The corporation is constituted for the purpose of educating the people of all nations to a full knowledge of the waste and destructiveness of war, its evil effects on present social conditions and on the well-being of future generations, and to promote international justice and the brotherhood of man; and, generally, by every practical means to promote peace and good will among all mankind.-By-laws of the Corporation. It is to this patient and thorough work of education, through the school, the college, the church, the press, the pamphlet and the book, that the World Peace Foundation addresses itself.-Edwin Ginn. The idea of force can not at once be eradicated. It is useless to believe that the nations can be persuaded to disband their present armies and dismantle their present navies, trusting in each other or in the Hague Tribunal to settle any possible differences between them, unless, first, some substitute for the existing forces is provided and demonstrated by experience to be adequate to protect the rights, dignity and territory of the respective nations. My own belief is that the idea which underlies the movement for the Hague Court can be developed so that the nations can be persuaded each to contribute a small percentage of their military forces at sea and on land to form an International Guard or Police Force.-Edwin Ginn. *Incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts, July 12, 1910, as the International School of Peace. Name changed to World Peace Foundation, December 22, 1910. WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION PAMPHLETS Published by WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION 40 MT. VERNON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. Single numbers, 5 cents. Sample copies on request. Quantity rates vary with cost of production. General Secretary, Edward Cummings. Corresponding Secretary and Librarian, Denys P. Myers. PAGE CONTENTS NO. 1, THE WORLD COURT I. THE PRESIDENT AND THE Court: Address of the President at a luncheon of the Associated Press, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, April 24, 1923 Record of political platforms As candidate and President The administration and the Court The position of the Senate. Must practice justice daily Loosened party ties. Not influenced by bankers: Extract from address before the American Society of Newspaper 15 Great advance of world society: Letter of the President in reply to resolution of the Ohio Senate. 16 II. THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE CRITICS: Address on "The Permanent Court of International Justice" Why the Court exists Defects of arbitral method. Court gives improved method Hague Tribunal inadequate How Permanent Court is established League solved choosing of judges Guaranty of fair elections League does not control Court Conditions of American adhesion An independent judicial body Jurisdiction is voluntary Answers six-vote objection III. ELIHU ROOT AND THE COURT: Address as President of the American Society of International Law, |