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 With the governments of the world organized as republics, a constitutional convention composed of representatives of the various republics could be called. A world constitution could be framed that would provide (1) for a world executive and define his qualifications and powers, (2) for a world legislative body and define its qualifications and powers, (3) for a world judiciary and define its qualifications and powers, and (4) for certain inherent international rights.

A world republic could then be organized rather simply and almost automatically as follows: Provide (1) that an ex-president of one of the republics would be the world executive; (2) that the vice-presidents of the various republics would be the world legislative body (this would give them something to do and would encourage a more careful selection of vice-presidents); (3) that when an international controversy arose, one member of the supreme court from each republic not directly interested in the controversy would sit as the court to determine the rights of the republics in controversy, and (4) that the inherent international rights could be enforced through those three branches of the world republic.