Produced by Al Haines AMERICAN WORLD POLICIES BY WALTER E. WEYL AUTHOR OF "THE NEW DEMOCRACY," ETC. New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1917 COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Set up and electrotyped. Published February, 1917. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK -- BOSTON -- CHICAGO -- DALLAS ATLANTA -- SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON -- BOMBAY -- CALCUTTA -- MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I OUR IDEALISTIC PAST CHAPTER PAGE I AMERICA AMONG THE NATIONS . . . . . . . . . . 1 II THE SKELETON OF WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 III PEACE WITHOUT EFFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 IV AN UNRIPE IMPERIALISM . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 V FACING OUTWARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 PART II THE ROOT OF IMPERIALISM VI THE INTEGRATION OF THE WORLD . . . . . . . . . 75 VII THE ROOT OF IMPERIALISM . . . . . . . . . . . 85 VIII IMPERIALISM AND WAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 IX INDUSTRIAL INVASION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 X THE REVOLT AGAINST IMPERIALISM . . . . . . . . 126 XI THE APPEAL OF IMPERIALISM . . . . . . . . . . 140 XII THE AMERICAN DECISION . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 PART III TOWARDS ECONOMIC INTERNATIONALISM XIII NATURAL RESOURCES AND PEACE . . . . . . . . . 169 XIV AN ANTIDOTE TO IMPERIALISM . . . . . . . . . . 186 XV AMERICAN INTERESTS ABROAD . . . . . . . . . . 201 XVI PACIFISM STATIC AND DYNAMIC . . . . . . . . . 217 XVII TOWARDS INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENT . . . . . . . 231 XVIII THE FREEDOM OF THE SEAS . . . . . . . . . . . 246 XIX THE HIGHER IMPERIALISM . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 XX THE FORCES OF INTERNATIONALISM . . . . . . . . 270 XXI AN IMMEDIATE PROGRAMME . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 {1} PART I OUR IDEALISTIC PAST AMERICAN WORLD POLICIES CHAPTER I AMERICA AMONG THE NATIONS The Great War has thrown America back upon itself. It has come as a test and challenge to all our theories. Suddenly, yet subtly, it has shaken our optimism and undermined our faith in the peaceful progress of humanity. Our isolation is gone, and with it our sense of security and self-direction. Americans, who a few days ago would have dared to abolish army and navy as a supreme earnest of good faith, reluctantly agree to arm. "Self-defence," they now say, "comes before progress. We must lay aside our hopes of a world at peace and must guard our gates."