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knee-deep in human blood after him. They still do the same, though in a more refined manner, when any occasion arises.
Man, however, felt the need of some guidance here. The Hague Conference was constituted for this very object, but it failed miserably in its aims. The League of Nations has now begun to move in the same groove, but the intention of its framers is not above suspicion. It is alleged that the institution has been formed to crush down the aspirations of the East towards self-determination.[1] Europe already possesses enough of arms and ammunition to keep others under her subjection, and the proposal of disarmament in the League is simply to disable the East from recouping their shattered military Materiel.
These institutions are, after all, human institutions. No man can be bound by another's injunction if it is at all likely to go against his interest. But if he finds himself so bound he tries to find means to get rid of the obligation. Treaties in Europe are meant for
- ↑ These lines were written in the twenties of this century. Since then the League of Nations has been replaced by the newly formed U. N. O. The words of the writer, however, apply equally to this new organization.—Publishers.
