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

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.

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.

Great Progress Was Made When Arbitration Treaties Were Concluded In Which The Contracting Powers Pledge In Advance To Submit All Conflicts To An Arbitration Court, Treaties Which Not Only Specify The Composition Of The Court, But Also Its Procedure.

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.