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In such a case, will the contacts between the racial groups thus 

 formed be peaceful, or will there be friction? It must be remem- 

 bered that friction ma}' exist because of dislikes and prejudices, 

 regardless of the mxatter of superiority. Moreover, it is possible that 

 the deleterious effects of tropical climate and other environmental 

 conditions may cause one race to be for all intents and purposes in- 

 ferior, even though it is able to survive these conditions, and though 

 its native endowment is equal to that of other races. The inferi- 

 ority so caused may make self-government permanently impossible, 

 and may thus open the way for international conflicts. 



(1)) The problem of undeveloped territory (25, 26). 



If one race or several races prove inferior in ability to secure 

 stable and adequate government, and to develop economic re- 

 sources, what arrangements can be made enabling the world to se- 

 cure those resources? Here is an opportunity for two sorts of con- 

 flicts — (1) between superior and inferior races; (2) between vari- 

 ous groups in a superior race, each of which desires control. 



(c) The problem of adaptation to modern civilization (27). 

 If psychic differences exist, will they put one race ahead of the 



others in ability to meet the needs of modern life, as, e. g., by per- 

 fecting inventions and developing complicated economic and political 

 organizations, or will the other races be able to im.itate with suffi- 

 cient exactness and rapidity to keep up with the procession fairly 

 well? Upon the answer of this question depends in large part 

 the future organization of the world state, which in the first case 

 must always remain an empire, but in the second case may ultimately 

 develop into a federation. 



(d) The problem of racial differences and democracy. 

 Even if it is impossible to declare any race superior or inferior, 



because of gifts so varied that comparison is out of the question, 

 will these variations of gifts be so great as to render democracy in 

 a country of mixed races an impossibility, or to prevent the forma- 

 tion of a democratic world state? Professor Giddings has pointed 

 out the fact that democracy can exist only where there is sufficient 

 background of common standards and ideals to render cooperation 

 possible. Where this background does not exist, there will be tke 

 rule of bosses, damagogues, aristocrats, or strong individual mon- 

 arch, who seize power because the people fail to stand together. 

 Will racial differences prove negligible as separating factors, as 

 modern science develops and knowledge becomes more widely dif- 

 fusd, or will they make common standards impossible, and thus 

 seal the doom of the democratic v/orld state? 



