World Peace Foundation A LEAGUE OF NATIONS VOLUME I 1917-1918 WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION 40 MT. VERNON STREET, BOSTON 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 cannot 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. A LEAGUE OF NATIONS PUBLISHED BIMONTHLY BY WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION 40 MT. VERNON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. The subscription price is 25c. per year in advance. Prices in quantities General Secretary, EDWARD CUMMINGS. Corresponding Secretary, and Librarian, DENYS P. MYERS. Decision of Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts as to Mr. Ginn's legacy to World Peace Foundation. By Cleveland's advance in his second administration Views of President McKinley, 1897 The First Hague Conference, 1899 Roosevelt.-America submits the first case, 1901 Support for Pan American progress, 1901 Series of arbitration treaties negotiated, 1904 The next step-A court of permanent judges, 1907 Taft.-A step toward world organization, 1910 Radical extension of arbitration proposed by President The larger goal, A League of Nations, 1911. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS, DECEMBER 4, 1917 Nation united in spirit and intention Menace of combined intrigue and force Voices of humanity daily more audible Will base peace on generosity and justice No wish to re-arrange Austria-Hungary Exclusion from partnership of nations Wrongs of war must be righted. WAR AIMS OF BELLIGERENTS AS ELICITED BY RUSSIA'S a. (Inclosure.) General notice to Russian representa- 109 |