10.1 5] Organization for Durable Peace 



that nation making the cooperation of even Romain 

 Rolhuul or Theodore Ruyssen impracticable. 1 



As an organization we undertook the cooperative 

 study of the problems of durable peace, publishing 

 f i oin time to time the conclusions reached by indi- 

 vidual members. For the first of the two volumes of 

 the "Recueil dcs Rapports" (1916) I contributed the 

 leading article, entitled "Annexation and Conquest." 

 In this I maintained the following thesis: 



No right of conquest shall be recognized and no military 

 necessity to the prejudice of neutral people or of neutral 

 1 1. 1 (ions. No annexation or transfer of territory shall be made 

 l'\ force, as a result of war or conquest. In case a transfer of 

 allegiance should concern a homogeneous civilized district 

 .u rustomed to self-government, a plebiscite should rule. No 

 transfer shall l>e made except in accordance with the will of 

 the people expressed in the secret ballot and without duress* 

 the basis of suffrage being that already recognized in such 

 ler.ion, preferably "one man, one vote." Whether any given 

 district or province shall vote as a whole or in smaller units 

 must depend on the actual condition! in the region con- 

 cerned. 



Also "certain allied propositions": 



All extortions of indemnities by force of arms must be con- 

 demned .is ol die inoi.il sf.iius ol liijdm.iv lobbi'iy. All 

 ii.-.e ol milii.iiv inf imid.ition .is polnual .iij,iimrnf is funda- 

 mentally \vionj' because opposed to setniiiy and piojMev. 

 I'm. dly, (he sueeess; ol any pl.m IM dui.ible pe.iee mii'.l lest 



on the acceptance in good faith of Article 9 in the "Minimum 



'The executive committee compriied the following penoni: Theodor Adel- 



v...!, Sweden; R. Altamira, Spain; Mn. Finnic Fern Andrew., United Statei; 



<;. l.ow.-s Dickinion, Great Britain; Alexander Gieiiwein, Hungary; Halfdan 



Kulii, Norway; Hcinrich Lammaich, Auitria; Achillc Loria, Italy; PaulOtlet, 



ItrU-ium; I. Si-hcrrer-FQllcminn, Switzerland; Walther Schtlcking, Germany; 



II,. S., mm,,-, Dnmiaik; Dirssrlhuvs .""I V.m IJrrk ril Donk, MolL.ul. 



