There are in most states one or two ministers of war, one of whom is the minister of naval affairs.

As a result of my study, I came to the conclusion that a common supreme authority was undesirable.

Naturally, business and pleasure can be readily combined, but a certain balance should exist, and the latter should not predominate over the former.

There is one criticism which cannot be leveled at interparliamentary conferences but which is applicable to a great extent to peace congresses: the meetings waste time.

Warfare has been marvelously developed. It will soon be impossible to raise it to further heights.

An advantage that the Hague Conferences lack, in contrast to the peace associations and the Interparliamentary Union, is a bureau.

Nevertheless, this type of propaganda has a special value, for it serves to convince those who sign the appeal, of the necessity for carrying on propaganda; so a corps of propagandists, if I may use the term, is thus trained.