Armaments Are Necessary - Or Are Maintained

Every Success In Limiting Armaments Is A Sign That The Will To Achieve Mutual Understanding Exists, And Every Such Success Thus Supports The Fight For International Law And Order.

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

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.

The Following Year, After I Had Prepared My Draft, The Conference Of The Interparliamentary Union At The Hague Decided To Set Up A Special Commission To Study The Problem Seriously.

The Present Level Of Armaments Could Be Taken As The Starting Point. It Could Be Stipulated In An International Treaty That These Armaments Should Be Simultaneously And Uniformly Reduced By A Certain Proportion In All Countries.