PREFACE THE following pages are an attempt to investigate the sentiment of patriotism in its relation to the State, the Nation, and to any international organisation by which States and Nations may be grouped into a coherent whole or wholes. The view is expressed in the last chapter that the required international organisation must be a real government, if it is to be a success, and that the most elaborate alliance-and our present League of Nations is hardly more than that-will never solve the international problem. But, even if this is true, it does not follow that the League of Nations is not entitled to claim our active support. It needs and deserves all the support it can get; and the more support it receives, the sooner is it likely to develop into a genuine and democratic organ of government. St. John's College, Oxford. August, 1920. J.L.S. |