Internationalism and Universities

during the present generation. In the early years of the century the centre of the world for most of us was the British Empire, and of its more distant parts we knew little for few Canadians had travelled widely. Nevertheless, it was a stable world and Britain was the chief stabilizing force. We were inclined to believe that she would play this role indefinitely. Since that time transportation and communications have been transformed. Two world wars have taught hundreds of thousands of Canadians much of world geography as well as other things, and have deprived Britain of her pride of place. The stability of former days has gone so completely that changes and proposed changes have ceased to amaze us. At the beginning of the recent war Winston Churchill proposed the union of Britain and France: today some kind of federation of Europe seems imminent, and Churchill looks forward to a possible reunion of Britain and the United States of America! Professor Commager of Columbia says that America wants an international organization that can function efficiently regardless of abstract questions of sovereignty. Abstract questions! When we have once digested these facts we shall not find any future political developments incredible

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