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the right to do what they can to prevent war
between other powers; because it is an old
experience that war among the great powers
readily spreads itself to the little ones.
De Molinari states further that the neutral
States may so much the more easily ward off
all this evil, as they have not only the right,
but also the power, if they would set
themselves to do it.
Thereupon he unfolds his proposition:—
“With England at the head, and with
Holland, Belgium, Switzerland and Denmark as
members, there might be formed a
confederation, ‘The Neutral League,’ for the purpose
of attacking any of the other powers who should
begin a war, and of helping the attacked. The
States named have a united strength of 460,000
men, and can place on a war footing 1,200,000.
To these may be added the fleets of England,
Holland and Denmark, which together form
the strongest naval power in the world.”[1]
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