war against any other member until after the question be-
tween them shall have been submitted to a Court, if the
question is of a legal nature, or a Commission of Concilia-
tion, if it can not be settled on principles of law. The mem-
bers agree to await the judgment in the one case or the
recommendation of a compromise in the other, before begin-
ning hostilities. If any member violates this agreement and
begins hostilities before the appointed time, the whole power
of the League, by the joint use of the military and naval
force of its members, is to be exerted to defend the nation
prematurely attacked against the nation attacking it. The
compulsion thus to be exercised is directed only to securing
deliberation and delay sufficient to permit a hearing and
judgment on questions of a legal nature, and a hearing and
recommendation of compromise on other questions.

There would be practical difficulties in attempting to en-
force judgments, difficulties which may some day be over-
come but which the League has now no purpose to attempt
to solve. It would be still more difficult to enforce com-
promises. The League contents itself, and believes that it
will make a long step forward if it succeeds, in securing a
world agreement by which hearings of the irritating issues
may be had and a decision rendered before war is allowed to
begin. It is confident that, in most cases, a war thus delayed
for a full discussion of the issues and a fair decision will
never come.

Mr. Roosevelt objects to the League with great emphasis.
It would have added to the usefulness of his criticism if he
had read carefully the proposals of the League. He as-
sumes that the League proposes that the judgments and
recommendations of compromise reached shall be enforced

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