6. All alliances, offensive or defensive, are to be prohibited.
7. To all colonies without distinction must be applied the principle of the “open door.” No State shall be able to impose a tariff system on another. The development of free trade through international agreements must be furthered.
8. The public institutions and the honor of each nation are to be protected against foreign insult by penal regulations internationally devised and guaranteed by an international judicial body.
9. A new peace conference is to be called with the object of establishing the permanent character of the institution and ensuring its automatic reunion.
International Congress of Women
The Hague, Holland, April 28th, 29th, 30th, 1915
International Congress of Women.
In a preparatory meeting of English, German, Belgian and Dutch women, held at Amsterdam (February, 1915), the following resolutions were drawn up to be put before the International Congress: