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Excerpt from Limitation of Armament on the Great Lakes, Vol. 2: Report of Honorable W. Foster, Secretary of State to the President of the United States, December 7, 1892 The time set by Dr. Franklin has not yet run, but if the signs of the day do not fail, agencies are at work which will make his prophecy seem less chimerical than it was exactly one hundred and thirty - one years ago. The enlightened Czar of all the Russias called the nations into conference in 1898, to discuss the limitation of armament. A Conference of twenty-six nations was held at The Hague, in 1899, to consider this question and the methods of peaceable settlement; a Conference of forty-four nations met at The Hague, in 1907, in which, however, the question was mentioned but not discussed, although the methods of peaceable adjustment were again considered, and there are many who believe that a third Conference is destined to meet at The Hague in the not distant future, in which these subjects will be examined in the light of a recent and a disastrous experience. Great Britain and the United States, not the least respected coun tries in the society of nations, have entered into a compact, namely, the rush-bagot agreement of 1817 2 a compact which has stood the test of time, and the storm and stress of war. It should be borne in mind that this agreement was the outcome of the so-called war of 1812, between the two countries, and that the observance of its provi sions has kept peace along a boundary of well nigh four thousand miles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.