Page:Back to the Republic.djvu/126

 The republic of the United States of Scandinavia,

The republic of the United States of Spain,

The republic of the United States of Greece,

The republic of the United States of China,

The republic of the United States of Japan,

The republic of the United States of South America,

The republic of the United States of Asia,

The republic of the United States of Africa, and several others.

This would make possible the solution of the Home Rule question in Ireland because it would make Ireland a sovereign state of the United States of Great Britain just as Illinois is a sovereign State of the United States of America. It might solve the Alsace-Lorraine problem by making a portion of it a sovereign state of the United States of France and a portion of it a sovereign state of the United States of Germany. It would furnish the key to the solution of a number of difficult problems in the Balkans and in other territory that must soon come under grave consideration in working out the complex international situation.

All states and minor political divisions of the federal republics should be organized as republics.