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WHAT THE ASSOCIATION HAS DONE.
It has held two International Congresses on the European continent.
Many visits have been paid to cities in Germany, Italy, France,
Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, and Hungary, for the above purpose. In these
countries, including America, the Association has directly or indirectly
corresponded with more than six hundred persons, many of whom are
Members of Parliament, journalists, literary men, professors, merchants,
and manufacturers.
Corresponding Committees and Societies have been founded by the
Association in Germany, Hungary, Italy and France; and Societies
are affiliated in Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and California.
WHAT IT DESIRES TO DO.
To complete the “International Federation” of Peace-makers
proposed by the Congress held at Berne in 1883.
To promote the formation of Societies belonging to this Federation
in all parts of Europe.
To form Branches of the Association in various parts of England.
To publish a foreign edition of the monthly paper, Concord, in
French and German.
Note on page 137.
The following are the provisions of the Treaty agreed to at the
Pan-American Conference.
Article I.—The republics of North, Central, and South America
hereby adopt arbitration as a principle of American International Law
for the settlement of all differences, disputes, or controversies that may
arise between them.
Article II.—Arbitration shall be obligatory in all controversies
concerning diplomatic and consular privileges, boundaries, territories,
indemnities, the right of navigation, and the validity, construction, and
enforcement of treaties.
Article III.—Arbitration shall be equally obligatory in all cases other
than those mentioned in the foregoing article, whatever may be their
origin, nature, or occasion; with the single exception mentioned in
the next following article.
Article IV.—The sole questions excepted from the provisions of the
preceding article are those which, in the judgment of any one of the
nations involved in the controversy, may imperil its independence. In
which case, for such nation, arbitration shall be optional; but it shall
be obligatory upon the adversary power.
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