Repository: UIHistories Project: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 48 [PAGE 29]

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The German theory of military necessity and the Ineffectiveness of International law Possible moans of strengthening it:

la) (b)

By application of the ruli « of the criminal law: trial and pun% tf& % inishment of individual violators of the law. *fi By holding the governments of the violating belligerents rej sponsible for damages resulting from violations of the law of nations. I

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(c)

By tho collective intervention of neutral powers in behalf of ajj^jg! nation whose rights have been flagrantly disregarded by another State in violation of the rules of International law. 10* i By the establishment of a league of nations to compel states to respect their international obligations and to submit their \ controversies to the decision of an international tribunal, tart I (League to enforce law.)

(d)

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Possible means of averting wars in the future:

(a) (b) (c)

Compulsory disarmament. Voluntary substitution of judicial methods for the settlement of disputes in the place of recourse to armed force. Establishment of a system of universal obligatory international arbitration.

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To what extent has arbitration been resorted to in practice for the settlement of international differences? Give J « u some American examples. With what countries has the , ^ United States arbitration treaties at the present time? £ ^ What What has been the attitude of the German goy- i international ernment toward arbitration? What is an m i e n i * ^ commission of inquiry? What were Mr. Bryan's "wait-a- ^ ^ year" treaties? Do you think secret diplomacy and the *% existence of secret treaties were in any sense responsible | i for the late war? Was the system of alliances between Jjj certain European powers prior to the war conducive to the general peace? Laws Required Reading: and Customs of War on Land; Garner, the German War Code. I (Copies on reserve in general library.) ^^^

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