War-Talk and War-Scares.
By Editor
Notwithstanding all that is being said in favor of peace, and notwithstanding the fact that so many people are declaring that there will never be any more war, yet we find the question of war continually to the front. For quite a time past the papers of this country, and of the Old World too, for that matter, have been discussing the probability of a war with Japan. The movement of the fleet from the Atlantic to the Pacific has been seized upon by many as a sure evidence that a war with Japan was more than a probability. The possibility that such a war is imminent has been denied again and again, and then in a little while there is some fresh evidence brought out by some one, and so the discussion is gone all over again. But now the scene of discussion has shifted to England. According to the despatches, Count Okuma made a speech a few days ago in London before the Kobe Chamber of Commerce. In that speech he spoke of the "European oppression of India," and said that the natives are now "looking to Japan for protection." This statement has caused a good deal of newspaper comment in England under startling display headings. We, of course, may always expect the newspapers to make out things fully as bad as they are. But the point we desire to make is that there is serious discussion over the matter, and, as stated in the London despatch, "the Japanese question is quite as acute with the British as it is with the Americans." We do not pretend to know whether or not there is any danger of war between either of these countries and Japan. That is a question that is not particularly in our line of discussion. But we do know this, that there is a constant uneasiness among the nations, and that they feel that there is danger of war. And we know also that the prophecy points out that when the judgment day is imminent the nations of earth will be in an angry condition. Keep your eye on passing events and your mind on the prophecy and see how literally the one is fulfilling the other.