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The International Peace congress
Paris.

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Der of the Institute Of France, and
Deputy. There were about three
hundred persons present, including
men and women from many countries
France, North and South America,
Germany, Liberia, Italy Denmark,
Spain, Switzerland, and England.
On the following day the delegates
from Peace Societies assembled III the
Hall of the Marie OF the Sixth Arorn-
disemcnt of Paris: and committees
were then formed in order to. prepare
re2or:s onthe Six Articles Of the Pro-
gramme: Arbitration's Naturalization,
Federation, Councils of Affiliations, i'll
struction in international Law, Re
forms in the Law of Nations, an In
ternational Code, sc.
The arrangement adopted was that
the forenoons should be devoted to
the preparation of reports, and the
afternoons to their discussion by the
Congress, and to the adoption of re-
solution relating to the same.
These proceedings occupied four
days, NJ. Frederic Passy presiding on
every occasion. An official report
of the resolutions and of the papers
read will be published in due course !;
but in the meantime we may indicate
the general charater of the work
done.
Resolution were adopted to the fol-
lowing effect:
l. That every treaty between any
two nations should include a clause
providing for Arbitration, and that,
when inserted, its acceptation by
both parties should be obligatory !;
it being understood, however, that no
decision of Arbitrators can effect the
independence or internal government
of any nation.
,. That the principle Of Arbitration
should be included in the constitution
of every State.
8. A resolution providing for the
preparation of Cole of International
Law, with suggestions as to the course
which should be recommended to the
several governments for this purpose.
4. The insertion in all treaties, of
whatever nature, of an arbitral clause
to determine all questions arising under
such treaty.
5. 4 resolution having for its object
to point out that the first step III the
direction of International Arbitration
Treaties would be that some two States
should set the example, and constitute
a tribunal for the consideration of any
cases which might be submitted, in the
hope that by degrees one State after
another would join in appointing dele
gates to the body of judges thus con-
stituted.
In connection with this subject the
Congress resolved that the draft
scheme for tribunal and high court,
prepared at the request of our Asso-
citation and of the Peace Society by
the late Professor Leone Levi deserved
the careful attention Of jurists and
statesmen occupied with this question.
Resolutions were also adopted:
l. In favor of the principle of neu-
tralizing territories, rivers, and mar
itime channels, with the view of
diminishing the area of warlike
operation.
3. TO indicate what acts should be
declared unlawful on such neutralized
lands or waters.
Resolutions followed expressing ap-
proval of the naturalization of Den
mark, Norway, and Sweden.
There were also a considerable num-
Der of miscellaneous proposals, which
were intended to promote better
understanding between people, and
to lead to closer relations between
them. Among these were proposals
for establishing a series of connected
international colleges, as suggested
by Richard Golden, the renewal,
under new form of the ancient
practice of encouraging skilled appren-
tices to visit and work at the chief
foreign centres of their trades q re-
that whenever interna-
tional differences should arise, special
between parliamentary
Of the States concerted
should be held. This resolution was
to the Inter-Parliamentary.
Congress which met two days later.
Among these miscellaneous sugges-
tons was one for organizing electors
in committees, in order to induce the
parliamentary candidates to place
on their programmes
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