As I understand the Presidents address. there is no proposition that any nation shall submit its rights or wsongs to a majority vote of the nations of the -world. as that expression would ordinarily be understood. but in outline the proposition. as I understand it. is that all nations shall enter into an international agreement by which each of the signatory powers will reserve to itself certain things of vital character which are never. under any circumstances. to be considered arbitrable--as. for example. the boundary lines of each country after these have been once fixed by the agreement. the right to determine who may immigrate or come into the country and who shall be eligible to citizenshipbut by which all othei questions which may arise are to be referred for hearing and judgment to a great international court. composed of the foremost jurists of all the countries. Then it is also proposed that there shall be a general disarmament of the nations and that the judgments of the great international court shall be enforced by an international police force. just as United States marshals. and their assistants enforce the decrees of our courts. That is as I understand the proposition.
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