[PAX MUNDI]: [EUROPE] Selection of Autograph Statements Signed by a variety of famous European individuals, each one page, large folio, various places and dates, including Giulio Aristide Sartorio (1860-1932) Italian painter and film director, stating, in full, 'I have seen what peace truly is in the colonies of birds that live on the Pacific Islands; after prolonged moaning, instead of engaging in a conflict, the opponents would swarm to one side and the other. When men give wings to the spirit and become angels of God in the kingdom of Justice, the task of the League of Nations shall have been completed'; Dionisio Anzilotti (1867-1950) Italian jurist and judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice, stating, in part, 'As desirable as world peace is, there is something more desirable yet, without which peace has no value: that is justice…..it seems to me neither wise nor worthy to assess the means of guaranteeing peace without first having ensured the means of achieving justice'; David van Embden (1875-1962) Dutch politician; Frans Beelaerts van Blokland (1872-1956) Dutch politician and diplomat; Thanassis Aghnides (1889-1984) Greek barrister and diplomat; Nikolaos Politis (1872-1942) Greek politician and diplomat who served as Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs 1916-20, 1922; Giovanni Ciraolo (1873-1954) Italian lawyer, journalist and politician, nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1928, stating, in full, 'Peace shall crown the efforts of men of goodwill when they apply themselves not only to drafting formal treaties, but also to founding the family of nations based on international mutualism and distributive justice'; Giacomo Paulucci di Calboli (1887-1961) Italian ambassador, Under Secretary-General of the League of Nations 1927-32; Alberto de Marinis Stendardo (1868-1940) Italian General and politician; John Loudon (1866-1955) Dutch diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs 1913-18; Willem van Eysinga (1878-1961) Dutch diplomat and jurist who served as a judge on the Permanent Court of International Justice 1931-45; Julius Curtius (1877-1948) German politician who served as Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic 1929-31 etc. Some light age wear, generally about VG, 23

 

The present statements were prepared for publication in the Pax Mundi book; an anthology of sentiments on peace published in Switzerland by the World League for Peace. Between 1925 and 1932 many notable persons from around the world were asked to comment on the prospects of world peace and the volume included contributions from Marie Curie, Guglielmo Marconi, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore and many others.