Paz e Arbitragem

The work surveys the contemporary pacifist movement and condemns war as a humanitarian, social, moral and economic crime, advocating arbitration and disarmament as practical remedies. It traces the expansion of peace societies, inter-parliamentary conferences, international bureaus and specialized press organs, and catalogs national organizations and congresses. The text links industrial development, labor activism and women's groups to the spread of peace ideas, offers economic critiques of militarism to justify popular mobilization, and provides historical notes and lists that document the movement's networks, propaganda methods and institutional efforts to promote international arbitration.