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

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.

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.

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

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

Pacifists should stress more and more that it is the rule of law for which they are fighting.

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