In Life, Particularly In Public Life, Psychology

Even A Total And Universal Disarmament Does Not Guarantee The Maintenance Of Peace.

So Long As Peace Is Not Attained By Law (so Argue The Advocates Of Armaments) The Military Protection Of A Country Must Not Be Undermined, And Until Such Is The Case Disarmament Is Impossible.

Thus, If Armaments Were Curtailed Without A Secure Peace And All Countries Disarmed Proportionately, Military Security Would Have Been In No Way Affected.

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.

When Distrust Exists Between Governments, When There Is A Danger Of War, They Will Not Be Willing To Disarm Even When Logic Indicates That Disarmament Would Not Affect Military Security At All.