The corporation is constituted for the purpose of educating the people of all nations to a full knowledge of the waste and destructiveness of war, its evil effects on present social conditions and on the well-being of future generations, and to promote international justice and the brotherhood of man; and, generally, by every practical means to promote peace and good will among all mankind.-By-laws of the Corporation. It is to this patient and thorough work of education, through the school, the college, the church, the press, the pamphlet and the book, that the World Peace Foundation addresses itself.-Edwin Ginn. The idea of force can not at once be eradicated. It is useless to believe that the nations can be persuaded to disband their present armies and dismantle their present navies, trusting in each other or in the Hague Tribunal to settle any possible differences between them, unless, first, some substitute for the existing forces is provided and demonstrated by experience to be adequate to protect the rights, dignity and territory of the respective nations. My own belief is that the idea which underlies the movement for the Hague Court can be developed so that the nations can be persuaded each to contribute a small percentage of their military forces at sea and on land to form an International Guard or Police Force.Edwin Ginn. *Incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts, July 12, 1910, as the International School of Peace. Name changed to World Peace Foundation, December 22, 1910. A LEAGUE OF NATIONS Published Bimonthly by WORLD PEACE FOUNDATION 40 MT. VERNON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. The subscription price is 25c. per year in advance. Prices in quantities on application. General Secretary, Edward Cummings. Corresponding Secretary, and Librarian, Denys P. Myers. CONTENTS No. 1, FEBRUARY, 1919 Great Britain, America and Democracy BY EPHRAIM DOUGLASS ADAMS, Professor of history, Leland Stanford Junior University. Joint Debate on the Covenant of Paris HENRY CABOT LODGE, United States Senator from Massachusetts, Chairman-designate of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. A. LAWRENCE LOWELL, President of Harvard University, Chairman of the Executive Committees of World Peace Foundation and League to Enforce Peace. SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON, MARCH 19, 1919. The presiding officer, His Excellency Calvin Coolidge, Governor of Massachusetts Mr. Lodge Mr. Lowell Mr. Lodge, in rebuttal PAGE 49 49 64 91 No. 3, JUNE, 1919 The Covenanter. Letters on the Covenant of the League of Nations BY WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM, Letter 1. Object to be attained [A. Lawrence Lowell] 5. Sovereignty (continued) [Henry W. Taft] 7. Members of the League: Articles I and II [A. Lawrence 8. The Assembly: Article III [A. Lawrence Lowell] 13. The principle we fought for: Article X [William H. Taft]. 15. The basic principle: Articles XI, XII and XIII [A. Law 99 ΙΟΙ 104 106 108 III 114 116 118 121 123 125 127 130 |