COPYRIGHT, 1919,

BY OLD COLONY TRUST COMPANY

OCT 1 1 1928

Sayur

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

FOREWORD

VERY person in the world capable of rational

EVE

thought wishes and hopes not only for immediate peace, but that, so far as human agencies can make it, war shall be made impossible in the future. It is inevitable that thinking men, although inspired by the same high motives, shall differ as to the means to secure permanent peace and equity between nations. Written instruments will not alter human nature, nor can the passions of men in the last recourse be controlled by signed pledges, but that treaties between honorable nations consistent with their normal life and progress are enduring, has been proven.

We believe that President Wilson, Mr. Taft, Senator Lodge, and Senator Knox, whose recent speeches we have reprinted here, have one thought in common, and that is their wish to see the present negotiations in Paris result in a permanent equitable peace for all peoples.

OLD COLONY TRUST COMPANY