ABSTRACT
The jural principles and the administrative machinery which would have been appropriate in a world divided with approximate equality between all its separate states are inapplicable to, and would be ineffective in, the world as it actually exists. The potential quasi-sovereignty of the world is inherent in the Great Powers. Where a duly constituted supreme authority exists it is, the duty of all the citizens subject thereto, both individually and in association, to refrain from any acts which would constitute an encroachment upon the monopoly of power residing in the government. Individual beings alone are the ultimate object of all rational solicitude. The Great Powers have indeed long exercised from time to time a controlling authority over the smaller states. Regarding the world as a rudimentary social organism it may be said that the process of differentiation of function has already resulted in the development of an organ of control.
