¹ Compare also the following from an article by Mr. J. L. Garvin in a recent issue of the London Observer: “Whatever government may be in power or office in this country three months hence, its first duty in world affairs will be to enter in conference with the United States upon the future of sea-law. Settle that and peace will stand at last upon a practical basis, solid enough to ensure the real progress of disarmament and the end of the ‘frantic finance’ still devoted everywhere to the creation of improved killing machines.”