroe Doctrine,” pp. 148-149.

John Quincy Adams, “The Mission of America,” pp. 149-150.

George F. Hoar, “A Warning Against the Spirit of Empire,” pp. 244- 247.

Woodrow Wilson, “Spirit of America,” pp. 266-268.

Franklin K. Lane, “Why We Are Fighting Germany,” pp. 282-283.

Carl Schurz, “The Rule of Honor for the Republic,” pp. 342-343.

Woodrow Wilson, “War Message of April 2, 1917,” pp. 351-361.

In Foerster and Pierson’s American ideals: 

Washington, “Counsel on Alliances” (Farewell Address), pp. 185- 189.

“The Monroe Doctrine,” pp. 190-193.

Henry Clay, “The Emancipation of South America,” pp. 194-199.

Robert E. Lansing, “Pan-Americanism,” pp. 200-296.

A. Lawrence Lowell, “A League to Enforce Peace,” pp. 207-223.

George G. Wilson, “The Monroe Doctrine and the League to Enforce
Peace,” pp. 224-232.

Woodrow Wilson, “The Conditions of Peace,” pp. 233-241.

Woodrow Wilson, “War for Democracy and Peace,” pp. 242-256.

Various books and pamphlets have been written relating to the League of Nations and world relations following the war.  Among these are: 

The league of nations, edited by Henry E. Jackson (published by Prentice-Hall, Inc., 70 Fifth Ave., N.Y.  Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1).  “A document prepared to stimulate community discussion and promote organized public opinion.”  This book contains, at the end, a list of titles of books and pamphlets on the subject.

The Lodge-Lowell debate on the covenant of the league of nations (World Peace Foundation, Boston).  President Lowell, of Harvard University, argued for, and Senator Lodge against, the Covenant as contained in the treaty of peace.