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Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet grew up In a modest large family, fatherless but talented. He studied law and languages to be a diplomat In Tunisia,and the French Foreign Affairs, and led The French delegation to the Hague’s Peace Conference, Where he supported the idea that arbitration Was not just a choice, but a moral duty,Continue reading “1909 – Baron d’Estournelles”

Beernaert, Belgium’s PM, captured the Prize For peace work with the Interparliamentary Union. Its leader made “the Nobel speech,” a wise Move since Beernaert’s own ‘record’ raised many an ‘eye:’ He worked for King Leopold, Congo’s clandestine tyrant, Famous for brutally enslaving its people ‘for trade,’ (Which was to be “free” but was not), andContinue reading “1909 – August Marie Francois Beernaert”