Will It Not Be Arbitration?
Significant items like the following are frequently appearing in the daily press in connection with the Spanish-American troubles:— “The pope continues to advise Spain to submit the question to arbitration. He is trying to prevent Spain from being hurried into a disastrous war by the military hot heads and marplots, like Weyler, Robledo and De Lome, the latter of whom has been trying to set the country afire since his return. I am confident the influence of the pope, seconded by the common sense of the conservative Spanish leaders, will avert war.” And we believe that this will be the present outcome. The Papacy aims to be the arbitrator of the world. He has before saved Spain a war with Germany. His influence is not a light matter in America, and Spain is a Roman Catholic country. The pope will not establish peace; only Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, can do that, and He through personal faith. Rom. 5:1. The pope will for the time avert war, and win prestige, but the strife still smoulders in the unregenerate hearts of men.