Mr. A. Carnegie made a noteworthy speech last Saturday while
opening a library at West Ham presented by Mr. Pass. more Edwards to the citizens. He announced his opinion that patriotism must become " larger in its scope," and that Europe must be " consolidated " like America. "It was perfectly ridiculous that a nation of the size only of France or Ger- many, or Austria-Hungary or Italy, not to mention our own little island, should think it ever could amount to much materially. It was a physical impossibility." We have com- mented on this speech elsewhere, but must add here that in an interview quoted in the Express of Wednesday Mr. Carnegie explained that islands like Great Britain and Ireland, with an area less than that of Texas, could not hope to be permanently pre-eminent, that Canada has no future except as part of the -United States, and that the whole white population of the British Colonies, ten millions in all, is not equal to the seven- teen millions which America adds to her population every ten years. Mr. Carnegie evidently admires size, which is, in his mind, potential strength. The most numerous people in the world is not, however, the strongest just now.
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