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world peace, it would be wise to attempt the creation of new inter- 

 national agencies. Would it not be prudent to follow Lorimer's 

 injunction against " impossible schemes " and to avoid his example 

 by adding no more "debris'' in the pathway of international juris- 

 prudence ? 



We cannot presume to foretell or anticipate the destinies of 

 nations. A world state may yet evolve. We are not concerned 

 however with remote events of a problematical, speculative nature. 

 Our immediate duty would not appear to impose the creation of a 

 perfect scheme of world organization. Does it not rather consist 

 in the utilization and perfection of the agencies already at hand? 



Princeton University, 

 April, 1916. 



V. 

 • WORLD ORGANIZATION. 



By DAVID JAYNE HILL, A.M., LL.D. 



That there is a legal bond of relationship between the sovereign 

 states composing the society of nations, has been amply shown by 

 the distinguished speakers who have already presented their views. 

 That this is in some sense a fact, no competent authority would deny ; 

 but in order to render it a secure basis for an effectual organization 

 of the civilized nations of the world, it is necessary that there should 

 be among them practical unanimity in accepting and maintaining a 

 common understanding of the nature of this legal bond, and of the 

 consequences that should follow from it. 



The Conception of Christendom. 



Back of such a common understanding there must be, as a con- 

 dition of its existence, some uniformity of conviction regarding the 

 nature of the state, the source and extent of its authority, and the 

 normal purposes and relations of separate political communities. 



The first common ground of this kind was furnished bv Chris- 



