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| national Justice. Tho time, In word' hnd
! come IN make the expression International
Law a reality instead ~ a nero cover Tor q
miscellansous collection of mora ifeoeIt'
and conventional tul,s of Intercourse
Tho chief ob-truc,ion to ~" attainment OF
this object was for many years tho i"at that
tho definite and nCceptsi fnftnulntion ~ inter
national law implied ar impairment = national
10 YER ospectally for dofence Mf lloll- sub
mi u that the conviction was based u.'or a cur
Ious confusion between cause and eject In
his opinion. IL was the absence Of anything
worthy To be called international law which
caused universal military service and the hiRh-
ost possJblo ,rI,cirncy IN warIikc preparations
- be regarded as ind ispensablc IL was not
mlltarlsm and all that IL iinrlic- which Ir"-
vented the establishment Of international
law During the lifetime o., Bismarck the
system Of universal militarv service which
under his guidance, had ACHE red such brilliant
Successes, scanned una.snila bic even 80 far as
scl,ntIfc dlscnssion was concernet TO uiics-
ton It's efficiency In Germany involved almost
m accusation ~ treason, and other Contin-
entiS countries followed the lend OF the German
Empire. both In practice and I'm theory In
the Introduction TO this volume reference IL
made To the singular tlmellness Of the rescrlpt
orthe Russian Emperor. coming, as il did after
Bsrnarck's death. and after tho end Of the
SPANISH American War. and at a time when
tho shadow of "A tremendous problem In the
Far East was darkening the horizon Of COM
r,.rc,I nstions
our author does not deem il necessary. for
the purpose Of cxaltiry the Peace Conference.
to d.preciate the value Of the science of inter
national law, as previously understood. but
10 a.. ,,s .,uJar, - 81,
has been long aware Of the fact that in the
absenc. OF any conclusive LEGAL or judicial
method for the adjustment Of international
differences the science itself was bound 10
remain Ineffective II was az IL muniopal
law should contain only rules Of action and
PRINCIPLES OF Justice but should provide
no method by which the principles could be
vindicated or the rules carried into effect
The keystone % the arch OF International Juris-
prudence would evidently have to hs some
proy,ion for a peaceab!e method OF procedure
however incomplete or nnsatisfactorv, looking
TO the csta hlshment OF rights ard the impo-
sition Of duties
Herein Mr.. Hollis finds the true bearing OF
the work OF the Peace Conference upon inter-
national law The prov sions Of intarna-
tional jurispruderce regarding the sovereignty
OF States. the inviolability Of their Chief Ex-
ec'Itlves and representatives, the rShts ana
duties OF aliens and citizens. the provisions
regarding national territory and the high
seas and those regarding treaties and con-
tracts, are all bound together by the Hague
treaty. under which a violation of rights no
longer need lead necessarily TO war. but can
be- litigated and aettled. no less efficiently be-
cause peaceablv Whatever fault may he
found with particular provisions Of the treaty.
tho lattnr con idnred "a "a vhnle and as the
emhodiment Of q principle, must remain the
nurlous around which hy discussion and nd
Indication. more perfect body Of International
laws NAV he framed
The Parliament of Man. the federation Of
the world"-for justice and for ever universal
civilized interest that, according to Mr. Hollis,
is the concepton which found It's best. II not
its first illustration in tho Peace Conference