8. Freedom of commerce, at least in colonies.
9. Woman suffrage. Reform of education and of the press.
International Bureau of Peace (Bureau International de la Paix)
President: H. La Fontaine.
International Bureau of Peace.
1. Neutral States should be called to participate in the peace negotiations, because a permanent peace ought to be guaranteed by the signature of all the powers of the world.
2. No annexations must take place without the consent of the populations concerned. In all the States of diverse nationalities the rights of minorities must be guaranteed.
3. There should be established an international organization of States, with permanent bodies and especially an international tribunal before which will be brought international disputes.
4. Armaments must be reduced according to general agreement and placed under an international control. All industrial establishments occupied with the manufacture of munitions must be expropriated.
5. Diplomacy in all the nations must be put under the control of parliaments and public opinion. All treaties and agreements which are not made public and have the ratification of the representative bodies of the nation are to be considered null and void.