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of interests are necessary to the normal existence and development 
of a nation, and by reason of this are stable and essentially irre- 
versible; the second, to a notable extent, are merely preferential 
and naturally are subject to change and even to reversal with 
alteration of conditions. 
Because of these radical differences there is reason to believe 
that all right-minded nations can be brought to support with con- 
stancy and fidelity such measures as may be found necessary to 
establish and to maintain a common control of the first class of 
interests, because these are as indispensable to their own welfare as 
to the common welfare, while they might take diverse attitudes 
in relation to measures intended to promote some aspects of the 
interests of the second class. Even if they united on these 
under given conditions, they might separate with change of 
conditions. 
A further separation of the fit from the unfit interests is neces- 
sary for a practical working scheme. Only those interests that are 
tangible, measurable in physical units, and registrable in definite 
terms are well suited to successful administration. 
Just how these essential qualities may be combined in a working 
scheme will appear a little later. Just here let us hasten to note 
that there is no antagonism or incompatability between a new 
omninational organization based on common interests and inherent 
rights and a new league of nations based on special national inter- 
ests; on the contrary, the placing of common interests and inherent 
rights under an omninational body created for the purpose leaves 
the remaining interests for national alliances based on the affinities 
and preferences of the nations concerned. The adoption of an 
omninational scheme contemplates supplementary leagues of a 
more special sort as its inevitable complement. 
The peculiar fitness of the existing league of nations for the setile- 
ment of the war issues.—The war issues are now in the hands of a 
league born of the stress of war conditions. As the product of 
these special stress conditions, it fits the requirements of the war 
settlement to a supreme degree; it was born to meet them. ‘This 
war-born league has already won in the military contest; it is more 
likely than any other possible league to meet the requirements in 
