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LOrimer's ''Institutes of the Law OF
Nations"

The Professor next proceeds to con-
slider what he calls the economical so
luton of this problem. 1t has been
thought by Mr.. Seebohm and Others
that Free Trade and the ever-increas-
ing independence of States will one
day put stop to war altogether. Pro-
fessor Lorimer, however, does not
share in this hope. He points out
that, however close the relationship
between States may one day become,
and however interdependent they may
one day be, this closer relationship
and increased interdependencc will
not prevent them from going to war so
long as positive law and jural organi-
ZatiOn are absent. The close relation
ship and interdependence even OF a
husband ard wife, or u father and son,
or mother and daughter, is not sui-
ficient guarantee in itself against an
outbreak of folly, passion, or lawless-
ness between them. Even these close
relationships require positive law ana
jural organization TO control them.
AS States are no better and no worse
than individuals, however close Their
interests may one day become through
the influence of Free Trade and eX-
tended com mercial rights and obilga-
tions, yet positive law and jurat organ
izatious will still be required before the
ultimate problem is solved. An inter
national legislature, .iudicaturc, and
executive must be established to lcgis-
late, administer, and execute IN inter-
national affairs, Notwithstanding
closer relationships and more reclprn-
cal and co-eXtensiVe commercial ooll-
cations may arise between States from
the spread of Free Trade. Some,
again. have thought that the progress
OF civilization brought about by rcllg-
ious and secular education will ut
length put a stop to war. Some carry
this argument so far that they cOnsid-
er diplomacy and arbitration some day
will render all further organization tor
legislative, judicial, or executive pur-
poses superfluous. No doubt the pro-
gress Of civilization does tend TO mar
row the sphere of positive legislation,
lust as when the public health in
creases there will be less need Of medl-
cine. But these are the effects, not the
causes, of legislation. They are the
ends, not the means. A legislature, a
iudicature, and an executive may ana
do produce civilization, and education,
but education and civilization never
did produce them. We must not,
then, rely altogether upon civilization
and education to put stop to war, and
solve our problem, because they are the
effects of legislation, jurisdiction, and
execution, and not its causes. The
way, then, to lessen the probability OF
war is to increase the potency and elli-
cacy of our international iural organl-
zation, and. supply it with the three
absent factors of legislation, Jurisdic--
ton, and execution. The ''balance of
power,n voluntary arbitration, the
economical solution, have all failed to
solve the Professors ultimate problem,
and it only therefore remains to estaL-
lish an international jural organiza,-
ton analogous to the municipal juia!II
organization which we have in civil
life, with its three factors Of leglSl;l-
ture, a iudicature, and an executive:
It was the want of this which caused
the Amphictyonic Council and the
wise men of Greece at Thermopyl;e to
fail in their efforts after peace. Il was
the absence of this which caused the
failure of the Achaan League and the
Lycian Confederacy. The League OF