Always we must bear in mind that law has to be substituted for power, that care must be taken to serve the interests of law.

The last Hague Conference has in the meantime expressed its opinion that a body should be established which could prepare for the work involved more effectively than has hitherto proved possible.

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.

There are many members of parliament present here who know as well as I do that, if a man has not already been converted, it will require a great deal more than a letter of appeal to achieve conversion.

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.

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