War And Peace Pamphlet No 1 7 PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...a good thing, it is made permanent. From being optional for any case, it becomes obligatory and automatic for "all disputes, of every nature whatsoever, which diplomacy shall fail to adjust." It has been said that the descent to hell is easy: the transition from peace to war is no less so, and it has happened in the past that excited public opinion has forced war without cooler heads being able to apply any brake. The American treaties introduce such a brake, and insure that no War will be fought until after the sober second thought of govemments and people. In the healthy condition of international aflairs the ordinary diplomatic method of negotiation takes care of all questions arising, and probably solves 95 per cent. of allquestions "as all in the day's work." But diplomacy finds it dificult to digest the remainder, and from these questions, in their degree, there emerges the possibility of sickness in the body politic. A very few of them occasionally threaten more than a day or two of "not feeling well," and appear to portend the real sickness of war for the state. For this condition, arbitration has been prescribed in the past. Arbitration involves some formality and an actual prescription in the shape of an award. If arbitration be likened to the conclusion of a council of physicians, the commission of inquiry may be held similar to the friendly consultation of the family physician, who tells the patient the facts in his case and leaves it to his good judgment whether or not he will call in the specialists. The success of the American proposal may be defined as due to its strict adherence to the principle of the commission of inquiry; the advance it records is that of the greatest possible...