WORLD-ORGANIZATION AFTER THE WORLD-WAR Fant 
to interpose objections to the violation of these highways by one 
people in attacking another people or by one group of peoples in 
attacking other peoples, if such attacks contravene the general 
welfare. It shall be within its power to enforce its protest, if 
necessary, by an Omninational Guard maintained for the purpose 
of protecting and policing the omninational property. The very 
policing of these highways will in itself be a means of preserving 
the peace. ) 
The relations of the world-ways to national boundaries.—To serve 
as such barriers to aggression and at the same time to serve equally 
the peoples adjoining these highways on either side, they are to be 
placed on or near international boundaries so far as topographic 
and other natural conditions permit, but they are not themselves 
to be the boundaries, which will be fixed independently. The 
world-ways may therefore depart from them more or less freely as 
conditions require. While broadly serving the commercial inter- 
ests of the world in general, they will be specially tributary to the 
interests of the adjoining peoples, as are all highways. The project, 
should, therefore, if fairly understood, be very kindly received by 
the peoples of the lands traversed, and the benefits arising from 
these highways should promote good will toward their establish- 
ment, as also toward their maintenance in times of stress. 
The proposed gridiron of omninational highways.—In the area 
most involved in the world-war, it is proposed to establish four 
north-south omninational highways stretching from appropriate 
terminals on open-water bodies at the south to similar terminals at 
the north. Crossing these from east to west four highways of like 
type are proposed, the whole forming a gridiron of omninational 
thoroughfares. These are so placed and so related to one another 
as to give essentially all the peoples of Central Europe outlets and 
inlets for universal commercial intercourse, as may be seen from 
the accompanying map. ‘The principle back of this gridiron of 
commercial highways is precisely that which underlies the public 
highways of enlightened lands. Put continents in the place of 
counties, put nations in the place of farmers and lot-holders, and 
the proposed world-ways serve much the same function as our 
streets and public roads. What our forefathers put in the place of 
