It Is Not To Be

Each One Of These Treaties Is A Step For The Maintenance Of Peace, An Additional Guarantee Against War. It Is Through Such Machinery That The Disputes Between Nations Will Be Settled And War Prevented.

I Believe That In The End The Abolition Of War, The Maintenance Of World Peace, The Adjustment Of International Questions By Pacific Means Will Come Through The Force Of Public Opinion, Which Controls Nations And Peoples.

I Know Of No Greater Work For Humanity Than In The Cause Of Peace, Which Can Only Be Achieved By The Earnest Efforts Of Nations And Peoples.

It Is By Such Means As The Prize Offered By Your Committee That The Attention Of The World Will Be Focused And That Men And Women Will Be Inspired To Greater Efforts In The Interest Of Peace.

I Know Of No More Important Subject To The Peace Of Europe And The World Than The Reasonable Reduction Of Armaments, Especially In Europe, And Of Naval Armaments Throughout The World.