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The Advocate of Peace Volume 69

The Advocate of Peace Volume 69

Society, American Peace

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1150864559
ISBN13: 9781150864551
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.26 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...and action has been taken upon them for half a century by international congresses and conferences, and they now press upon the nations for attention. First of them is the codification of the body of international law. This is even of more importance than any of the subjects to be discussed at the coming conference at The Hague. It underlies the relations of the nations. Already there has been an expression of the will of the world regarding many matters which are the subject of international law, but there is no formal body of principles laid down in specific language which has been passed upon by the nations and become an established code for the guidance of the nations in their relations with each other. Yet the world-will is there, and the nations submit themselves to it. Further subjects of expressions of world-sovereignty are found in the propositions which were framed by the second Pan-American Conference at Mexico and by the third at Rio Janeiro last year. Other questions are pressing, and the intercommunication of the nations officially and of their citizens unofficially in ways of business and social intercourse are becoming so frequent and complicated that there is a growing need of further expressions of world-will whereby practices for the health, safety and convenience of travel and business shall be guaranteed by world officials, as our national officials regulate such matters between our states. The more the objectors study the situation, the more certainly will it clear up before their eyes, and their doubts and fears will be found equally exaggerated. It is not denied in the least that practical obstacles will be found to the working union of the world as one political body. So there were exceedingly great practical obstacles to the union ...

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