The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-12

tn>> -, as that causes like those
Whic- Ge. sc brought abo- this war
may be- eliminated as much as pos
sible; this war, which all those con-
cerned declare that they did not de-
sire while exchanging mutual accu-
sations Of proyocation and unjustified
aggression.
That this result may be obtained il
is imperative that the coming treaty
OF peace be not merely scrap OF
paper, which one or the other of the
contracting parties may feel entitled
to tear to pieces whenever it feels
that expediency justites breaking it's
pledged word and the obligation vol
unfairly assumed. Any ViOiati MS OF
future international treaties must
unquestionably have some justitica-
ton similar to what all civilized COM
munltles demand in violations OF con-
tracts among private ind -viduaIs
But just as collective social author
lty. in the domain Of ordinary law
has taken care to diveSt the punish
| 1nents meted out to such crimes IA
| robbery, murder, &c. Of everything
resembling personal vengeance or q
| relic Of primitive barbaric times when
each man had to defend himself
against the frequent attacks Of his
! fellows, SO likewise is it necessary that
| respect Tor international treaties ard
| agreements shall come under the sDa-
clal jurisdiction OF an international
| tribunal having at its disposal a SUI
f1clently strong military force, OF
rather police force, and that the
central authority alone shall be en-
powered to call upon the services OF
this body, leaving the execution Of its
orders to national authorities chosen
Tor each case that may arise and
invested with carefully determined
and vigorously limited powers
Ma matter what may be the name
for such a system, it will amount to
the practical creation of an interna-
| tionai organization comparable to
that League of Neutrals'' conceived
) and suggested as far back as 1855 by
) the Belgian economist Gustave de
Molinari, one Of the leaders Of the
liberal individualist school-in behalf
: Of which he conducted throughout his
: long life a propa ganda deserving OF
: more attention and of more prompt
success.
System OF Preventive Measures.
Basing his theories on the scientiiic
idea which was later to inspire the
propaganda Of Norman Angel
T founded upon the theory OF the
! growing solidarity between the ma
terial interests of the modern world
I NJ. de Molinari, while demonstrating
: that war had become in our day a
| II y
that does not pay its expenses" did
not forget that men act not accord
7 ing to their real interest but accord
d ing to what they understand 20 be
: their interest. Hence. as long as a
= large portion Of humanity, as in the
3 case now in Germany, can still be
e reused to enthusiasm by the idea OF
y q futile and disastrous war. it is ab-
It SOlutely useless to rely solely upon
: moral and intellectual forces for the
suppression of war. rational Sys.
: tenn Of preventive and represslve
: measures must be created capable OF
= coping with the danger against Whici
a we are seeking to safeguard our
selves.
: Here, then, is the justification fol
! the existence Of an international or
i ganizatiOn, whose object shall bt
V mutual insurance against the risl
e of war and which may have actua
z power sufficient to make itself re
j. spected by whatever nation may in
!. tend to break the peace, either by vi
z olating or breaking its solemn prom
,s ises or attacking the legitimate right
J. and interests of its peaceful and rea
SOnable associates. If such an organ
izatiou had been effected either il
% conjunction with The Hague Tribuna
h or in whatever form might have beer
,e deemed most useful and appropriate
- it is certain that the European wal
20 might have been averted.
ic Even if the actual cause of thi
a war the clash between Austria ant
Servia-could not have been salts
:, fartorily settled by peaceful means
Ie Germany would certainly not hav'
- dared to declare war againt Russi;
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