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THE New Commonwealth (monthly, published at Mowbray House, Norfolk Street, Strand, W.C.2., price 6d.), the first issue of which has recently appeared, is the organ of a new international society formed to advocate the establishment of a world system of law and order. If “the common sense of all” is to “hold a fretful realm in awe”, effective provision must be made for the administration of international justice, and this can be achieved only, in the new society's view, by establishing: (1) an international tribunal, to deal with all disputes threatening the peace of the world which do not at present come within the purview of the Permanent Court of International Justice; and (2) an international police force as the sanction of international law and a guarantee of security against aggression. On these two objectives the society proposes to focus and interest public opinion. As Sir Arthur Salter says in a letter to the editor, the times are dangerous and moral suasion alone cannot be relied upon to defeat the material forces of the world if these are all allowed to be harnessed to policies of evil. In an open letter signed by Norman Angell, Lord Cecil of Chelwood, the Archbishop of York, Sir Oliver Lodge, Prof. Gilbert Murray and sixteen other eminent citizens of nine of the principal countries of the world, the New Commonwealth is commended to all those who are interested in the development of the reign of law.
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Development of International Law. Nature 130, 842 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130842a0
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