Today's date, the eighteenth of May, should sometime become an occasion of great international celebration, for on this day ten years ago the first Peace Conference opened at The Hague.

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

There are those who believe we have need of more literature, of a large international publishing house, of a great peace newspaper, or the like. I am rather skeptical about this idea.

Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.

Propaganda is a topic of particular concern to peace associations. This is a matter of educating the population in general, and not least the voters.

The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions.

It has since been agreed that speeches given in English will be translated into French and vice versa, and even into German and Italian when necessary. No doubt translations into Esperanto will also soon be in demand.