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to save Russia from destruction. It is the one thing that is required to
put us all upon a firm basis to progress in the future.

Another great advantage to follow from this war has been already
alluded to, the new bond of international friendship that exists between
the Allies, particularly between the citizens of the United States and
Great Britain. If we have diverted so much time and attention, and so
successfully, to organizing the army, the great military and naval or-
ganizations which have won this war, and if that great organization is
to a large extent destined to disappear in the immediate future, surely
it is for us to see that it is replaced by a corresponding peace organiza-
tion for educational and international purposes, by an organization to
help us work together and work systematically together in the cause of
truth, fair play, justice and freedom.

The purpose of this mission is to do what it can in its small way
towards that object. We are anxious to make sure that the universities,
that all educational institutions, schools as well, and particularly the
universities of the United States and Great Britain, shall work together
in the future more than they have in the past. We hope that the students
who leave the shores of this country to pursue their university education
elsewhere will come to the universities of Great Britain.

Dr. Joly: It was the mutual understanding between England and
America which led to your interference in the war. You believed in our
sincerity, and you came to our help. Now, in a somewhat different ap-
plication, that should be a lesson to us for the future. Everything de-
pends upon the continuance of the present good understanding between
England and America. I do not think that there is anybody in this room,
and I am addressing men experienced in every walk of life, who would
say that there is permanent security in leagues of nations, or ententes,
or any other machinery of that kind, which you can devise to preserve
peace among nations. Nor do I believe that if you destroy all the
weapons of war you could preserve peace by that means. I believe there
is only one way of doing it, and that is good understanding, thorough
understanding, mutual trust, I might say mutual affection between peo-
ples. When we left England in time of war, we had no idea that peace
would have come, or what is practically peace, before we left your shores.
But peace has come, and it has to a certain extent changed our position
here. There is a danger that affects the success of our mission, and that
danger is “Lest we forget.”

Gentlemen, that may seem a strange thing to say, certainly strange to
say within a few days of the cessation of war, but believe me, it is true.
There is the danger lest we forget the sacrifices that have been made,

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