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Excerpt from The Limitation of Armaments: A Collection of the Projects Proposed for the Solution of the Problem, Preceded by an Historical Introduction
The Oldest peace writers who, since the Fourteenth Century inter vened in the interest of the organization of the world, either did not mention the question of armaments at all or touched it only in passing. With them the diminution of armaments plays only a secondary part; to their mind it will be the natural consequence of the new organiza tion. The significant plans of Dubois, Podebrad, Sully and Alberoni1 envisaged the creation of an aggressive alliance against the Turks, and a suppression of the armies could naturally, at that time, not figure in the program of these men. Podebrad goes so far in his project as to urge the Pope to persuade the Italian nation to construct a fleet for a crusade against the Turks; accordingly, he was interested precisely in the opposite Of a decrease of armaments.
The first important plan for a federation of States which was to be as complete as possible, including also the Turks, was that of the Abbot charles-irenee de saint-pierre.2 In his Projet which appeared in 1713, he emphasizes the fact that the success of his proposal would render it possible to the various States to decrease materially their military expenses.
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Excerpt from The Limitation of Armaments: A Collection of the Projects Proposed for the Solution of the Problem, Preceded by an Historical Introduction A Conference on the Limitation of Armament was called on August 11, 1921, by the Government of the United States, to meet in Washington on November 11, 1921, the third anniversary of the signing of the armistice between the victoriousAllied and Associated Powers and Germany. The representatives of the Powers originally invited to the Conference were the British Empire, France, Italy and Japan, for the consideration of the question of the limitation of armament, and China for the discussion of Pacific and Far Eastern Questions. Later, representatives of Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal were invited to take part in the discussion of questions concerning the Pacific. The tentative program agreed upon embraces the following subjects: Limitation of Armament 1. Limitation of naval armament, under which shall be discussed: (a) Basis of limitation.(b) Extent.(c) Fulfilment. 2. Rules for control of new agencies of warfare. 3. Limitation of land armament. Paci c and Far Eastern Questions 1. Questions relating to China.First: Principles to be applied.Second: Application. Subjects: (a) Territorial integrity.(b) Administrative integrity.(c) Open door - equality of commercial and industrial opportunity.(d) Concessions, monopolies or preferential economic privileges.(e) Development of railways, including plans relating to Chinese Eastern Railway.(f) Preferential railroad rates.(9) Status of existing commitments. 2. Siberia (similar headings). 3. Mandated islands (unless questions earlier settled).Electrical communications in the Pacific. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the ori
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