ABSTRACT
An International Force may mean a Collective Force composed of contingents provided by the Great Powers, respectively mobilized in pursuance of definite undertakings embodied in a treaty intended to be permanent in character. The existence and employment of this Force would involve the cooperation of the covenanting Powers. Co-operation involves the existence of separate entities set in motion by separate wills or controlling authorities. Many people who do not contemplate the creation of a world-state as a measure of practical politics, nevertheless advocate the establishment of a world-force to the exclusion of the forces of individual states. The Collective Force postulates the co-operation of separate states, a Supreme Executive Force involves the unified dominion of one central authority to the exclusion of all others. A world-state, a law universally obligatory, and a Supreme Executive Force, are severally aspects of one and the same political constitution.
