HK League of Nations is assured
and whatever difference of opin
ion there might be as to its terms
and conditions, there was none
as lo the need for such a combination
of Nations. When the establishment
of the LviR'ue was determined upon,
tome contest arose as to the place
where the tribunals created thereby
'should sit and decide the momentous
questions coming within its jurisdic
tion. Although P.rus.scls made a vig
orous fight for the honor, Geneva was
finally selected. This was an excellent
as well as most fitting choice. The
beautiful city of the still more beau
tiful and picturesque Switzerland has
been the scene of many arbitrations
dealing with serious and delicate prob
lems resulting from warfare.
Scene Of Many Settlements
It was there that the Alabama
claims were settled, claims of the
United States against England for per
mitting the Alabama and other armed
vessels to be built in English territory,
to bo used by the Confederate States
against a friendly power.
Geneva was the seat of two conven
tions establishing the rights and priv
ileges of soldiers wounded in war and
of those whose sacred duty" it is to
care for the dead and wounded. The
first convention held in 1864 consisted
of ten articles in reference to the neu
trality of hospitals and ambulances.
