Introducing Judge Wu, the cha man said that some years ufo he was lecturer at the Soochow University Law School. Dr, Wu did not happen to be a student at the time but he had upheld the fine traditions of the institution and had Won a great scholastic record and had made for himself a name in America, England, France, Germany and at home.
Judge Wu said that he had made use of a technical term in the title of his talk, which probably needed some explanation. The term "conditions precedent" is borrowed from the law of property, he said. A condition precedent is an uncer! future event which must happen before an estate can vest. Plainly put, I mean to speak of the preparations we must make in order to usher in world peace. And it must also be understood that, by world peace, I do not mean merely the absence' of international wars, but rather the absence of all forms of serious international conflicts.
Three conditions at least must be fulfilled in order to secure world peace:
1, Mutual understanding. Ignorance is the mo: t formidable obstacle to world peace. It is the nurse of hatred and prejudice. For ignorance delights in sweeping goneralization, As ignorance is a pro-ife source of irrational prejudice, understanding engenders love.
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