Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12

colonial ambitions, as Norway and Den
mark Their headquarters might be at
Malta, whose population should be given in
dependence, and where the arsenal could be
enlarged in order to suffice for the upkeep
| and replacement of the maritime police fleet.
Enforcement of Decisions
To enforce its decision the International
Supreme Court possesses many means. 1t
could proclaim general moratorium against
the citizens of nation whose tribunals re-
fused to execute it's judgment. The boycott
ting of all international intercourse with the
citizens of such a nation, and other similar
measures, suggest themselves. Finally, the
maritime International police could be en-
powered to seize and confscate all ships and
floating merchandise belonging to the citi-
zens of the offending nation. With one word
all sorts of pressure could be made to bear
upon the individuals who compose nation
and who really are severally responsible for
Its international behavior whether they sub
NIT to an autocracy or to a government con-
troled by the people.
With such a state of affairs the need for
national navies and armies would be gone
They could and should be abolished. War
ships and other warlke material could at
once be destroyed, as we'll as all the arma-
ment works. To prevent any nation from
secretly making warlike preparations the
number and terms of enlistment for the
tional police forces should be fixed accord
ing to a simple and uniform standard con-
trolled by the International Supreme Court
to which the police estimates of all States
should yearly be submitted. With a maxi
mum total of one policeman for every 500
inhabitants, whether divided into national
federaD municipal, county or local police
forces or not, the grand total of all national
police forces would scarcely exceed 3600,0O0
men. AS they would rarely use their fire
arms yearly output of 10000 rifles would
suffice. Consequently, the retention of one
single rifle mandatory would cover the
needs of the whole world. 1t might with ad-
vantage be placed under the control of the
United States Government as a federal in
stitution from where all nations could obtain
its quota of rifles at cost price. The am
muntion could be manufactured in Aus
tralia, which is also far removed from Eu-
rope. In either case the international mari
time police which controls the seas would be
able to prevent any attempt to get hold of
the requisites for armed struggle on a large
scale.
Method of Disarmament
Professionally limited number of some of
the present armies and their equipment would
have to be kept in order to disarm those
parts of the world, principally situated In
the north OF Africa and near Asia, where
the population goes about its daily business
armed with rifles, and where for that very
reason equal justice to foreigners can never
be guaranteed. The mere fact that all the
armament works all over the earth would
be destroyed would very soon make it i'm
possible for such countries to resist. Else
ments would also flicker out for want of
arms and ammunition. Thus the armies ex-
empted from the general disbandment would
very soon become superhuous, In the mean
time the International Supreme Court would,
at fixed periods, scrutinize and gradually d-
minish their establishments. In the mari
time police the Supreme Court has means
OF preventing their transportation to other
territories than those allotted to them. Their
employment there would, under universal
free trade, confer no commercial privileges
on the nations who would be responsible for
them. They would therefore gradually tend
to be regarded as financial burden on the
taxpayers
II the partition of the disorderly and unex-
plotted regions Of the earth which have not
yet come under the guardianship of su-
perior civilization is made in equity and JUS
liCei li9 last iunSllon pl ulplOmdCy would De
gone. With no political or commercial treat
les to make or to interpret, deprived OF it's
rights to protect either travellers or mis-
sionaries, foreign offices, embassies, legations
and consulates become superhuous. An in
exhaustible source OF poisonous snobbery and
false information would dry up. Interna-
tional relations would be exclusively carried
out by those professional experts who silently
make 1t possible for one letter to go around
the world in perfect safety, who connect the
timetables OF the different railway systems
Of adjoining countries ana who. in a thousand
other ways unnoticeable to the public, ex-
change the fruits OF industrial ana intel
leetual experience IN international gatherings
In ever-inereaslng number
The Rule Of Right
The only people who would really suffer
would Be the investors IN the armament
trade, the anonymous journalists who earn
living y working ap searss. and the milf
taFg and naval Professions But even these