Even A Total And Universal Disarmament Does

Let Us Assume That The Ideal Were Reached; Let Us Imagine A State Of International Life In Which The Danger Of War No Longer Exists. Then No One Would Dare To Demand A Penny For Obviously Completely Superfluous Armaments.

Limitation Of Armaments In Itself Is Economically And Financially Important Quite Apart From Security.

I Am Convinced That When The History Of International Law Comes To Be Written Centuries Hence, It Will Be Divided Into Two Periods: The First Being From The Earliest Times To The End Of The Nineteenth Century, And The Second Beginning With The Hague Conference.

Among Pacifists It Was Above All The English Who Always Insisted On The Importance Of Disarmament. They Said That The Man In The Street Would Not Understand The Kind Of Pacifism That Neglected To Demand Immediate Restriction Of Armaments.

We Pacifists Have Not Ceased To Point To The Grave Danger Of Armaments And To Insist On Their Curtailment.