Time And Time Again We Have Experienced

Disarmament Or Limitation Of Armaments, Which Depends On The Progress Made On Security, Also Contributes To The Maintenance Of Peace.

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.

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.

The Security Of Which We Speak Is To Be Attained By The Development Of International Law Through An International Organization Based On The Principles Of Law And Justice.

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.