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Rh which long ago forbade not murder only, but all hostility also; and therefore I cannot obey you."

And it is just by this simple means, and by it alone, that the world is being conquered.

  La Vita Internationale and L'Humanité Nouvelle have sent me the following letter:—

",—With the object of furthering the development of humanitarian ideas and civilisation, La Vita Internationale (of Milan), with the support of L'Humanité Nouvelle (of Paris and Brussels), has deemed it necessary to interest itself in the difficult problem which has of late arisen in all its gravity and importance, owing to the delicate question about which France and the whole world have become so ardently impassioned—we mean the problem of war and militarism. With this aim in view, we beg all those in Europe who take part in politics, science, art, and the labour movement, and even those who occupy the foremost positions in the army, to contribute to this most civilising task by replying to the following questions:—

"1. Is war among civilised nations still required by history, law, and progress?

"2. What are the intellectual, moral, physical, economical, and political effects of militarism?

