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 I 2 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY

cw of Reviews contains articles contributed by Baroness Sutt- ner and by myself. Aso the International Magazine, which pub- lishes extracts from the most progressive writers in every coun-

.nd thus accustoms its readers to look beyond the boundaries of their own country and to open their hearts and minds to those ideas by which other branches of the human race are influenced. Besides these there are two other magazines, /'fr< hose purpose is indicated by its title and Cosmopolis,

containing articles in three languages and elegantly gotten up by a house accustomed to succeed in all its undertakings, that of Arm and Colin.

In both of these reviews, as well as in the Revue FJministe, which has just been established, the propaganda of peace and the study of questions connected with arbitration, already occupy a considerable place. The second number of Cosmopolis con- tained at least three articles upon that subject, one by Jules Simon, in French, one in English and one in German. Tell me if this is not a sign of the times.

As for myself, I have labored unceasingly in this cause for thirty years, and in spite of temporary defeats and mortifica- tions, I have never despaired of ultimate success. In the midst of the most terrible commotions I have never ceased to ask Heaven that I may see peace and hope return to earth by means of arbitration. And now I believe I have a right to declare, as Jean Dicard has so admirably done in the Figaro of the I2th of September last, that the horizon is brightening ; deeds have spoken louder than words ; the public mind is awakening to the necessity of arbitration. Nothing now remains for those who have fought in its behalf but a little more perseverance and hope in order to overcome the prejudices and hatreds of the old political parties. As Gaston Moch said in his "appeal," Febru- ary 5, "it is time to say openly to the partisans of that policy that the reign of violence is over and the universal conscience demands the rule of justice." FREDERIC PASSY.

Member of the Institute, President of the French International

Arbitration Society. NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, FRANCE.