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Presents information on the violent social convulsion going on in the Arab countries. View that much of the Arab drama is caused by the dizzy speed of modern political change; Claim that the conflict has roots far deeper than a mere desire for separate statehood; Details of Arab history and character; Domination of the Moslem countries by imperialist powers; Claim that the reversion of Soviet policy on the Israeli question was the key to recent events; Union of the feudal elements and the religious fanatics, and the Communists and their, allies in the trade unions against the moderates; Information that Tunisia was the first country among the North African possessions of France to explode into complete anarchy; Leader of the fight lot Tunisian independence was Habib Bourguiba, a man who in character and intellect ranks above ever, other North African nationalist; View that Bourguiba, now Premier of Tunisia, is deeply committed to the values of a secular and democratic state; Claim that the Neo-Destour party, in the imprint of his powerful personality, is the most progressive in the entire Moslem world; Lack of natural resources in Tunisia, which is outside of two strips of good farm and, orchard soil; Information that the Neo-Destour pasty was and remains a polyglot, force united only in opposition to the French on one side and the unknown perils of Youssefism on the other; Suggestion that amorphous and semi-feudal states tied by a common culture, tongue and religion would best be served by a jump to an enforced collective supranationality.

Presents several letters to the editor referencing the articles published and topics discussed in the previous issues of this journal. "Patriotic Justice," published in February 3 issue; "Deferential Regulators," appearing in February 3 issue; Response to congressional inquiry to endorse the House Resolution advocating installation of a single number system.

Claims that India goes into protracted political crisis with the passing of an era under the leadership of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Effect of the Chinese incursion into Indian territory on Nehru's leadership; Criticism of Indian Defense Minister Y. B. Chavan against Nehru's foreign policy; Leadership style of Chavan in contrast with Nehru's; Political leaders who might succeed Nehru; Diplomatic approach the U.S. must adopt in its relationship with India; Claim that there is a strengthened Indian nationalist sensitivities against foreign dependence.

Refutes the notion that nineteenth-century German nationalism which demands the reunification of East Germany and West Germany influences the political thinking of the Germans in West Germany. Explanation on the tendency to regard the status quo ante World War II as the normal state of affairs in Germany; Reason for the opposition of the Soviet Union to the reunification of Germany; Criticism against the Soviet Union's application of power in international relations.

Focuses on the foreign policy of the U.S. with reference to the United Nations' effort for international peace. Replacement of President Harry S. Truman's Doctrine with the Doctrine of the Missing Component, in the foreign policy outlined for China; Promotion of national independence by the United Nations; Concern for human rights in the United Nations Charter; Information on a technical-assistance program administered through the United Nations; Relation between disarmament and a United Nations military force.

Comments on political, as well as social, developments around the world. Information on the political platform that has been adopted by the Democratic Party in the U.S.; Discussion regarding the entry of the U.S. into the League of Nations; Information on the fight over the organization Ku Klux Klan; Views on relations between France and Germany; Distinction between a true economy and a false economy; Views on the results of the Walsh Committee's investigation into conspiracy and bribery; Significance of French Premier Edouard Herriot's orders permitting the Germans expelled from the Rhineland and the Ruhr to return to their homes and suspending the sentences of Germans condemned for taking part; Weakening of the German Nationalist opposition to the Dawes plan; Speculation surrounding negotiations between Japan and the Soviet Union; Challenges faced by American Vice-Presidential candidate Charles G. Dawes from his opponents; Information on an incident depicting bitterness of class welfare along the Pacific coast; Information on a law case which might have a serious effect upon the history of the British empire; Information on the periodical "Music, an Illustrated Monthly Review"; Information regarding the expression "Separation of Church and State"; Information on the first industrial unemployment insurance ever issued in the State of New York; Establishment of a school for explorers which has been established by the American Geographical Society of New York.

Presents information on the socio-political developments in various countries. Information on the sum of reparations which Germany has to pay to the U.S.; Comments on the outbreak of violent nationalism in Reich; Description of the joint campaign of the Republican party and important businessman against the investigations by the Wheeler and Walsh committees; Reasons of public's anger toward the do-nothing policy of the U.S. Congress; Prediction of future government of Europe by British philosopher Bertrand Russell; Information on the French's foreign policy towards Germany; Appointment of Harlan Fiske Stone as Attorney-General; Information on the appointment of Elwood Mead as Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation.

Highlights a discussion related to the U.S. isolationist policy adopted since June 1919 towards its associates in the late European war. Information on the U.S. decision regarding its participation in the postwar reconstruction with other European countries. Contribution which the American nation made to the success of the Allied armies; Reason for the reversion of the U.S. to the isolation; Possession of a high sense of justice and a rare responsiveness to moral motives and a disinterested cause, which enabled it to rise to a high level of ideal accomplishment during the war; Account of the Allied cause with a lofty democratic internationalism and the finer aspirations of the traditional American foreign policy; View that Americans are a practical people who quickly grasp and do not flinch from facing the necessary consequences of their own decisions; Fact that the British and American governments could frame a joint policy which would have more chance of being effective and incur a smaller chance of war than would a separate policy framed by either of them..

This article focuses on the preference of Germany for trade by Eastern countries in comparison to the U.S., France or Great Britain. In the Near East nothing succeeds like excess. Nazi propaganda succeeded in convincing a vast body of Arab, Levantine and Persian nationalists that Germany was their natural ally against Western imperialism. To communities raised on messianic legends of the leaders and saints who have vanished from time to time in .the course of Near Eastern history, bequeathing the belief that they would return one day to wipe out their enemies and open the gates of Paradise to the Faithful, German Dictator Adolf Hitler's mysterious end was eloquent.

Presents information regarding emerging political nationalism in the world. Contention that the political nationalism is being oriented towards imperialism; Information that it was at the now celebrated Zimmerwald Conference of internationalist Socialists early in the war that the famous principle of "no annexations, no indemnities and the self-determination of all peoples" was born; Contention that the Czechs, who started out with such glorious promise, are already treating German Bohemia in a manner not far different from the treatment that they had received at the hands of Austria.

Focuses on the significance of nationalism and the establishment of the League of Nations through the effort of the U.S. Implication of the isolation and independence of robust nationalism to the foreign entanglements of a League of Nations; Details on the nature of military cooperation, access of armies, use of ships, supply of munitions and raw materials; Inclusion of Germany in the League.

Reveals that the proposal for the creation of an international organization called League to Enforce Peace has brought to the fore the struggle to combine nationalism and the international order. Pacifists' concerns about the predatory nature of nationalism; Origin of international law; Operation of a system of international accommodation through a balance of power among European nations; Accession of neutral countries to the league.

Interviews Yasir Arafat, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Information on the continuity of the Palestinian war; Call for unity among Arab nations; Explanation of the geographic boundaries of Palestine; Discussion of the national identity of Palestine; Comments on the operations of Israeli commandos; Reference to psychological warfare against Egypt.

Provides information on foreign relations between Singapore and China. Fears of Singapore Premier Lee Kuan Yew's about political changes in Southeast Asia, especially in China; Criticism of the American policies in Asia by Lee; Concerns of Lee on detente between the U.S. and China; Toughness of Washington toward Japan; Features of policies of Peking, China toward the overseas Chinese; Information that Communist China has more or less abandoned special claims to influence on the scattered Chinese; Views of Lee on Communism; Impact of the relations on the national identity of Singapore.

Discusses political and social reasons behind the failure of U.S. anti-imperialists. Views of American political leaders on the impact of colonial expansion on industries suffering from overproduction; Failure of the influence of U.S. policy in Latin America; Suggestion that political subversion and direct military intervention in the affairs of lesser nations is either imprudent or immoral.

Focuses on the Federation of Rhodes and Nyasaland established by Great Britain in order to accommodate white rule to the dynamics of African nationalism. Reflections of white privilege and African subservience; Preference of an African-dominated Federation by African leaders of Northern and Southern Rhodesia; Assessment on the future of the Federation.

Focuses on the declining influence of the Western nations in world affairs. Views that the United States is no longer the control-tower of the world; Views that the great land-mass of Eastern Europe and Asia, with its extension into Africa calls the tune in world affairs; Comments that the first world war was in effect a European civil war with worldwide consequences which included the stimulation of industrial development in many Asian countries, of anti-foreign feeling in China and of Indian nationalism, and the birth of Arab nationalism; Lack of faith in reason among the intellectuals and the political thinkers of the English-speaking world.

Presents information regarding the condition of German industry during the inter-war period. Argument that foreign trade is not in itself an instrument of aggression; Information that war has diminished Germany's economic importance; Argument that the de-industrialization scheme for Germany will have disastrous consequences; Argument that Germany's extreme nationalism must be purged and democracy firmly established.

Presents information on the nationalism practiced in Japan. Expectation to gain a place in a peaceful and mutually cooperative world; View that the psychological disarmament of Japan must deal with her claims to racial uniqueness and superiority; Refusal to surrender to the white man is one way of showing contempt for him; Discussion of the role played by the Japanese Universities to promote nationalism; Report that Japanese militarism has indirectly proclaimed the capacity of the common people for participation in the higher qualities of universal human nature--rationality, sincerity, loyalty to freedom, and good will.

Focuses on the intellectual change from internationalism to nationalism that took place in modern Germany. Struggle faced by Germany due to lack of power and ability, in comparison to her neighboring countries; Efforts of the nation to follow tendencies of the western civilization to their logical conclusions; Need for the nation to be less autocratic, as compared to her neighboring country, China.

Discusses how Switzerland reacted to the war. War attack during the height of the tourist season; Nations at the Swiss borders who were involved in the war; Division of Swiss sentiments between France and Germany; Nationalistic sentiments among the Swiss on the preservation of their sovereignty and solidarity; Failure of the county to protest officially against the violation of Belgium and Luxembourg; Economic effects of the war; Moral force of Switzerland.

Explains the Irish nationalists' views on the possible conscription of Irish men for the defense and maintenance of the British Empire. Need for the Empire to fulfill Ireland's Home Rule first before recruiting Irish soldiers; Questions of the quality of relations between the Empire and Ireland; Impact of the method of coercion on the spirit of nationalism; Efforts of mediation by John Redmond; Democracy of Ireland and the fictitiousness of the claimed imperial bonds with Britain.

Highlights the struggle of Greece for the independence of her territory against German rule. Exploitation of Greece people in the name of patriotism by EAM, an organization which initially started as a national resistance movement against German rule; Efforts of EAM to monopolize all power by fighting all resistance groups in Greece; Dangers posed by the EAM bloc to the Greek people in their struggle to liberate their territory from German regime; Claim that Greek people and the leaders of their resistance, by being patient and persevering in their determination to run their own affairs have liberated the larger part of their own territory.

Focuses on political developments all around the world. Information that socialism that has been from the beginning an international movement; Appeals of liberation and globalism; Creation of Communist Parties in Europe and the U.S. to rally the proletariat of other countries to the defense of the Soviet Union; Comments on the fear of the Comintern; Claims that Americans are today fearful of the problem that Russian nationalism presents for the post-war world.

Focuses on the Chinese problem. Disbelief of Chinese people in dictatorship; Information about several parts of China; Description of relations of China with its neighboring countries; Comments on the British influence in some parts of China; Information about nationalist leader General Feng Yu-hsiang; Involvement of countries like the Soviet Union, Japan, Great Britain and the U.S. in Chinese crisis; Argument of Chinese people that the Soviet Union is not their friend, but their only friend.

Discusses the educational problem faced in Turkey within which the question of American schools has to be placed. Interest shown by the U.S. in educational institutions which American religious bodies have founded in Turkey; Presence of a large number of Armenian and Greek schools in Turkey; Presumption that any foreign school has designs which are hostile to Turkish nationalism; Factors determining the political slant of French educational and religious activities; Ways in which the Turks approach the question of the activities of the American educational institutions; Reasons why the current state of problems in Turkish educational system could not have been avoided.

Focuses on the negotiations held among the nations, France, Germany, Italy and Great Britain, to agree about the extent to which and the conditions under which the plan of the Dawes commission shall be put into operation. Doubt on the result of the negotiations; Occupation of a strong strategic position, in the negotiations, by Germany; Realization of the consequent improvement in German bargaining power, by the German nationalists and their intention to make the most of it; Weakened bargaining power on the part of France; Attitude of the American government, likely to be decisive as to the result of the negotiations; Power that the American government has, either to insist that the healing and reconciling implications of the Dawes plan be, recognized and developed or to allow them to be ignored and suffocated.

Presents information related to political geography, one of the minor products of the scientific spirit which came to the front within the last fifty years. Evidence of the methods of a political geography laboring with scientific thoroughness; Information that during the war political geography came decidedly into its own; Reason why nationalists enlisted science in the person of the political geographers.

Focuses on current administrative trouble and other related political issues in Palestine. Discussion over Palestinian eccentricism in the world of international politics; Details and problems of mixed population in Palestine; Rise of a chronic state of war in the country, specially in Anatolia; Germination of the environment of destruction; Issue of nationality in the country; International strive for introducing "bi-nationalism" in Palestine; Discussion of British influence on political construction of the country; Details of racially differentiated population; Significance of Jews' participation in internal politics, specially in rural zones; Debates for official equality with Arabic in the administration; Reference of the diplomatic history of Palestine; Debate on bi-nationalism issue between King Hussein and British statesman Winston Churchill; Negotiations for British promise for Arab independence within the area mentioned by the King, except Cilia and the territory west of the four districts of Damascus, Homs, Hama and Aleppo; Rise of Zionists in the administrative participation.

Describes the international reputation of France. Mistakes of French politics which have affected its relation with Germany; Factors contributing to the belief that militarism is rampant in France; Misrepresentation of France due to lack of adequate information; International perception of French contemporary literature; Signs of the progressive evolution of nationalism and clericalism in the country.

The article focuses on various political developments in different parts of the world. The right to vote, the right to elect representative government, the power to expel and punish corrupt officials these too are important claims to reform. Finally, they have a new sense of nationalism. It reflects itself in many ways the growing sentiment in some countries of the Middle East to nationalize their oil and keep the profits for themselves; the desire to have local capital a partner with foreign capital in developing the nation an exultant feeling of independence and resentment against intermeddling by outside powers.

Focuses on the condition of the foreign language press in the U.S. Discussion of the nationalism in the U.S. in context of several migrant communities there; Description of various private and public schemes for suppressing the foreign language press of the U.S.; Statement that young immigrants learn English quickly; Attitude of the U.S. government towards foreign language press; Information about several foreign language publications in the U.S.

Discusses the role of Great Britain in the economic development and political future of Egypt. Britain's declaration regarding Egypt after becoming a protectorate and financially insolvent following the construction of the Suez Canal; Factual background on Britain's policy towards the Irish nationalist movement Sinn Fein; Appeal for the granting of full independence to Egypt and India.

Focuses on the attempt to present a compact summary of a group of Poles commonly known as the Paris Committee to which the conversations of the Allies and Polish matters. Stance of the U.S. government on the beginning of the second stage of its dealings with the new nationalists of Europe; Details on the policy of a free Poland; Future of the country in the world war against imperialism.

Comments on the nationalism of the British Labor Party. Emphasis on the restoration of peace in which the government will lose and the opposition will gain the advantage of the position; Program of prosecuting the war under the leader of Prime Minister Lloyd George; Deal with the problems of peace either in domestic and foreign politics; Membership and the fundamental loyalties of older parties; Interest in the aspect of domestic public opinion.

Focuses on the future of pacifism. Impatience on the activities of many professed and professional pacifists; Profound American desire for peace; Dependence of the entrance of the United States into the war upon the action of Germany; Indictment of professional pacifism for futile gesturing; End of intelligent pacifism; Investment of potentialities of pacifists; International diplomacy at home; Cultural side of the principle of nationality.

Discusses the difficulty of mobilizing war sentiment in Ireland. Consequences of Tory policy; Discrepancy between English and Irish sentiment that has its roots in legislative dissatisfaction; Description of the exercise of Irish nationalism under home rule.

Focuses on the effects of war on the United States. Extolling of patriotic virtues; Growth of the "despair of the state" attitude; Importance of patriotism to a country; Development of society on the basis of nationalism in Europe since the days of Reformation; Contributions of Protestant political philosophy; Need for an organization that will do justice to the smallness of national units; Living together for the advantage or disadvantage of the rest of the world.

Presents information regarding political developments that have taken place in the U.S. and round the world. Investigation of the loan that was granted to the Missouri Pacific Rail road by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Comments on the Glass bill amending the Federal Reserve Act; Enactment of the federal anti-injunction bill approved by the U.S. Attorney General and the President; Arguments against the enactment of the Soldiers' Bonus bill; Focus on interviews taken by the Governor of Kentucky and the Governor of Tennessee with the college students who tried unsuccessfully to enter the area of the coal strike in Kentucky; Possibility of a truce in India between nationalists and the British government; Information on an invention in the printing trade that gives a fresh threat of technological unemployment.

Offers a look at the existence of Americanism as a form of culture in the U.S. Details on the present-day expression of nationalism; Accounts on the protective reaction to the economic and financial hegemony of the country; Characteristics of American mentality; Evasion of fundamental economic causes by critics both foreign and native.

Focuses on the U.S. policy toward the nationalist movement in China. Impact of the nationalist movement on foreigners in China; Apprehension that fresh demands will be made for revision of the treaties imposed on China by force; Need for setting up some terms on the foreign occupation of leased territories and concessions in China; Problem faced by the U.S. Government in recognizing the nationalist government in China; Suggestion that the U.S. Government can announce, either through the State Department or its accredited representatives in China, that it is ready to negotiate with representatives of China in the matter of new treaties.

Focuses on the victory of dictatorship over democracy as German dictator Adolf Hitler has been successful in getting his demands fulfilled in Europe. Increasing influence of Hitler in Europe; Inability of the Soviet Union, Great Britain and France to stop him; Failure of the Treaty of Versailles signed after the First World War, which pledged world peace by collective security; Division of Europe into congeries of states incapable of working as a cohesive unit; Discontent in Germany over the economic situation imposed on them; Emergence of two radical groups, Communists and Nazis, in Europe; Criticism of French and British policy for providing enough time to Hitler to gain power in Europe.

This article discusses French-Tunisian relationship. In the period just after the settlement of the Indo-Chinese affair when French-Tunisian cooperation seemed to symbolize a decisive turning point in French colonial policy-- and when French opinion almost unanimously recognized in Habib Bourguiba the most reasonable, the most occidental and the ablest political leader of the Arab world. Mr. Bourguiba's obsession was then essentially "motivated by the divergence between Tunisian and Algerian nationalism.

Focuses on the attitude of the French Socialist Party towards Algeria. Account of concern over Algeria during a party congress; Denial of the demand for Algeria's independence; Refusal to treat the Algerian rebellion as a nationalist movement; Ignorance of the notion of an Algerian personality; State of equivocality over the issue of creation of an Algerian legislature and executive with large autonomy over internal affairs.

Focuses on criticism of U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles for the Middle East policy. Statement made by the National Planning Association that they must even at the risk of war resist any incursion of the Soviet military power into the area of the Middle East; Comment on the U.S. plan to impose a settlement by the moral force of world opinion; Report that a demand for a greater show of strength in the Middle East makes sense only if a distinction is drawn between three different Middle East crises; Information on the revolt of Arab nationalism against Western economic positions.

Focuses on the policy of the Soviet Union towards Southeast Asia. Strategy of the Soviets to follow program with little regard to development among the emerging nationalist groups; Realization that Russia might has adopted a policy which might prove advantageous to spread Communism in Asia; Problem for the Western group due to Russian policy of spreading Communism in Southeast Asia; Concentration of the Soviet Union towards Southeast Asia after realization of their inability to gain power through armed struggle; Problem for national leaders of neutralist countries to communicate their attitude towards Communism to population in their countries; Appearance of a new note in Communist Propaganda about the U.S. aid in the Russian economic aid program.

This article focuses on Great Britain's various military bases. For the last ten years, despite the liberation of India and Burma, the memory of Great Britain's imperial power has sufficed to provide some stability in the area, so long as it was buttressed by the presence of British bases. But the survival of imperial bases into the new era has proved intolerable to Asian nationalism. Each British withdrawal has provoked new demands for abdication-and has made it practically more difficult to resist these demands. It is both difficult and dangerous to shift from force to consent as the basis for military positions overseas. Yet reliance on force has even more obvious limitations.

Assesses the implications of the emergence of nationalism in South Korea which aspire for a higher degree of independence and equality in relations with the U.S. Percentage of the South Korean annual budget that comes from the U.S.; Explanation on the character of the South Korean nationalism; Reputation of the U.S. in South Korea; Discussion on the concept of neutralism within the South Korean nationalism which is thought of as a mean to unify North Korea and South Korea; Factors that drive the nationalism in South Korea.

Focuses on feelings of discontent, expressed by Russian nationalist leader Nikita Khruschev, on the affiliation of neutral and Afro-Asian groups to the United Nations. Psychological reasons for the attachment of young nations to the UN; Pressure of the UN on the U.S. to change its attitude towards the Afro-Asian world; Views of Khruschev on foreign relations of the Soviet Union with Communist China; Restrictions laid down by the UN to take military action in Congo; Role of the UN in resolving the dispute between the Soviet Union and the U.S., over the control of Congo.

This article reports that Trygve Lie, Secretary General of the United Nations, had gone on a pilgrimage to the chief world capitals in the interest of peace. Moscow, Soviet Union, was the fourth capital to be visited, after which Lie promptly arranged to visit Paris, London and Washington for a second time. In Lie's mind, that question is certainly involved with the preliminary one, whether the Russians can be brought back to Lake Success in California. For many months, the important work of the United Nations has been almost at a standstill, because the Russians insist on walking out of every gathering at which representatives of Nationalist China are present. The Russians believe that the Western powers are most unlikely to fight unless attacked, and that therefore, for the present at least, the decision on war or peace is in their own hands.