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Title: Approaches to the great settlement
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Balch, Emily Greene, 1867-1961 Angell, Pauline Knickerbocker, 1886-
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918 International law and relations
Publisher: New York, B. W. Huebsch
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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derstanding of foreign affairs,the sharpened sense of diverging points of view asto what should be the objects sought in foreign poli-cies — all contribute to swell the demand. It finds especially forceful expression in Socialist criti-cisms. The Italian Socialists (see page 203) propose thatforeign affairs should be taken out of the hands of the Execu-tive and placed exclusively under parliamentary control.They hope in this way to put an end to secret agreementsand diplomatic intrigue, together with the coercion nowexercised on Parliament by diplomats who are enabled to actfirst and then seek ratification for the necessary consequencesof their acts. Publicity will, they believe, restore elemen-tary honesty in international relations and make it impos-sible for an inspired press to corrupt popular opinion to the advantage of the great parasitical industrial and commer-cial interests. Of especial significance is the demand that electedrepresentatives of the people, men and women,(156)
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Photo by Paul Thompson LORD ROBERT CECIL British Minister of Blockade should replace diplomats, or at the least sit withthem, in the peace conference. The preliminary step to be taken previous to themeeting of any peace conference between belligerents— whether that come soon, or many months or evenyears hence — is a conference between the partnersthemselves to work out their common problems. Understandings between them already exist, ofcourse, though except for occasional leakages theirterms do not reach the public. Just what has beenpromised Italy or Roumania or Japan, Turkey orBulgaria, and on what contingencies, is not known.We only know that by the Pact of London the Allieshave bound themselves absolutely and publicly notto make peace separately.^ As a result of Russias demand upon the Alliesthat they reconsider these arrangements, it wasagreed that they should hold a conference to con-sider war-aims with a view to a possible restatement. Norman Angells Proposal for an Inter-A

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