hing pamphlets and conducting propaganda. All these books and
pamphlets I have named happen to lie upon my study table as I write, but
I have made no systematic effort to get together literature upon the
subject, and probably there are just as many books as good of which I
have never even heard. There must, I am sure, be statements of the
League of Nations idea forthcoming from various religious standpoints,
but I do not know any sufficiently well to recommend them. It is
incredible that neither the Roman Catholic Church, the English Episcopal
Church, nor any Nonconformist body has made any effort as an
organization to forward this essentially religious end of peace on
earth. And also there must be German writings upon this same topic. I
mention these diverse sources not in order to present a bibliography,
but because I should be sorry to have the reader think that this little
book pretends to state _the_ case rather than _a_ case for the League of
Nations.

CONTENTS

I. THE WAY TO CONCRETE REALIZATION

II. THE LEAGUE MUST BE REPRESENTATIVE

III. THE NECESSARY POWERS OF THE LEAGUE

IV. THE LABOUR VIEW OF MIDDLE AFRICA

V. GETTING THE LEAGUE IDEA CLEAR IN RELATION TO
IMPERIALISM

VI. THE WAR AIMS OF THE WESTERN ALLIES COMPACTLY STATED

VII. THE FUTURE OF MONARCHY

VIII. THE PLAIN NECESSITY FOR A LEAGUE

IX. DEMOCRACY

X. THE RECENT STRUGGLE FOR PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION
IN GREAT BRITAIN

XI. THE STUDY AND PROPAGANDA OF DEMOCRACY

IN THE FOURTH YEAR

THE LEAGUE OF FREE NATIONS

I

THE WAY TO CONCRETE REALIZATION

More and more frequently does one hear this phrase, The League of
Nations, used to express the outline idea of the new world that will
come out of the war. There can be no doubt that the phrase has taken
hold of the imaginations of great multitudes of people: it is one of
those creative phrases that may alter the whole destiny of mankind. But
as yet it is still a very vague phrase, a cloudy promise of peace. I
make no apology therefore, for casting my discussion of it in the most
general terms. The idea is the idea of united human effort to put an end
to wars; the first practical question, that must precede all others, is
how far can we hope to get to a concrete realization of that?

But first let me note the fourth word in the second title of this book.
The common talk is of a "League of Nations" mer