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We've been commemorating the hundredth anniversary of Abdul-Baha's travelling to the United States and Canada in 1912.

And a strong theme of His talks in the West was on the subject of world peace...

He was invited to attend the International Peace Conference in Mohonk New York and delivered a brief address there...

See:

Mahmud: May 14 -- Lake Mohonk International Peace Conference | 'Abdu'l-Bahá in America

‘Abdu’l-Bahá also mentioned often the goal, set down in the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, of gathering all nations under a single federal system, with a world tribunal for adjudicating all disputes, and a system of collective security for enforcing its decisions:

“when we have the interparliamentary body composed of delegates from all the nations of the world and devoted to the maintenance of agreement and goodwill, the utopian dream of sages and poets, the parliament of man, will be realized.”

World Peace | 'Abdu'l-Bahá in America

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At the same time (1912) nations around the world were stockpiling large arsenals in preparation for another war, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá noted this development in an interview for the Montreal Daily Star:


“These warlike preparations will necessarily culminate in a great war. The very armaments themselves are productive of war. This great arsenal must go ablaze.”


World Peace | 'Abdu'l-Bahá in America