p. 16 | The Disappointing Peace Conference

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 12, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 28.

The Disappointing Peace Conference

The Peace Conference is disappointing to those who hoped for much. This is recognized by the most candid writers. The "dum dum" bullet may be set aside as too cruel, but as for taking any decisive step toward universal peace or disarmament, the conference is accomplishing nothing. That this is recognized by the papers at large is shown by the many jokes and cartoons at the expense of peace. And now the czar wishes it to be emphatically retold and clearly understood that he did not ask or expect disarmament, but that armaments should not be increased. The swords are not yet beaten into plowshares, nor the spears into pruning-hooks, nor the cannon cast into church-bells.