It Is Not To Be Expected That

There Are But Few Naval Powers, But There Are Many Land Powers.

There Has Not Been A War In South America For Fifty Years, And I Have Every Confidence That The Countries Of Central And South America Are Deeply In Earnest In The Maintenance Of Peace.

I Know Of No Greater Work For Humanity Than In The Cause Of Peace, Which Can Only Be Achieved By The Earnest Efforts Of Nations And Peoples.

Warned By The Disaster Of The Last Great War, The Statesmen Of All Nations Have Been Taking Measures To Prevent The Return Of Another Such Calamity.

I Know That Military Alliances And Armament Have Been The Reliance For Peace For Centuries, But They Do Not Produce Peace; And When War Comes, As It Inevitably Does Under Such Conditions, These Armaments And Alliances But Intensify And Broaden The Conflict.