Show universal peace the czar s attempt at the establish ment of universal peace Is not the first of the kind that has been made ba b a european monarch the french king henry IV ot of navarre proposed something similar in the sixteenth century his idea was to form the european nations into a confederation of states and each state to be even ly balanced in balli military tary and naval power the fhe confederation waa was to be a supreme court of arbitration to de cide all disputes that might arise there was one flaw in this peace pea C e proposal the turk was to be excluded and the states were to wage a war of extermination against him the project was discussed and dropped |