4. The protection of private property at sea, of neutral commerce and of communications should be secured by the neutralization of the seas, and of such maritime trade routes as the Dardanelles and the Panama and Suez Canals.
5. National and international action should be aimed at the removal of inequitable trade barriers and other more fundamental economic causes of war.
6. The democracies of the world should be extended and reinforced by general application of the principles of self-government and of universal adult suffrage.
7. No province should be transferred from one government to another without the consent of the population of such province.
8. No treaty, alliance, or other arrangement should be entered upon by any nation, unless ratified by the representatives of the people; treaties for securing delay before commencing hostilities, and adequate machinery for insuring democratic control of foreign politics should be created.
World Peace Foundation
Boston, Mass.
World Peace Foundation.
1. No territory should be transferred from one nation to another in disregard of the inhabitants, nor any readjustment be made of which the effect would necessarily be to sow the seeds of future war.
2. As the alliances and ententes of Europe have proved their incapacity to safeguard the welfare of the people, the nations of that continent should establish and maintain a representative council in order to insure mutual conference and concerted action.