political and moral independence among the great
surrounding states, could become the hearth of this
ideal Europe we believe in--the hearth round which
shall gather all those who seek to rebuild her.

Everywhere there are men who think thus though
they are unknown one to another. Let us get to
know them. Let us bring together each and all.
Here I would introduce to you two important
groups, one from the North and one from the South
--the Catalonian thinkers who have formed the
society of Amis de l'Unité Morale de l'Europe at
Barcelona--I send you their fine appeal: and the
Union of Democratic Control founded in London
and inspired by indignation against this European
war, and by the firm determination to render it im-
possible for the diplomatists and militarists to
inaugurate another. I am having the programmes
and the first publications sent to you. This Union,
whose general Council contains members of Parlia-
ment, and authors like Norman Angell, Israel Zang-
will, and Vernon Lee, has already formed twenty
branches in towns in Great Britain.

Let us try and unite permanently all such organi-
zations, though each has its racial characteristics
and peculiarities, for all aim at re-establishing the

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