Randal Cremer
Randal Cremer
Sir William Randal Cremerusually known by his middle name "Randal", was an English Liberal Member of Parliament, a pacifist, and a leading advocate for international arbitration. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1903 for his work with the international arbitration movement...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 March 1828
government investors rumors sell timid various war
At the first rumors of war, timid investors in various government stock, being panic-stricken, sell out, to their loss and the gamblers' gain.
war people armament
All the vested interests and people who profit by war will - with the journals they control - resolutely oppose any reduction of armaments.
war fighting law
It may be that for a long time some nations will continue to fight each other, but the example of those nations who prefer arbitration to war, law courts to the battlefield, must sooner or later influence the belligerent powers and make war as unpopular as pugilism is now.