Date of Award

6-1925

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Department

Business Administration

First Advisor

Paul E. Miller

Second Advisor

Fred D. Merrill

Abstract

The era of sentimentalism among governments is past-- whatever may be said of idealism. The cold realities of the war have settled down upon every people. For ourselves we can not separate our motives and say: this we did in defense of rights contravened on the high seas--that we did to make the world "safe for democracy." The fighting is over, peace is declared, but the war remains with us in its costs and burdens, and will so remain for more than a generation. Every people knows this--some feel it far more sensibly than our own. Complete acceptance of the static conditions that now obtain, like acceptance of the universe, is a test that amounts almost to a religious ritual. Payment of the debt or the Allies to the United States can not be waived. In justice to ourselves and to the coming generations we have no more right to cancel this obligation than the debtor nations have to ask for its gratuitous extinguishment in justice to their own morals and maintenance of friendly relations.

Comments

A thesis submitted to fulfill the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Commerce, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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