Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace
At the annual banquet of the Second Army Corps held in Washington, D. C., March 15, General Miles is reported to have said:— “No nation has ever had so much to say against war, against the maintenance of a large army, or against anything that might lead us into open conflict. And no nation has had so much to say in favor of peace and arbitration. No people are so anxious to maintain peace at home and abroad as the American people. We would not enter into any conflict without just provocation or a righteous cause.” If the United States really stands at the head of the champions for peace, what must be the condition of the nations at the foot of the class! If the present rush in preparing for war is any index, there is but very little room for genuine peace sentiments. And after all is it not quite evident that we are in the time described by the prophet, when the people would be saying, “Peace, peace, when there is no peace”?