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policy of Peace; and the facts to which Mr.
Arnoldson directs attention amply justify the
belief. It is of great significance that since
1794 there have been “at least sixty-seven
instances in which disputes of a menacing
character have been averted by arbitration”;
and perhaps the unquestioning acceptance by
England of the Genevan award will hereafter
be reckoned as one of her noblest services
to the world. It is no less important that
since the principle of arbitration was solemnly
recognised by the Congress of Paris in 1856,
arbitral clauses have been introduced into many
treaties, while the question of establishing a
universal system of international arbitration
has been entertained and discussed
sympathetically by many parliaments.
At the same time Mr. Arnoldson justly
insists on the steady increase of the power of
neutrals. Without accepting the possibility
of “a Neutral League,” he points out how a
necessary regard to the interests of neutrals
restrains the powers which are meditating
war. And I cannot but believe that he is right
when he suggests that the problems of the
neutralization of Scandinavia, of Alsace and
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