WORLD-ORGANIZATION AFTER THE WORLD-WAR qa 
the affairs of the Confederation and to choose directors and certain 
other officers who shall be more immediately charged with the busi- 
ness of the Confederation. ‘The directors are to be chosen on the 
proportionate basis and their voting powers in the decisions of the 
directorate are to rest on this basis. Further suggestions respect- 
ing the ruling bodies and the judiciary will be made after the 
remaining features of the scheme are sketched. 
The permanent seat of the Confederation.—It is proposed that 
the permanent seat of the Omninational Confederation shall be 
Constantinople, for these reasons: 
1. Constantinople has long formed the center of those chronic 
difficulties that have called for some such remedy as is herein pro- 
posed. For nearly five centuries almost continuous trouble has 
centered about or radiated from Constantinople. The body that 
is to bring peace out of this prolonged agony may well sit at the 
seat of trouble. 
2. ‘The permanent occupation of Constantinople by a body rep- 
resenting the commercial interests of the whole world would of itself 
settle one of the most serious problems of the Near East, the pos- 
session of this strategic situation; possession by all nations jointly, 
not by any one alone. 
3. The nationalities that most need to be led into the newer and 
broader national spirit would be nearest the new seat of influence. 
4. Placed near the meeting-point of the three grand divisions 
of the Eastern Hemisphere, the Confederation would be seated where 
its later work, the economic development of these grand divisions, 
especially Asia and Africa, would be close at hand. 
The naval and military forces of the Confederation.—Two vital 
considerations are to be met in providing the Confederation with an 
efficient navy to protect and police the seas and enforce its decrees, 
if that shall be necessary: (1) There should be no increase in naval 
or military armament; (2) there should be no weakening of the 
control of the right-minded nations so long as danger from the 
inherited spirit of aggression lasts. At thesame time, it is agreed by 
the right-minded nations that a reduction of armament is extremely 
desirable if not imperative, because of the great financial burdens 
already incurred in the war. How can these requirements be met ? 
