Ought they not to be referred to a Royal Commission, on which should be placed representatives of the Navy and Merchant Service, of the corn trade, and of the Colonies, together with international lawyers, in touch with the views of their Continental colleagues?
Holland proposes that a Royal Commission should include diverse representatives to address important legal questions.
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Without war the world would stagnate, and lose itself in materialism.
This being so, it is necessary to recognise also that increased humanity in the mode of making war has in reality followed upon the gradual softening of manners.
The progress of civilisation should have the effect of alleviating as much as possible the calamities of war.
Pacific reprisals should also, according to the tendency of modern opinion and practice, be so applied as not to interfere with the interests of third Powers and their subjects.
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