Limitation Of Armaments In Itself Is Economically

The Popular, And One May Say Naive, Idea Is That Peace Can Be Secured By Disarmament And That Disarmament Must Therefore Precede The Attainment Of Absolute Security And Lasting Peace.

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.

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.

Armaments Are Necessary - Or Are Maintained On The Pretext Of Necessity - Because Of A Real Or An Imagined Danger Of War.

Some Pacifists Have Carried The Sound Idea Of The Prime Importance Of Security Too Far, To The Point Of Declaring That Any Consideration Of Disarmament Is Superfluous And Pointless As Long As Eternal Peace Has Not Been Attained.