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France in her failure to appreciate the growth of inter-

national judicial methods as a good in itself, is quite behind the general movement of thought. She calls nothing certain' that is not humanly made certain by pledges of so many guns, so many bayonets, so many ships. Yet it is not the illusion of visionaries to assume that international law will follow the course of dorUestio law and will conic to be regarded as an indispensable convenience, carrying its own validity, quite apart from. whatever physical force may reside behind it. Anyhow; if this idea does not develop there will be little hope for civilization. We shall bankrupt ourselves by piling up armaments in order to be ready for annihilation whenever it- pli-ask some malign arid irresistible Fate to decree

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