A SOCIETY OF STATES

OR

SOVEREIGNTY, INDEPENDENCE, AND
EQUALITY IN A LEAGUE OF
NATIONS

BY

W. T. S. STALLYBRASS, M.A. (Oxon.)

FELLOW AND VICE-PRINCIPAL OF BRASENOSE COLLEGE,
OXFORD; OF THE INNER TEMPLE,

BARRISTER-AT-LAW

"As far as the sovereignty of the States cannot be reconciled to
the happiness of the people, the voice of every good citizen must be,
Let the former be sacrificed to the latter.

-MADISON in The Federalist.

LONDON
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LTD.
NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & Co.

JX1975

FIRST EDITION: November, 1918.

ΤΟ

THE PRINCIPAL OF BRASENOSE

AND

ALL THOSE OTHER BRASENOSE MEN

WHO ARE

FIGHTING OR WORKING

FOR

THE SECURITY OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

WITHIN

A LEAGUE OF NATIONS

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